Anita Mahon leads our global health business and is a member of the Executive Committee. Anita stepped into this role in 2022, where she is responsible for managing EXL’s second largest industry vertical, serving healthcare payers, providers, pharmacy benefit managers and clients in the life sciences industry.

Anita joined EXL in 2020 as Executive Vice President and Chief Growth and Strategy Officer. In this role, she led the development of a strategic plan that executed on EXL’s overall growth goals and worked closely with the sales and business teams to ensure the implementation of EXL’s long-term strategy and drive the next phase of growth for EXL.

Prior to EXL, Anita served as Vice President, Data, Strategy & Portfolio Officer for IBM Watson Health. While at Watson Health, Anita also served as Chief Marketing Officer and led value-based-care strategy and marketing.

Anita joined IBM with its acquisition of Truven Health Analytics in 2016. As Chief Strategy Officer at Truven, Anita led the definition and implementation of the company’s corporate growth strategy and development. Prior to joining Truven Health in 2006, she served as executive director for a business that is now part of Ericsson.

Anita earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia Business School, a Master of Science degree in computer science from Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and computer science from Manhattan College.