Sachin Kumar is a sales expert with 15+ years of experience handling multiple role across industries and geographies. He’s currently part of the Sales team at Whatfix helping the startup grow. Previously, he co-founded Oxebox, a platform to replace paper bills with digital alternatives

Shesh is an incredible personality. He's had 3 CEO stints in his illustrious and long career. Created $1.5Bn+ in shareholder value and have mentored over 600 people in his 4 decade long career. An alum of the prestigious IIM Bangalore, he's had stints with brands like Akzo Nobel, The Great Eastern Shipping, Jaya Holdings and Miclyn Express Offshore. He’s now sharing his learnings with the world playing the role of an active mentor and career advisor.

Sudarshan is a seasoned financial professional with nearly a decade of experience in the technology and consulting sector. In the past he has worked with companies like EY and Flipkart. He is currently the chief of staff at Livspace, an interior design consumer tech start-up operating across India and Singapore. He works with the founding team and helps them across business strategy and growth.

Tom is a seasoned entrepreneur with decades of experience in business. He’s an exotic car enthusiast and runs a community of exotic car owners to celebrate this. He’s a mentor and serves in the board of advisors to many companies. He’s a thought leader and has a niche community of 150,000 people reading his ideas and insights on building a business, leadership and starting up.

Sahil is currently working as Investment Associate with SGAN, an early stage VC anchored by the multi billion dollar Thakral Group. Previously worked with brands like OYO, GEP Consulting and a graduate from IIT Bombay, Sahil is also a big startup aficionado. He shares insights and trends on the Indian and global startup ecosystem through his online publication BusinessBar.

Rohit is currently the Head of Growth at Netcore Solutions. Alum of IMT Nagpur, his expertise includes Marketing, Digital Marketing and Content Strategy. Rohit has previously worked with various companies like Plobal Apps, CleverTap, Alepo and more. A versatile man with a knack for storytelling. This episode is exciting, informative and insightful.

Welcome back to episode 7 of The Strategy Podcast - #cheifofstaff edition!

Rohit Chauhan in conversation with Aditi Gupta.

Aditi is the Chief of Staff to the CEO, Network security & services division, Sterlite Technologies Limited.

She’s had a long career across mega industries like financial services, telecom and technology. Her well rounded background in business brings in-depth insights into the inner workings of the industry and how the role of the chief of staffs brings a better way for senior leaders to manage the chaos.

We speak about topics that helped decode the key traits of a great chief of staff, impact you create for the leadership, how you can become indispensable for your organization and much more.

Aditi is a graduate of the prestigious Lady Shri Ram College in New Delhi and did her masters from Narsee Monjee, Mumbai.

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Welcome back to The Strategy Podcast, and our first episode in the - #ceo series!

Rohit Chauhan in conversation with Amit Kumar.

Amit is a seasoned CXO with global experience. His experience spans across CPG, e-commerce, retail and automotive sectors. An alum of the prestigious IIT Bombay, he later pursued his MBA from ISB Hyderabad.

He's worked for brands like Jabong, Snapdeal, Times Internet, Uninor and Britannia.

Tune in to catch his insights on what it means to scale a business from zero to one in India.

His in-depth understanding of the technology industry, and the lessons he's shared on team building, leadership and thinking about growth is truly amazing.

In his current stint as the CEO of Olx Autos, he’s scaled the company from its earliest days with a handful of team members to a 1,000 strong workforce and presence across India.

He’s a thought leader and is a regular guest speaker at many leading business institutions in India.

We talk about leadership, building a team, managing the self, failures, successes and much more.

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Amit’s LinkedIn: Amit Kumar | LinkedIn

About Olx Group: OLX Group: Overview | LinkedIn

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Welcome back to episode 6 of The Strategy Podcast - #cheifofstaff edition!

Rohit Chauhan in conversation with Raj Nayan Datta.

RND, as he’s called by friends is an alumnus of the prestigious IIT Bombay. He’s had stints with global investment banking giant Nomura as a member of the corporate strategy team, and has also worked as a consultant at Strategy&.

In his current stint as the chief of staff to the CEO at Nursery Live, RND wears many hats. He’s a thinker, marketer, strategist and is always trying to solve difficult problems.

He shares amazing stories about his work and the story about Nursery Live’s challenge at the peak of the lockdown has some amazing insights for all companies.

He’s a true linchpin who pushes his limits to always try to create more value for the ecosystem. He’s one of the founding members of A Junior VC. A platform providing in-depth and high quality insights on the Indian startup ecosystem.

We love the community at AJVC and believe collaboration is the future.

We talked about:

His early life and decision to join IIT?

About his stints at Nomura and Strategy&?

Role at Nursery Live?

AJVC community?

And, much more.

About the guest

Raj’s LinkedIn: Raj Nayan Datta | LinkedIn

About Nursery Live: nurserylive: Overview | LinkedIn

About AJVC: A Junior VC

Connect with me

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohitscee/

The Strategy Podcast on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-strategy-podcast

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Audio edited and recorded through Dolby On and Audacity

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Welcome back to episode 5 of The Strategy Podcast - #cheifofstaff edition!

Rohit Chauhan in conversation with Sagarika Ayyannamahanthi.

Sagarika was adjudged the ET Young Leader for 2016. She holds a master’s degree from IIM Bangalore. She brings to fore over a decade of experience working at multiple consulting houses and have significant skills in areas like strategy, finance, growth, people and more.

She’s currently working as Head of Strategy at Lenovo India and also serves as the Chief of staff to CEO.

She’s passionate about mental and physical health, and is an avid yoga practitioner. Tune in to hear her thoughts on what make the role of Chief of staff interesting to her and how can you break in to this role.

We talked about:

What drives her?

Advice for youngsters looking to break into the CoS role?

And, much more.

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About the guest

Sagarika’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sagarika-ayyannamahanthi-64b58519/About

Lenovo: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lenovo/

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Welcome back to episode 4 of The Strategy Podcast - #cheifofstaff edition!

Rohit Chauhan in conversation with Mahek Mody.

Mahek is an engineer from IIT Bombay. A former member of the Bombay Racing squad at IIT.

He’s passionate about building new stuff.

As a member of the initial engineering team at Ather, he’s played a pivotal role in conceptualizing and engineering the Ather 450.

We talked about:

His early life and influences?

How to land the role of the CoS?

What you learn and how the role evolves you in business.

And, much more.

Tune in now 😊

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About the guest

Mahek’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahekmody/

About Ather: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ather-energy/

Connect with me

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Hello and welcome to another episode of The Strategy Podcast. This week we have with us Anuradha who's the global head of FP&A at PayU and the former Chief of Staff to Global CEO at PayU. She shares her insights on what it takes to succeed at the role.

I kick off our Chief of Staff series by having a free wheeling conversation with Anvita Dekhane, Ex-Chief of Staff to CEO at Baby Chakra.   

Anvita is the product of IIT Bombay and has been a management consultant and venture capitalist having worked for BCG and Sequoia in her previous roles.   

I invited her to the show to get under the skin of the Chief of staff. It's a role fast gaining momentum and credibility in the Indian start-up ecosystem and not much is written or known about it.   

In this series I'm talking to six chief of staffs at leading international and Indian start-ups and multi-national companies to explore the breadth of this role.  About The Strategy Podcast  

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Welcome back to another episode of the podcast. 

We're in conversation with Ritika Mathur, Chief of Staff to the India CEO at global consulting firm, Grant Thornton.   

She has been a wonderful guest and very candid in sharing her experiences and how she landed this job.   

In this episode, we talk about the kind of skills you require to be a successful chief of staff, what's the quality of work, how could you prepare yourself for the role, and how to deal with senior leaders who're dependent on your soft and hard skills to bring their vision to reality.  

Do listen and share your thoughts below about the episode or any questions you might have about this role. We'd be happy to answer them.  

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In this episode of The Strategy Podcast I interview Amrut Deshmukh, founder of The Booklet App.

His inspirational entrepreneurial story will surely resonate with each and everyone of you looking to go beyond your fears and follow your dreams and passion.

He failed in 3-startups, and almost decided to take his own life after failing in love. A very interesting story for everyone looking for inspiration in today's challenging times when humanity is facing an unprecedented disruption in the form of the Coronavirus.

I hope you will enjoy the show.