Anurag Khilnani

Director of Engineering

Hyderabad, Telangana, India19 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

19 years of cross-functional leadership experience.
Expert in developing and delivering through diverse teams.
Founder of India's largest football training school chain.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in Sports and Technology sectors with a strong focus on strategic planning and team management.

Contact

khilna@amazon.co.uk LinkedIn

Skills

Other Skills

Business DevelopmentBusiness StrategyCorporate FinanceDerivativesEntrepreneurshipFinancial ModelingFixed IncomeFootballInvestment BankingLeadershipManagementManagement ConsultingMarket ResearchMarketingNegotiation

About

Business leader with 19 years of cross-functional leadership experience across AWS, Amazon Retail, sports entrepreneurship and financial services. Driven by a continuous desire to learn; deeply passionate about developing and delivering through diverse teams; thrive in ambiguous roles that require ideation and building things ground up. In my current role, I lead a large team comprising of capacity planners, technical infrastructure program managers, procurement specialists spread across 11 countries that forms and delivers data center expansion plans for AWS across the Asia Pacific region.

Experience

Amazon web services (aws)

3 roles

Director, Planning and Delivery, Data Centers, AWS, Asia-Pacific Region

Apr 2025 – Present · 11 mos

Director, Planning and Delivery, Data Centers, EMEA

Promoted

Nov 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

Head, Planning and Delivery, Amazon Data Centers, Ireland

Oct 2020 – Nov 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Amazon

3 roles

Category Leader (General Manager), Wireless and Home Entertainment.

Dec 2017 – Oct 2020 · 2 yrs 10 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

Owner - mobile phones, wearables, TVs and accessories categories - Amazon UK. Product leader Amazon Installments, Europe

Head, Business Development, Europe and Asia, Amazon Launchpad (Start-up Program)

Promoted

Aug 2016 – Dec 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

Responsible for business development and structuring partnerships with funding partners (VCs, accelerators, incubators and crowdfunding platforms) across the EU, India and China.
Amazon Launchpad (www.amazon.co.uk/launchpad) is a unique program showcasing cutting-edge products from startups around the world, making it easy for them to onboard, market and launch new products to millions of our customers worldwide.

Senior Product Manager, Selection

Mar 2015 – Aug 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

Responsible for overall product selection strategy across Electronics, Camera, PC, Office and Musical Instruments
Business development strategy to unlock biggest Pan-EU ‘Holdout’ Brands – i.e brands that do not offer their complete product range via Amazon Retail

All india football federation

Strategy Consultant

Jun 2012 – Nov 2013 · 1 yr 5 mos

Governing Body for Football in India, Member Association, FIFA

Bhaichung bhutia football schools

Director, Founder

Oct 2010 – Present · 15 yrs 5 mos

Founded with former Indian National team captain to nurture youth and build human capital in Indian football- is the biggest private and financially sustainable chain of football training schools in India with 200+ employees across more than 15 cities