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LAKSHMI PRASANNA

The Maverick in Bangalore

Lakshmi is Co-Founder at  Leadership Mavericks,  and has 18 years of experience in handling projects related to CXO levels.  Her experience covers various industries like Telecom, Application Services, Semiconductor, E-Commerce and Hardware.

She was most recently part of the Global Technology Practice at Stanton Chase and helped add clients from industries Animation and Telecom VAS to the existing client base.

Prior to that at Korn Ferry International, she was a Senior Associate on the Global Technology Markets team where her primarily responsibility entailed engaging with the client end-to-end with regards to their executive hiring.

At Heidrick &  Struggles before that,  she was part of the Global Technology &  Services practice based in New Delhi in India, and was a member of the Global Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) practice.

She has worked closely with global technology majors like  Microsoft, Dell, SAP, VMware, Dreamworks, Cognizant, IBM and Indian technology giants like  Wipro, Satyam, TCS,  and L&T Infotech, amongst many others, to help build stronger leadership teams.

In all her roles, she has been part of many projects for future hiring and succession planning for global companies.

She graduated in  Sociology and  Psychology and  has a Masters degree from  Symbiosis Centre  for Management and Human Resources Management (SCMHRD).

MONIKA PATHAK

The Maverick in Delhi

Monika is Co-Founder at Leadership Mavericks with 20 years of experience in global executive search firms, and leading teams in large corporates.

She was most recently part of the Global Technology Practice at Stanton Chase based out of the Delhi office and helped bring in new clients in Consulting and IT space.

Prior  to  joining   Stanton Chase  she  was the   Executive  Hiring   Lead for all   leadership roles at  Cisco  across Engineering,  Sales  and the  Services   business in India.  She was  responsible for  creating the talent  strategy; demand planning, business engagement and providing market intelligence to the key executives.

Prior  to Cisco,  she worked  with Heidrick   & Struggles as   Engagement Manager  for the  Global  Technology  & Services  Practice in India.  She has worked on critical  mandates across  CXO functions  like CEO, COO, HR, CFO, Sales, R&D, Corporate affairs, Business Heads, supporting organisations to build and strengthen their impact in the market.

Monika has experience across talent acquisition and executive search with multinational organizations and large Indian conglomerates in the software, hardware, ITES and professional services sectors.  Some of the key clients she has worked with are Ernst & Young, Microsoft, HP, Dell, Computer Associates, Accenture, Unisys, Cisco, Capgemini.

Monika has a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy from Lady Shriram College, Delhi University.

SABA ALAM

Partner

Saba is a Partner at Leadership Mavericks and brings close to two decades experience across the spectrum of
executive search. She helps others succeed - clients, candidates, colleagues and civil society. She  focuses   on
making a positive impact through partnering with mature and start-up organizations in the education and social
enterprise space to hire the right leadership talent.  
Saba firmly believes that the underlying shift in how we teach, learn and contribute to society has fundamentally
changed talent demand. Good educationists,  administrators, fund   raisers and program  managers are   joined
by product & engineering leaders, social media managers, and sales leaders to help their organizations succeed.
She is dedicated to empowering these organizations with the right leadership to achieve their goals, driven by
her passion, network and experience in the space.

Most recently,  at a global leadership  advisory firm, she  partnered with leading  universities in  their search and
selection for  talent at Director  and CEO levels.  Previously, as the  Global Knowledge  Manager for Education &
Non-profit Practice at a global search firm, she partnered on searches in the international K-12 education space.

She has   also executed   on assignments   with  corporate clients across a spectrum of functions - notably in the
Financial Officers   and HR   functions. She  has a   good   understanding of   tech companies   from her  stint with
LinkedIn Corp.

Saba loves   to talk about   all things   'talent’ and   is deeply   committed to responsible leadership, tech-for-good,
inclusion & belonging and giving back to society.
Saba is a Bachelor of Commerce and Master of Business Administration from DAVV, Indore.