Jamil Ghani

Jamil Ghani serves as Vice President, Enterprise Strategy, for Target Corporation.  He is responsible for defining and accelerating the strategic direction for the company, with a particular focus on Target's transformation to deliver the Expect More, Pay Less brand promise seamlessly across all channels for today's omnichannel guest.  He leads teams responsible for business strategy, strategic planning and execution, innovation, program management, and organizational change management. 

Jamil originally joined Target in 2011 as a member of the Target.com leadership team in the role of Director, Strategy & New Business Development.  In 2012, Jamil was promoted to lead the omnichannel transformation across the enterprise as Senior Director, Multichannel Strategy.  Previously, Jamil served as Director, Global Marketing, Strategy & Planning for The Walt Disney Company’s $14B portfolio of travel and leisure businesses.  His responsibilities included long-range strategy, marketing, new business development, and partnership and alliance development for Disney’s businesses worldwide.  He gained leadership experience in international markets such as China and France and with large-scale technology and guest experience transformations.  Earlier in his career, Jamil led several consumer businesses as a brand manager for General Mills.  He began his career as a management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group, where he advised Fortune 100 clients on strategic and operational matters.
 
Jamil holds a BA magna cum laude from Harvard College in economics and computer science and an MBA from the Harvard Business School, where he was selected as a Baker Scholar.  He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Science Museum of Minnesota.  Jamil also serves as an Advisory Board member for the Trust for the National Mall in Washington, D.C.   Finally, he serves as an Advisory Board member for an early-stage data science and marketing analytics start-up.  Jamil lives with his wife in Minneapolis.