Srikrishna ‘Kris’ Sharma is the Financial Services Sector Leader at Canonical - the company behind Ubuntu. Over the last two decades, Kris has held various leadership positions at management consulting firms providing advisory services to Fortune 100 and FTSE 100 clients. Kris' consulting and management experience spans multiple sectors including Financial Services, Media & Telecommunications, Public Sector, Automotive and Retail. He has worked with clients in various parts of the USA, Europe, Australia and Asia Pacific. As a trusted C-level advisor and Business-Technology Leader, he partners with organisations across industry sectors on open source, sustainable IT and business transformation strategies. Kris focuses on creating strong ecosystem partnerships and sees himself as a change agent with a passion for sustainable IT, transformation and business use of Open. Kris is a regular speaker at international conferences and events.