Domain Experts and Consultants

“ Nandita Chander is a Human Resources professional with over 30 years plus of diversified experience in Human Resources management and Talent Acquisition of niche and leadership level positions. She successfully built teams for Start-ups to well established MNCs, across India, Africa and the Middle East.

She has serviced industry sectors like BFSI, Consulting (Big 4), e commerce, Social Sector, FMCG/Manufacturing and Infrastructure. Some of Nandita’s clients have included names like Flipkart, Phonepe, Amazon, William Grant, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, KPMG, Deloitte, Protiviti Global, Power Corporation of India (PTC), Hindustan Power Exchange, Tata Capital, MKU India.

Nandita completed her Graduation and Post Graduation in History Honors from St Stephen’s College, Delhi University and an MBA in Human Resource Management from LBSIM. ”

“ Chaitanya comes with 15+ years of diverse sector agnostic experience of recruiting across industries. She is a hands on recruitment leader with excellent sourcing & engagement skills. Her last assignment was with Inpurppl Strategies, her primary focus was on help build a state of the art delivery capability to support hiring across levels spanning all industries globally through the active management of and executive of mandates & BCG where she was heading Research for Leadership hiring across Asia Pacific. She is specializes in Executive Search, Recruiting, Research, Human Resources, and Human Resource Development, her experience encompasses the full spectrum of product/services related roles in the Executive Hiring,& has successfully completed projects across multiple geographies including, Greater China, Australia, India, Singapore, SEA, Japan. Prior to this, she was associated with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, HSBC, TCS. Chaitanya has completed her Bachelor degree of Commerce from Barkatullah University, Bhopal and has specialization in Human Resources Management from the University of Minnesota. ”

“ Asim Handa is a management consultant providing consultancy and coaching in the area of Talent Acquisition, Retention & Redeployment and CT Coaching since April, 2018. He has worked with clients including RBS, IBM, DuPont, Barclays, GE, Schneider, Westpac, General Motors, Bank of Baroda, SCB, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Rohtak, IIM Jammu.

Asim was the Managing Director of Korn Ferry/Futurestep. He was successful in setting footprint of Futurestep in India and was responsible for the strategy, management and the operations for the company in India for 7 years. At Futurestep, Asim led and successfully concluded various complex Recruitment process outsourcing deals with fortune 500 customers like Cummins, Caterpillar, XL Insurance, Cadbury’s

Asim holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Sri Ram College of Commerce and a Master’s Degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics. ”

“ Bharath has had a corporate career over 35 years - from a core Technologist to the CXO suite of large Multinationals in geographies ranging across the USA, APAC, Europe, and India. He has held CXO level positions across Product Development, Consulting and Services organizations. He believes in enabling the growth of Leaders to be the best versions of themselves. He is a big proponent that Leaders are made - not born. His focus areas in Coaching and Mentoring are: Coaching and Mentoring Leaders for Business, Transformation and Growth, Mentoring and coaching young professionals to develop clear strategies for career development. With his deep and broad Technology, Business & Leadership expertise he works across the spectrum of Strategy through Execution. As the Chief Delivery Officer of the Application Management Services business division at Infinite. He holds an MBA in Finance and Strategic Management from the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. ”

“ A soon to be an INSEAD Alum, & a published National Geographic Wildlife Photographer, Gaurav was always intrigued by what he likes to call the “Human Machinery”, & what a well- oiled system could achieve. There is always a complex equation of what makes humans tick and give their best. That question drove him to pursue his double masters in Human Resources & Corporate Law and begin an impressive journey. He defines HR transformation as not just a process improvement activity but also the inherent revamping of the function to graduate from “support” mindset to active business contribution. He spearheaded that change in many of his assignments. He has worked with Allianz, Mattel, HSBC, first source, and IBM, tanla, Karix, Universal Corporation Ltd. Amity University, DBS and My HealthCare. Gaurav has held many HR leadership roles, where his success in driving immediate turnaround in HR systems led to him being chosen as part of the Global HR Transformation team where he has been pivotal in driving successful process & functional transformation projects for Asia, Europe & Egypt. He remained ahead of the curve by piloting digitization of HR processes via AI, Bots, setting up GICs, leading to successful process transitions. ”

“ Asim Handa is a management consultant providing consultancy and coaching in the area of Talent Acquisition, Retention & Redeployment and CT Coaching since April, 2018. He has worked with clients including RBS, IBM, DuPont, Barclays, GE, Schneider, Westpac, General Motors, Bank of Baroda, SCB, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Rohtak, IIM Jammu.

Asim was the Managing Director of Korn Ferry/Futurestep. He was successful in setting footprint of Futurestep in India and was responsible for the strategy, management and the operations for the company in India for 7 years. At Futurestep, Asim led and successfully concluded various complex Recruitment process outsourcing deals with fortune 500 customers like Cummins, Caterpillar, XL Insurance, Cadbury’s

Asim holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Sri Ram College of Commerce and a Master’s Degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics. ”

“ A dynamic leader who has worked for over thirty five years in senior executive positions, specializing in Corporate Finance, cross border advisory and fund raising in UK and the international markets (particularly the emerging markets India, UAE and Central Europe). He is also an investor and chairman of a number of ventures in India, Canada and UK Sukhbinder is the former CEO of RSM Robson Rhodes UK, a member of one of the leading global professional service firms

Sukhbinder’s track record as a Managing Partner of a professional services firm as well as his corporate finance work (led on transactions of over £5 billion in UK and international markets) acknowledged by Accountancy Age (UK publication) to include him at number 27 in the Top 50, UK Financial power list of 2004. Sukhbinder is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England Wales ”

“ Sumit is a Senior Partner based in Dubai. He is an accomplished management consultant and business leader with over 19 years experience across diverse geographies including Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa and Emerging Markets with 16 years spent in consulting and 3 years in industry P&L leadership role.

He led the Oliver Wyman Asia Pacific practice for over two years, before he took on a broader multi-regional role in London in January 2020. He has functional focus on strategy, corporate development, and strategic operations.

Sumit has done his MBA in Finance & Strategy from The University of Chicago. He also has done his Management & Accounting course from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). ”

“ Pamela is currently the Chief Financial Officer at Immunovant, Inc. She is also on the board of Orchestra BioMed, Inc. She previously held the position of Vice President-Business Operations at salesforce.com Inc., Chief Financial Officer- Research & Development at Genentech, Inc., Chief Financial & Operating Officer at Kiva Microfunds and Global Head-Talent at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Results driven executive with a strong track record of leadership, driving global organizational scale, establishing operations to manage a significant drug pipeline, leading biotech drug launches, creating operational excellence and motivating staff to achieve significant goals. She has deep experience within Biotech, High Tech, Non Profit, Chemical, Oil & Gas industries with proven roles as CFO, COO, CIO and Chief HR. Pamela has a wealth of leadership experience in biotech finance, business operations, strategic planning and management. Pamela has done her MBA Finance from the University of St. Thomas (TX). Also, she hold BS, Field Of Study Chemistry, Gannon University. ”

“ Rohan Malhotra co-manages Good Capital, a leading seed- stage venture capital fund with ∼75MN under management. The firm has been an early investor in multiple category- defining businesses like Meesho, Sim Sim (acquired by Google), Orange Health, and Solar Square Energy, among others.

Rohan and his brother Arjun Malhotra left their jobs in London and Silicon Valley to explore opportunities in India in late 2013. A year later, the brothers launched Investopedia to connect with local start-up founders and product managers and build a community to exchange insight. They were on Fortune Magazine’s 40 under 40 List, and also the Entrepreneur Magazine's 35 under 35 List. In 2017, and they were recognized on the Forbes 30 under 30 List. Rohan graduated from the University of St. Andrews with an MA (Hons.) in Management. ”