We’ve Led Global Banking Transformations
Managed Teams of 50,000 +
Connected to the Ecosystems Shaping the Future
Now We Help C-Suite Leaders Do the Same
ThoughtLinks partners with Fortune 500 executives to scale AI-driven transformations, modernize tech infrastructure, and strategically reinvent business models. Embedded across banking, fintech, and high-tech sectors, we deliver strategic insights from the front lines of innovation to the core of global financial institutions.
From next-gen tech roadmaps, Generative and Agentic AI, to cost transformation and workforce readiness, ThoughtLinks provides focused, future-ready guidance that drives profitable, responsible growth.
Unlock AI’s Potential, Elevate Tech Strategy, and Future-Proof Your Enterprise
Not Every Financial Firm is Built to Lead with AI. ThoughtLinks Partners With Those Who Are.
ThoughtLinks is a strategic advisory firm for C-suite leaders navigating AI-driven transformation across banking and capital markets. Founded by global banking executive Sumeet Chabria, we work with a select group of Fortune 500 clients to drive enterprise-level change and lead with precision in high-stakes environments. The ThoughtLinks team brings deep sector experience from inside the global institutions where complexity, regulation, and scale converge. We’ve led transformation at the highest levels; now we help others do the same.
ThoughtLinks Founder and CEO
Sumeet Chabria
ThoughtLinks CEO, AI, Tech Strategy & Enterprise Transformation Advisor for Banks and Capital Markets
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Sumeet Chabria is an AI, technology and enterprise transformation strategist with decades of C-suite leadership at Bank of America and HSBC. He brings a rare combination of operating scale, strategic clarity, and transformation leadership to Fortune 500 financial institutions.
As Founder and CEO of ThoughtLinks, Sumeet helps Fortune 500 financial institutions accelerate enterprise transformation, AI integration, and innovation by rewiring operating models, modernizing at scale, optimizing global delivery, and navigating disruption with measurable outcomes.
Before founding ThoughtLinks, Sumeet served as Global COO for Technology and Operations at Bank of America and Head of Global Business Services, leading enterprise-wide transformation initiatives across a 90,000-person organization in 30 countries. He previously spent 24 years at HSBC in senior technology leadership roles across the U.S. and Europe, including Global CIO of Banking and Markets, where he led the One HSBC transformation initiative.
Sumeet’s perspectives on Generative AI, digital transformation, and financial services have been featured in Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and ThoughtLinks Insights.
Today, he and the ThoughtLinks team advise Fortune 500 executives on building next-gen tech strategy, scaling AI, modernizing operating models, building Global Capability Centers (GCCs), and driving strategic transformation in complex, high-stakes environments.
Sumeet’s Leadership Roles and Industry Impact
Senior Advisor, Genesis Global – Advises Genesis on driving AI and technology innovation in capital markets, accelerating platform adoption and strategic industry partnerships.
Strategic Advisor, Accenture Luminary Program - Advises global banking executives on emerging technology trends, AI strategies, and digital transformation.
Faculty Member, Carnegie Mellon University – Industry expert in CMU’s Chief Information and Digital Officer Programs, teaching digital transformation and AI strategy to executive-level CIOs and CDOs.
Board member of Liberty Science Center (LSC) with oversight of SciTech Scity as a trustee
“I founded ThoughtLinks to tackle the accelerating pace of innovation and rising complexity in banking and capital markets head-on by bringing together seasoned advisors who’ve led global technology and operations at scale and deeply understand C-suite realities.…”
Read more on Sumeet Chabria, CEO and Founder of ThoughtLinks, and his vision for starting the firm.
Donna Chabria
Senior Advisor, ThoughtLinks
Donna Chabria is a Senior Advisor at ThoughtLinks, specializing in talent management, the future of work, and startup operations. Her extensive experience includes advising Fortune 1000 companies, executive roles at Viacom, and entrepreneurship through multiple successful ventures.
Donna holds two master's degrees from Columbia University and Stony Brook University, and an Executive Certificate in Human Resources from Cornell University. Her interests include exploring AI for human flourishing, responsible innovation, and ethical tech governance. She actively supports philanthropic initiatives.
Our Clients
ThoughtLinks partners directly with decision-makers ready to scale, govern, and transform their businesses through strategic AI adoption and next-gen technology.
Core Functions: Trading | Lending | Risk | Payments | Operations | Compliance | Wealth | Digital & AI | Treasury | Open Banking | Sustainable Finance
We specialize in AI strategy, tech innovation, and enterprise transformation advisory, empowering global institutions to drive clarity, growth, and measurable outcomes.
Transformational Focus Areas: Platforms | Cloud | Data & Analytics | Generative, Agentic, Autonomous AI | Cybersecurity | Operational Resilience | Operational Risk | AML, Financial Crime | Digital Infrastructure | Customer Experience (CX) | GCC Launch | Workforce Transformation
Banking | Capital Markets | Fintech | Asset Management | Hedge Funds | Technology | Healthcare |
