SANGEETA SHANKARAN SUMESH

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Sangeeta Shankaran Sumesh

Enabling Leaders and Teams
to Grow on Purpose,
Performance and Profits.

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CFO turned Business & Leadership Coach

Independent Director on Corporate Boards

Bestselling
Author

Global
Professional Speaker

Doctorate | ICF PCC | Harvard | CA

Where Growth Stalls

Your leaders are capable. Your strategy is sound. Yet somewhere between vision and execution, performance stalls, alignment weakens, and growth plateaus. That’s where I come in.

Choose from one-on-one engagements, group sessions, or workshops aligned to your goals.

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Who I work with

I work with CEOs, CXOs, and senior leaders in corporates who are:

Leading through growth, transformation, or significant change

Building or rebuilding high-performance leadership teams

Navigating the gap between strategic intent and business results

Stepping into larger roles and needing to elevate their leadership presence

Ready to invest seriously in their own development and their organisation's

If that’s you, let’s talk.

Why Work with me

A rare blend of CFO thinking, boardroom experience, and coaching expertise focused on helping leaders strengthen performance, navigate complexity, influence boardroom dynamics, and drive meaningful business outcomes.

Strategic Leadership

* Elevate strategic thinking.
* Think decisively under pressure.
* Lead through transformation.

Performance & Growth

* Build High-performance leadership teams
* Align leadership with financial performance
* Create sustainable value and profitable growth.

Execution & Influence

* Influence executive stakeholders
* Drive business partnering across functions.
* Simplify complexity.

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VALUE ADDED TO

Altimetrik
Amazon
Bank of America
BMW
CAFRAL
Citius Tech
Coromandel
FICCI
FORD
IBM
ICICI
IITM
Institute of Directors
Nokia
OMR
Opus
Prabha
Transunion
Andritz
Cisco
DOVER
dun and bradstreet
Encora
First Capital
FLEXCO
FORD
Granules
Great Lakes
HFCL
HMEL
HSBC
Indium
Kuthra
Lam Research
Morningside Healthcare
Murugappa
Nokia
NTT Data
Royal Enfield
RPG
Synthite
T-hub
Tesa
TVS Dynamic
Witzenmann

What Clients Say

"Sangeeta demonstrated strong intuition for the deeper underlying factors, asked probing questions and shared several useful frameworks and tools. I would strongly recommend Sangeeta for senior executive coaching and mentorship."

Mythri Sambasivan-George Group CFO, FMB Capital Bank, Southern Africa

"If you are looking for a Coach who would be able to enable self-realisation with you, then Sangeeta is the person you should reach out. We completed a leadership program with Sangeeta, right from branding self to traversing the path towards strategy and success! A well crafted program, much needed for leaders."

Mangalapreetha Sairaman L&D Head, Indium Software

"Sangeeta's presence in my professional and personal journey has been a game-changer for me. I gained awareness of my goals through the insightful coaching sessions, reflection, and the tools that she leveraged in our sessions. I gained clarity on the negotiable and non-negotiable things in pursuing my goals that serve as my North Star for the road ahead.

Vijay Krishnanji Director Innovation, NTT Data Services, USA

"Sangeeta is an energetic coach, author & speaker par excellence. She imparted business skills to functional specialists & enabled my team to think big as part of a transformation journey."

Raghavan Neelakantan Business Head, TIDC, Murugappa Group

"Sangeeta delivered a motivational speech at our Virtual India Conference, she effortlessly integrated 'Get High' with our newly launched People Values encouraging the delegates to reflect on each value, build their strengths and create a high performance ethos."

Sally McNeiil Human Resources Manager, Morningside Healthcare Ltd, UK

"Sangeeta conducted a finance workshop encompassing multi-cultural diverse teams across Asia. It was fantastic and those principles are used by my team even today. She also conducted a workshop on company values and the session was extremely engaging, energising and worth every penny."

Mukund Kasthuri Managing Director, Flexco India & Director South Asia & Middle East

"The session delivered by Dr Sangeeta was exceptionally well-structured, insightful, and highly engaging. it balanced simplified financial theory with practical business application. The workshop successfully strengthened financial acumen among our leadership team & extended leadership team. Thank you once again for an impactful session."

Srinivas C Head of Chennai Factory, Nokia

"Sangeeta gave an elegant, eloquent, and thought-provoking talk at our Annual Conference. Simple words, yet very powerful and sound. Her real-life examples have impacted our audience positively."

Sudhakar Group CEO, Prabha Automotive Engineers LTD

What changes when we work together

A management team of 40 generated 33 new profit ideas in a single full-day workshop

A Group CFO navigating a high-stakes transition called it "the best professional development experience I ever had

A SVP stretched to breaking point rediscovered calm, clarity, and the confidence to lead at her best

Every engagement is different. Every outcome is intentional.

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