Insights from the Mumbai CEO Roundtable
March 26th, 2025
Pedersen & Partners was pleased to host a CEO roundtable discussion in Mumbai, chaired by our CEO, Gary Williams.
The Mumbai CEO Roundtable focused on key relevant topics, including:
• Diversity & Inclusion - how do you truly embrace this?
• Succession planning - why is it so difficult in a growing economy like India?
• Finding the right culture fit - how important is this?
• Reverse brain drain - are returning Indians impacting your hiring strategy?
The discussions were deeply engaging - ideas flowed freely as industry leaders shared what had worked for them, and how we could all do things better.
The attendees included:
Sumit Rai - Edelweiss Life
Jitendra Agrawal - Laxmi Organic Industries
Ranjan Mishra - Diebold Nixdorf
Surender (Suren) Mehta - Nykaa
Sachin Jain - World Gold Council
Arun Kumar Krishnamurthy, Chartered FCIPD - Barclays
Aman Gupta - Tata Communications
Partho Chakrabarti - Faber Castell
Joining Gary Williams were Gaurav Seth, Client Partner and the Managing Director for India, Biprashish Roy, Client Partner and the Head of the Industrial Practice in India and Jacob George, Client Partner.
We would like to thank everyone in attendance for their contributions and insights during the roundtable discussion.