Leadership Talks

Great interactions with Global Thought Leaders on Spotlight Interviews.

Manoj Kohli

Country Head, Softbank India, Softbank International Group

He is supporting over 20 portfolio companies of SoftBank Group and SoftBank Vision Fund such as OLA, OYO, Paytm, Lenskart, Grofers, Snapdeal, WeWork, Delhivery, InMobi, Firstcry, Uber, etc in India. He is responsible for addressing the government, regulatory, and public policy issues that help these companies to achieve their full business potential. Earlier since 2015, Manoj Kohli was the Executive Chairman of the SB Energy – SoftBank Group which is already developing over 5GW of solar, wind and hybrid projects in the pipeline.

Chandra Bhattacharjee

CHRO, Aditya Birla Group

Chandra Bhattacharjee is a renowned personality in the field of Human Resource. Mrs. Chandra Bhattacharjee is CHRO for the Chemical, Fertilisers, Fashion yarn, and Insulators businesses of the Aditya Birla Group since November 2016. She has over 17yrs experience with the Group.

Pallavi Poddar

Regional Leader - India, Middle - East and Africa

Pallavi Poddar is a great leader renowned for various initiatives taken in organizations worked with.

Shekhar Tiwari

Managing Director, Supply Chain Operations, Sales Ops and Network Operations, Accenture

Shekhar Tiwari is a specialist in his field of Supply Chain Operations having been in the industry for almost thirty years. He has climbed up the professional ladder having started as a Coordinator of Supply Chain at Procter & Gamble, all the way up to his current position as the Managing Director - Supply Chain and Network Operations at Accenture.

Major Pratima Pinto Thomas

Head - HR, Fino Payments Bank

She is an experienced Senior Human Resources Professional with a demonstrated history of working in the accounting industry/retail industry/defence sector. Skilled in Budgeting, Talent Management, Employee Engagement, and Employer Branding.

Sunitha Lal

Chief Human Resource Officer, Ather Energy

She is passionate about exploring and curating organizational culture and is a strong proponent of the oral tradition of storytelling. Sunitha calls experience, the luxury of grey hair, and she swims in the overlapping spaces of words, mindfulness, yoga, tying the great unknown to the human experience. She is the author of Dotting the Blemish and Other Stories, a collection of short stories about women that reflect and comment on the inherent prejudices we have as a society.

Lalitha Giridhar

Global VP HR, Future Focus Infotech

Lalitha is an industry expert with deep knowledge and experience in people strategies and corporate governance.