Girish Wardadkar

Chairperson, Enterprise Growth & Scalability

Girish held key leadership positions across leading global companies for over 30 years. He was COO, Engineering Services at L&T, where he was one of only 25 leaders selected for the Executive Development Program at Harvard Business School. He served as President and Member of the Board at KPIT Cummins Ltd, held leadership roles at GE Capital and Wipro-GE Healthcare, and was CEO of Sogeti India, a CapGemini Group company.

Girish holds a BE in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in Machine Tool Design & Control Systems from VJTI Mumbai, and a master’s degree in Operations Research & Advanced Financial Management from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai.

Expertise

  • Business strategy
  • Designing strategies for organic and inorganic growth
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Managing phases of organizational growth
  • Organizational scaling models
  • Organizational structure and design