About me

Business Leader: - 15+ years of experience with PwC, Accenture, Mars Wrigley and Marico - Ex-Director at PwC, Global Foresight Lead at Mars Wrigley - Led recruitment for consulting (B-School and lateral hiring) for over a decade - Invited to speak across the world (e.g., Berlin, Singapore, Dubai, Bangkok) Best-selling Author: - Author of 4 successful books - 'How Business Storytelling Works', ‘Hacks for Life and Career’, ‘Satan’s Angels’ & ‘Yours Sarcastically’ - 'How Business Storytelling Works' has been a bestseller from Day 1 for 38 continuous weeks & is a textbook at multiple IIMs - Books featured in Fortune, Times of India, Economic Times, Mint, CNN IBN, etc. - 'Hacks for Life and Career' & 'How Business Storytelling Works' published by the world's biggest publisher, Penguin Random House Leading Columnist: - Written 200+ opinion pieces with Fortune, Forbes, Times of India, Economic Times, Mint, etc. - Profile featured in Times of India, Mint, the Hindu, Asian Age, etc. Guest Faculty at IIMs: - Guest Faculty at IIM A, IIMB & IIM L - Teaches executive education / PGP on Business Storytelling Storytelling Coach: - Invited to coach senior leaders on Business Storytelling at Unilever, Tata Elxsi, Poshmark, Deloitte, etc. Popular Speaker: - Invited to speak at 125+ corporates, IITs & IIMs - Corporates spoken at include the TCS, Indian Oil, Bajaj Electrical, Tata Elxsi, Godrej Agrovet, etc. - Institutes spoken at include NUS Singapore, MIT - Zaragoza, IIM B, IIM C, IIT B, etc - Host & judge at business & literary festivals - e.g. Judge at ET Brand Awards, Hosted Bangalore Business Literature Festival, etc. Social Media Influencer: - Posts on LinkedIn have been viewed over 30 million times with ~50K followers & over 1 million times on YouTube Education: - MBA from IIM Bangalore - Top 10 % of batch, elected to the student council & part of 8 clubs - Strategy course from INSEAD - Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA Level 2, USA)