Abhi Dhar
CIO Walgreens | Former Board Director: Hawaiian Airlines, TransUnion CIBIL | Angel Investor || All posts and activity are personal opinions, no official position expressed or implied.
Walgreens•Deerfield, IL
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With 30 years of executive leadership driving digital transformation and value creation across Fortune 50 corporations and startups, I bring a unique blend of strategic vision and execution excellence to the boardroom and C-suite. I'm currently CIO at Walgreens, which emerged from the take-private and breakup of Walgreens Boots Alliance where I previously served as Chief Digital Officer/CIO. Between those roles, I was Global CIO/CTO at TransUnion. That journey gave me valuable perspective across different operating models: public conglomerate, private equity transformation, and now a focused standalone enterprise. I've led billion-dollar technology organizations, scaled digital businesses to record growth, and executed strategic M&A transactions that delivered exceptional shareholder returns. My distinctive value comes from having operated at multiple altitudes: - Building and scaling enterprise technology organizations with thousands of global employees - Driving digital innovation that generated award-winning products and patented IP - Co-founding and leading technology startups from concept to market - Guiding corporate governance and strategy as a public company board director at TransUnion CIBIL and Hawaiian Airlines. In the next year or so, I'll be looking to join select boards where I can add real value. I also selectively evaluate strategic angel investments in transformative technology ventures centered on sector-specific AI, especially ML and agentic applications. I'm passionate about partnering with visionary leaders to leverage technology as a strategic differentiator that drives exceptional business outcomes and shareholder value.
Career Timeline
- WalgreensCurrentSep 2025–Present· 1 yr 2 mos
- Chief Information OfficerCurrentSep 2025–Present
- Jun 2024–Aug 2025· 1 yr 2 mos
- Chief Digital OfficerJun 2024–Aug 2025
- Jun 2024–Aug 2025· 1 yr 2 mos
- Chief Digital OfficerJun 2024–Aug 2025
- Nov 2023–Jun 2024· 7 mos
- Founder and AdvisorNov 2023–Jun 2024
- Jun 2019–Dec 2025· 6 yrs 6 mos
- Board MemberJun 2019–Dec 2025
- 2019–Sep 2023· 4 yrs 8 mos
- Global Chief Information and Technology Officer. EVP.2019–Sep 2023
- Sep 2017–Nov 2019· 2 yrs 2 mos
- Board MemberSep 2017–Nov 2019
- Apr 2017–Mar 2021· 3 yrs 11 mos
- Chairman2019–Mar 2021
- Co-Founder and Chief Executive OfficerApr 2017–Dec 2018
- Nov 2014–Apr 2017· 2 yrs 5 mos
- Chief Digital Officer, WBA AND CIO, Retail Pharmacy USANov 2016–Apr 2017
- CIO AND SVP Digital Product Management and InnovationDec 2015–Nov 2016
- SVP & CIO, WalgreensNov 2014–Dec 2015
- Sep 2009–Dec 2014· 5 yrs 3 mos
- GVP, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) - Digital AND Head, Consumer Mobile OfferingSep 2009–Dec 2014
Education
Business Leadership
CEO PerspectivesMS
Industrial Engineering
New Jersey Institute of TechnologyMS
Industrial Engineering
BE
Mechanical Engineering
National Institute of Engineering, Mysore. India