People Matters

Swapnil Kamat

Swapnil Kamat is the CEO and Chief trainer at Work Better, an executive education and training firm. With an MBA in Marketing and a successful stint with L’oreal as a Brand Manager, he realised his calling in the field of Training & People Development at a very early stage in his career. CNBC TV 18 Young Turks rated him as one of India’s Young Achievers and Times of India labelled him as a ‘Catalyst for Change’ for his breakthrough contribution in the field of Training & Development.

Sanjay Kumar

The author is Vice President & Head HR, FINO PayTech Ltd

Smriti Handa

Smriti Handa manages talent attraction and acquisition at Bharti Airtel

Nishant Saxena

Nishant Saxena is the Chief Executive Officer at Elements Akademia and a Guest Faculty at IIM Lucknow. His last few roles included Head of M&A overseeing the historic $55bn Gillette acquisition in India and Deputy CFO, P&G India, overseeing critical aspects of Strategy & Finance. Nishant is also an accomplished corporate trainer and also teaches at IIM Lucknow. He has taught at IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, SP Jain Mumbai/Dubai and NUS Singapore.

Ankur Poddar

Ankur Poddar is the Division HR Manager for Marico Limited

Prof. Gerard Seijts

Gerard Seijts is a professor of organisational behaviour at Ivey Business School. He is also the Executive Director of Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership and a Faculty Scholar at the Western University. Seijts received his PhD from the University of Toronto in 1998. Prior to joining the Ivey Business School in 2000, Gerard was on the faculty at the I.H. Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba.