About The Smart Manager
Kamini Banga
Banga holds an MBA in Marketing from IIM Ahmedabad. She has worked in India, China and other emerging markets over the past 25 years, as an independent marketing strategy consultant and as Vice President and Country Head at WPP, India. Her current work involves marketing and innovation in developing & emerging markets. Founder Director of Dimensions Consultancy, Banga is also a columnist, lecturer, speaker and author.
Gay Haskins
Haskins is Associate Fellow at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School. She has worked for over 30 years in the field of management development, particularly with international clients and programs and as a program director and coach. Prior to this, she was Dean of Executive Education and CEO of Oxford Saïd Business School Ltd. During her tenure, executive education grew significantly, through custom and open enrolment programs, a range of new diplomas and innovative new programs for clients in China, the Middle East, India and Malaysia.
Lynda Gratton
Gratton is Professor of Management Practice at the London Business School. With almost 30 years of experience in consulting, teaching, research and writing, she is an authority on people in organizations. She has written seven books, numerous academic articles and won several awards for her research and writing. She is also the founder of The Hot Spots Movement, a global research and consulting company that bridges academia and management practice.
Rajesh Jain
Jain holds a Master’s degree from Columbia University and is the founder and Managing Director of Netcore Solutions in Mumbai. This 14-year-old enterprise provides digital communications solutions enabling its clients to communicate effectively their marketing and business needs. The company has also pioneered innovative technology-based solutions in the mailing and mobility domains.
Rishikesha T Krishnan
Krishnan is Professor of Corporate Strategy and Policy at IIM Bangalore. A Stanford and IIM Ahmedabad alumnus, Krishnan’s areas of expertise and research spanning over 20 years include strategy and innovation, strategy implementation, national innovation systems and competitiveness spanning. He is a consultant, award-winning academician and author, and holds various professional as well as corporate and public-sector leadership positions.
NS Raghavan
An alumnus of IIM Bangalore, Raghavan is one of the founders and former Joint Managing Director of Infosys. With over 25 years of management and business experience, he is now the Chairman of Nadathur Estates Pvt Ltd; Director of Nadathur Fareast Pvt. Ltd, Singapore; Independent Director at ABB Ltd; Founder Trustee of FAME India (a special school for children and young adults with neuromuscular and intellectual development disabilities); and Chairman of the Advisory Council of Nadathur S Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning at IIM Bangalore.
Ambi MG Parameswaran
An IIT Chennai and IIM Calcutta alumnus, Parameswaran is Executive Director and CEO at Draftfcb + Ulka Advertising, Mumbai. Over the past 20 years, he has been associated with some of the biggest brands in the world and handled various assignments related to marketing, sales and advertising. He has also authored books based on branding and advertising. Currently, Parameswaran serves on the Board of Governors of IIM Calcutta.
Morgen Witzel
A management historian, Witzel is Editor-in-Chief of Corporate Finance Review and honorary senior fellow at Exeter University’s School of Business & Economics. With over 20 years of experience in innovative thinking and writing, he also runs his own publishing company and is a teacher and author of 11 books, with more in the pipeline. He is the author of our decade-old column Gurumantra.
   
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