Imran Aftab Named a Top Consulting Firm CEO of 2025
We’re proud to share that Imran Aftab, Co-Founder and CEO of 10Pearls, has been named a finalist for The Top Consulting Firm CEOs of 2025 by The Consulting Report. The recognition places Imran among leaders of some of the most respected consulting organizations and reflects the impact of a differentiated consulting model, one built on discovery-led engagement, disciplined execution, and measurable business outcomes.
Under Imran’s leadership, 10Pearls has grown into a global, AI-powered digital engineering consultancy helping enterprises move from strategy to execution. At a time when traditional consulting models are under increasing pressure to demonstrate real-world impact, his philosophy has remained consistent: transformation creates value only when it begins with a deep understanding of business goals and delivers tangible, measurable outcomes.
This belief is embedded in how 10Pearls partners with clients. Engagements begin with discovery, aligning on business objectives, operating constraints, regulatory considerations, and success metrics, before technology decisions are made. From there, cross-functional agile teams remain accountable through design, build, and scale, ensuring initiatives reach production rather than stalling at strategy.
Imran has also championed the responsible use of AI as a force multiplier for execution. Through offerings such as the AI Launchpad and AI Readiness Assessment, 10Pearls helps organizations move from experimentation to production-grade AI—balancing speed, governance, and long-term scalability across regulated and complex environments.
This recognition is not just about leadership; it reflects the value enterprises experience when partnering with 10Pearls to execute complex transformation initiatives. Our work spans modernizing legacy systems, advancing cloud and data platforms, embedding AI into core workflows, and deploying automation-driven and agentic solutions in highly regulated industries.
Imran’s leadership has been instrumental in expanding our global delivery footprint, strengthening engineering depth, and reinforcing a consulting model that integrates strategy and execution. Clients work with 10Pearls not only for insight, but for teams that can design, build, and operate solutions that drive real business performance while meeting security, compliance, and governance expectations.
By combining discovery-led consulting with agile engineering execution, 10Pearls enables organizations to modernize with confidence, accelerate delivery, and unlock efficiencies. 10Pearls has delivered measurable outcomes across healthcare, financial services, telecommunications, and industrial sectors. From automating complex financial operations and modernizing mission-critical platforms to enabling AI-driven decision-making at scale, our work consistently focuses on impact.
Clients rely on 10Pearls not as a traditional consulting provider, but as a problem-solving partner, one that understands how technology, process, and execution intersect to drive efficiency, resilience, and long-term competitive advantage.
Imran’s leadership is grounded in the belief that sustainable innovation depends on people. He has cultivated a culture centered on accountability, continuous improvement, and excellence, enabling global teams across North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia to move quickly while maintaining rigor and responsibility.
The founding of 10Pearls was driven by Imran’s belief in technology as a force for good. He actively supports initiatives advancing women in technology, youth education, and community development, and this commitment has earned 10Pearls recognition by The Washington Post as a “double bottom line” company, one that delivers strong business performance while creating meaningful social impact.
Being named a finalist for The Top Consulting Firm CEOs of 2025 is a meaningful milestone for 10Pearls and our global teams. More importantly, it reflects the trust enterprises place in us to guide some of their most critical transformation decisions. As we look ahead, 10Pearls remains focused on helping organizations align strategy and execution, scale AI responsibly, and deliver measurable outcomes.