Avani Prabhakar

Atlassian Chief People and AI Enablement Officer, Avani Prabhakar, leads Atlassian's People and Transformations organisation with a sharp focus on unlocking potential in the AI era – blending purpose, systems thinking, and modern leadership to shape the future of work. Avani’s focus is on enabling the cultural transformation required alongside the technology shift – to build AI-fluent teams and unlock opportunity. She has been instrumental in pioneering the distributed work models and ways of working that underpin Atlassian’s Team Anywhere approach, and is actively embedding AI up-skilling, scaling, and innovation across the organisation. With 20+ years across tech, aviation, engineering, professional services and consulting, Avani keeps Atlassian's people-first approach practical and grounded, to build human + AI collaboration and capability in complex, high-growth environments.