About Us

Experience:
Called KG, he mixes sharp business sense and experienced leadership skills with international operating experience in strategic IT Business value delivery. KG held varied global IT leadership positions at FMCG giant Unilever for decades and subsequently at Healthcare leader Johnson & Johnson. Served as VP IT, CIO for South Asia / Africa and Global VP IT for Networking and Telecommunication at Unilever. At J&J, he was the CIO for Asia Pacific. He was also a Member of Asia Pacific Business Board for J&J Medicals and a Member of Global IT Leadership Teams at Unilever and Johnson & Johnson. He has led business transformation exercises using technology, renegotiated global contracts, set up shared service facilities and developed IT Teams.

KG is also an Independent Advisor in strategic deployment of technology to various organisations. He’s an IIT Madras alumni with a PGDIE from NITIE as well.

Expertise:

• Transforming business by leveraging appropriate technology
• Developing IT Strategy and implementation roadmap
• Conceiving and setting up shared technology capabilities
• Partnering with CXOs to innovate business solutions
• Evaluating IT capabilities for due diligence in M&As
• Mentoring technology teams to enhance their impact

Ask him about:
Yoga & meditation, potential for philanthropic contributions and behavioural variation across global business cultures

Experience:
Talk to Balu and you’ll discover his journey offers great mileage in experience. He has over 30 years across Ford, TVS, Ashok Leyland, Unilever and Pfizer. Leadership is in pioneering a model and transforming it into a “Centre of Excellence”. That’s Balu’s calling. He established the Technology Center to provide IT, Engineering and other IT Enabled Services for Ford. Also implemented innovative best-of-breed solutions for operations for Ford, in India and other Asian markets. At Pfizer, he set up the IT Solution Center for the Pfizer to support their global IT programs.

He also held key roles in defining the IT Strategy in Beverages and Foods businesses of Unilever in India. Moving on to TVS, Balu transformed the IT and Digital landscape at TVS to try new business models and grow the Automotive Aftermarket business. His Engineering and Cost Accountant skills blends innovation with fiscal prudence.

Expertise:

• Strategizing and developing enterprise-wide IT and Digital solutions with appropriate technology architecture
• Coaching businesses to leverage solutions to achieve the desired benefits thru appropriate metrics
• Setting up Technology and Global Excellence Centres
• Building and guiding diverse teams across cultures
• Mentoring technology startups on their service offerings and behavioural variation across global business cultures

Ask him about:
Career development, coaching, mentoring, connecting the dots

Experience:
An eye for detail and a passion for thinking outside the box, makes Desmond the person you’d want negotiating for you. A 360 approach, having led IT business systems in diverse areas – manufacturing, finance, sales and distribution, market research-enables him to see a fusion of sound business understanding and technology expertise. Spanning over three decades, he has worked for Tata Motors, HUL and Unilever in a global role. He was part of the core group that set up Global shared service centre in India for Unilever. And the team to formulate and implement a  Strategic IT plan. He worked as Head of IT in Unilever Indonesia and as Regional Client Services Director in Unilever Asia Africa. His edge comes in heading transition & transformation teams for multi-country, multi-discipline IT service contract implementation.

He headed the negotiation teams for multi-year infrastructure contracts in excess of Euro 100 million per annum. Desmond holds a B. Tech in Electronics & Communications.

Expertise:

• Applications Development / IT Infrastructure Management
• Business Systems Analysis
• IT Strategy Formulation & Business Case Development
• Negotiation Management
• Programme Management

Ask him about:
His love for design and the artist within

Experience:
Arun carries his extensive expertise in Enterprise Digital capability with ease. Naturally, since the depth of expertise spans three decades across diverse verticals – Kirloskar Electric (11 years) , Unilever (18 years) and Emami. Arun is currently consulting with a spectrum of companies. The depth is matched by the width – delivering transformative IT capabilities across Supply Chain planning and execution, Sales & Distribution, Market launch & re-launch corporate consolidation, Management Accounting, Shared Services & Talent Lifecycle Management and much more.

Arun’s skills include establishing Technology powered Business Shared Services and Knowledge Process organizations and establishing Centre of Excellence for Business Intelligence & Analytics, Business Process Management. An MS from BITS Pilani,an MBA and an MIE form his academic angle.

Expertise:

• Developing Business case for Enterprise Digital Transformation
• Business Value Chain mapping, Business IT Strategy and Roadmap
• CIO Services on demand
• Managing Large Global and Regional Business IT Transformation Projects and Programs
• Transforming Supply Chain, Business Intelligence, Analytics and Business Process Automation
• Cloud Migration Strategy and Execution

Ask him about:
Running Marathons

Experience:
Geetha balances business understanding and technology. A trait she has held over 30+ years, with 24 of these at Unilever, rich with insights and experience.

She set up the Global Business Shared Services for Unilever; Partnered with CXOs across India, Asia Pac, Africa and Europe to lead digital transformation programs across all functions and businesses. Subsequently, at Manthan, Geeta set up a CPG vertical for business analytics product and solutions at Manthan. Geetha has further added 4 years in IT Solutions and Business  Consulting working with a range of clients. Her academic qualifications are Bachelor of Engineering and PGDM from IIM Calcutta.

Expertise:

• Setting up & Transformation of Global Business Shared Services
• Developing IT Strategy and roadmap with business ROI
• Trade Promotion, Retail Execution and Supply Chain transformation in CPG
• Analytics solutions for CPG and Retail
• Providing virtual CIO services to Large Enterprises & SMEs
• Working with Startups on Product-Market strategy
• Developing Go-to-Market strategy for Technology companies

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Travelling Places