Srikrishna ‘Kris’ Sharma is the Financial Services Sector Lead 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. As a trusted C-level advisor and Business-Technology Leader, Kris partners with organisations across industry sectors on open source and business transformation strategies and enables them to build innovative solutions by leveraging open source. Kris is an executive member of Forbes Finance Council. He plays a leading role in influencing firms to build innovative FS solutions and is a regular speaker at international conferences and events.