1. What have you found most challenging as a CEO or executive of a large enterprise?

Managing people and fostering team cohesion

2. How did you become a CEO or executive of a large enterprise? Can you please briefly tell the story?

I grew into the role from head of finance, Chief operating officer and now CEO

3. How do you structure your work days from waking up to going to sleep?

I follow an energy management mode- i do the tasks that require my energy in the morning and leave meetings and reviews for later part of the day. I love reading and exercising and do that in the evenings with lots of family time.

4. What's the most recent significant leadership lesson you've learned?

Practicing leadership with compassion

5. What's one book that has had a profound impact on your leadership so far? Can you please briefly tell the story of how that book impacted your leadership?

Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman....Self-awareness is crucial and managing your emotions first before you manage people

6. How do you build leadership capacity in a large enterprise?

by giving more direction and dont breathe down peoples neck- as a leader identify the problem and empower people to look for solutions...track productivity as what gets measured gets done

7. What is one meaningful story that comes to mind from your time as a CEO or executive of a large enterprise so far?

Making tough decisions during the pandemic and it was tough to balance being practical and compassionate at the same time. A story that comes to my mind is how we managed to turn the conversation of the pandemic to spreading calm and not chaos and let's prepare not panic.