7 Questions on Leadership

Name: Amit Govil


Title: Founder & CEO


Organisation: XONIK Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

I am a seasoned entrepreneur and digital marketing strategist with a passion for driving business growth through innovative digital solutions. As the founder of XONIK, a leading digital agency, I have been at the forefront of helping businesses achieve their goals in the ever-evolving digital landscape.
With a diverse background in technology and marketing, I bring a unique perspective to his client's digital marketing strategies. He has a proven track record of crafting effective campaigns, identifying opportunities, and executing impactful digital marketing initiatives that engage target audiences and maximizes return on investment. My expertise extends across various industries, including e-commerce, finance, healthcare, and more.
He understands the challenges and opportunities presented by the digital landscape and works closely with his clients to develop tailored strategies that deliver tangible results. With a customer-centric approach, I and my team at XONIK provide strategic guidance, in-depth analysis, and innovative solutions to help businesses thrive in the digital realm.
Their dedication to staying ahead of the curve and leveraging cutting-edge technologies ensures that their clients stay at the forefront of their industries. I continue to make a significant impact in the digital marketing space, empowering businesses to achieve remarkable growth and success. His commitment to delivering exceptional results and his passion for driving innovation sets him apart as a trusted leader in the industry.

Name: Anamika Sahu


Title: Founder, Editor-in-Chief of Electronics Clap, Consulting Editor-in-Chief of TradeFlock, Content Strategist, Brand Consultant, Mentor & Advisor


Organisation: Electronics Clap & TradeFlock

With a remarkable 20 years of cumulative experience in teaching and journalism, Anamika is a media professional who excels in crafting compelling stories to build strong brands. As an internationally published journalist, content strategist, and brand communication consultant, she has dedicated her career to creating impactful narratives. Anamika proudly holds the position of Founder and Editor-in-Chief at Electronics Clap, a renowned global digital media company exclusively focused on the Electronics Industry.

With her extensive experience and expertise, she leads the way in providing valuable insights and captivating content to the industry. Leveraging her expertise, she is shaping her media clients with creating their editorial team and building a strong content line for their publication. Throughout her journey, Anamika has showcased her talent as an accomplished journalist and people's manager. Over 11 years of experience in both digital and print media have allowed her to interview prominent entrepreneurs, including the likes of Narayana Murthy (Infosys), Rohit Chadda (ZEE Digital), Shahnaz Hussain (Shahnaz Hussain Group), and many other notable figures.

In her previous role, Anamika played a pivotal role in aligning and driving the success of renowned publications such as siliconindia, CEO Insights, and Women Entrepreneur in the Indian market. Her strategic vision and expertise were instrumental in shaping editorial strategies, forging alliances, establishing content commerce and operations, fostering partnerships, organizing webinars, networking events, and much more. Beyond her passion for writing, editing, and commissioning content, Anamika is an astute observer and writer.

She thrives on crafting indulgent editorial strategies, nurturing and empowering talent, and delivering customized communication approaches to cater to distinct audience segments. Anamika's dedication to storytelling and her creative prowess continue to make a lasting impact in the world of media and brand communication.

Name: Andrew Dalgleish

Title: President

Organisation: Victorian Principals Association

Andrew Dalgleish is President of the Victorian Principals Association, representing approximately 1200 government primary, P-9, P-12 and specialist school principals, comprising over 380,000 students in Victoria. He is a member of the Australian Government Primary Principals Association executive.
Andrew has been a primary school Principal for over 25 years, having worked in various rural and regional locations within Victoria during this time. Throughout his career as a school leader, he has focused on developing teacher, middle leader and school leader capacity for impact. He has developed strong connections with school communities and worked as a contributor within the state education system.
Andrew has a passion for education and the critical importance of equity to support opportunities for all children regardless of their background.

Name: Andrew Noli Richardson Junior


Title: Assistant Human Resource Manager


Organisation: Solomon Islands Government Ministry of Public Serivce

My name is Andrew Noli Richradson Junior. A graduate student with a postgraduate diploma in Human Resource Management from the University of the South Pacific, Laucala, Suva, Fiji. I am from Solomon Islands and currently working for the Solomon Islands Government (SIG) within the Ministry of Public Service.

Name: Angel Radcliffe

Title: Business & Technology Integration Lead

Organisation: Accenture

Angel Radcliffe is a Technology Transformation Thought Leader & Advisor and with 15 years experience. Her specialty includes Digital & Financial Transformation related to Strategy/Operations, and business processes/automation within accounting/finance departments. Building her corporate profile, she found she has a passion for both Finance & Technology, eventually blending the two skill-sets through various consulting projects.

She has a track record of executing projects across Global & Domestic teams. Radcliffe has proven not only be a leader but a persistent team player who brings positivity, innovation and initiative to her projects while being dedicated and driven. She is also passionate about creating diverse & inclusive environments, while being an advocate of change.

Name: Angus McDonald

Title: Chief Executive Officer

Organisation: Barbeques Galore Australia

Angus is the Chief Executive Officer at Barbeques Galore, a retailer of Barbeques and Outdoor products with a network of 90 stores across Australia. Since joining Barbeques Galore in 2019, Angus has led the development of new store formats, acceleration of new product development, and investment in brand and omnichannel capability. During this time, Barbeques Galore has been recognised as one of Inside Retail’s 20 coolest retailers in 2020, and has also been a finalist in the NRA National Retail Awards, and the 2021 Australian Retail Innovators Awards.
In a career spanning more than 20 years across retail operations, merchandising and buying, ecommerce and B2B, Angus has worked with some of Australia and New Zealand's most well known brands. During this time, Angus completed an MBA and was included on Internet Retailing’s list of the top 50 people in ecommerce in 2018. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his family, with his wife Gemma and two children, Alexandra and Charlotte.

Name: Ann Vu


Title: Sr. VP, QA, RA, Clinical


Organisation: ZimVie Incorporated

For more than 30 years, Ann Vu, JD, RAC, has held progressive leadership roles in Quality and Manufacturing with major medical device, pharmaceutical, nutritional, biologics companies, including: Calgon Vestal Laboratories, Steris, Bausch + Lomb, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Ethicon, and Zimmer Biomet. She currently serves on ZimVie’s Executive Leadership Team as SVP, Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, and Clinical.

Name: AnneMarie Maw

Title: Principal - St Agatha's Clayfield

Organisation: Brisbane Catholic Education

Anne-Marie has been working in primary schools for 25 years. Having started her career in country New South Wales, Anne-Marie has since taught in the inner west and northern beaches of Sydney as well as Ontario, Canada. She is currently Principal of St Agatha's Primary School Clayfield in Brisbane's Northern suburbs. In her spare time Anne-Marie enjoys volunteering in her community, walking her dog and pilates.

Name: Anoop Suri


Title: Executive Director


Organisation: Leminscate Hospitality Initiative

A versatile professional with extensive experience driving revenues, profit, workflow, and business growth objectives across various industries (Hospitality, Tourism, Education, and Non-Profit) in diverse geographical locations and workforces. Well-versed in general, business, sales & marketing, and customer relationship management. A track record of leading training and development programs for executives and managers focused on general management, business, travel & tourism, Hospitality, Revenue, and customer management for over a decade. Proficient in developing and implementing effective policies, service standards, operational policies, and control measures to reduce costs and capacity building of the organizations. Demonstrated ability to accomplish projects while complying with budget and time constraints. Proven expertise in:
• Training & Development
• Business Development/Customer Liaison
• Operations & Project Management
• Strategy Planning & Budgeting
• General Management
• Social Media & Online Marketing
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultation
• Leadership Development
• Hospitality & Business Education
• Resources Utilisation & Deployment
• Policy Development & Implementation
• Academic Guidelines and SOP Implementation
• Facilities and Logistics Management

Name: Ansoo Gupta


Title: Founder


Organisation: OneShoe Trust

Ansoo Gupta is the COO of Pinstorm – one of India’s earliest digital marketing firms.
Founder of a social enterprise OneShoe Trust for Responsible & Mindful Travels. Volunteer at Beyond – building global corridors for Indian startups in Middle East, Europe, Africa and South East Asia.
Ansoo started her career with one of the largest mass-media platform in the country : Star TV Network. There she worked across the bouquet of Star channels such as Star Plus, Star World and Channel V. She launched The History Channel in India and other A&E brands Biography, Crime & Investigation in South-East Asian markets. She moved from the then-behemoth TV to a then-fledgling digital in 2006.
As one of the very early movers into digital marketing, Ansoo joined Pinstorm as their International head and expanded Pinstorm’s offices to Singapore, Malaysia, Switzerland, US and China making Pinstorm the first Indian digital agency to have a global footprint. Pinstorm continues to be an independent digital firm with clients such as ICICI Bank, Airtel, Mondelez, Accor hotels, Save The Children, Adobe etc
While she deals with internet marketing technologies on one hand; organic farming and sustainable travel are her other fields of expertise. Her passion project OneShoe Trust evangelises responsible travel and works with various travel brands and government bodies to promote a better way of travelling. With a large B2C travel expo, rural experiences and other cultural immersions under its belt, OneShoe was incubated at IIM – Bangalore under its women entrepreneurs programme.
Currently she is setting up market and funding corridors for Indian startups to take them to international markets in the regions of Middle East, Europe, Africa and South East Asia.
An award-winning woman leader, Ansoo supports many initiatives which aim at bringing more women into Entrepreneurship, and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields, specially from the non-metro regions of India.
Ansoo envisions a greener planet with clean technologies and healthy people with digital and financial equality for all.

Name: Anthony Cirillo


Title: President


Organisation: The Aging Experience / Sage Stream Senior Entertainment

Anthony is president of The Aging Experience, creator of the Caregiver Smile Summit and creator of Sage Stream , a Senior Entertainment/Education Network.

Anthony is a board member of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function as well as a member of the Nationwide Financial / National Council on Aging Health and Wellness Roundtable and the Bank of America Elder Care Policy Roundtable.

Name: Antonio Novillo Suarez

Title: Founder, Advisor and CIOO

Organisation: ansLWS

Senior Technology, Transformation, and Operations executive with 30 years’ experience in Asset Management, Wealth Management, Capital Markets, Retail and Manufacturing across North America, EMEA and Asia.
Proven success driving improved client and product experience, through front-to-back transformation of the product, technology and operations stack. Expertise in both strategy and execution, partnering with global teams to achieve success efficiently and effectively. Purpose driven leader focused on personal and professional development of peers and teammates.