In the second part of our exclusive interview with Heineken's chief AI officer, Surajeet Ghosh (below) shares his thoughts on the company's employees' view of AI, the costs involved and whether new tech is immune from cost-saving reviews.
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Is your approach to implementing AI into Heineken's business practices resource-intensive?
Initially, when we’re setting up, yes. As we get towards the models being built, we need people to monitor those models and update them. We're not building a new model every time.
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‘Heineken sees this as a necessity in the current world – if we don’t do it, then somebody else will’ – Heineken chief AI officer Surajeet Ghosh speaks to Global Drinks Intel – Part II
‘We need Heineken employees to be capable of solving complex problems as they occur now and in the future. If I don’t build that core capability of science, engineering and the tech, then we’ll never be able to get there.’

In the second part of our exclusive interview with Heineken’s chief AI officer, Surajeet Ghosh shares his thoughts on the company’s employees’ view of AI, the costs involved and whether new tech is immune from cost-saving reviews.
Olly has been reporting on the beverage industry as a B2B journalist since 2003. He spent 18 years at Just Drinks, 16 of which as managing editor. Since joining Global Drinks Intel in 2022, he's interviewed the CEOs for brand owners including AB InBev, Campari Group, Carlsberg, Heineken and Suntory Global Spirits and has a bulging contacts book from across beverage alcohol worldwide.



