Raghuram S
Raghu is an executive coach and management consultant with more than 30 years of experience in the consulting industry. He has held leadership positions at leading consulting firms in India, including PricewaterhouseCoopers and IBM and is currently an entrepreneur. He works with a network of industry leaders and provides advisory services in the areas of business strategy, process improvements, and IT for business.
He has certifications as an executive and team coach from Coaching Foundation India (CFI) and is a member of CFI community of coaches. CFI is one of the most trusted and preferred coaching organizations in India and is known for its rigorous, humanistic, and result-oriented coaching approach and methodology. Raghu's passion is to help leaders perform to their full potential, assume more challenging roles, and carry out their executive agendas effectively. He is also certified in Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching (MGSCC), a globally renowned coaching methodology.
His consulting work has largely been in the areas of organisation and digital strategy, business planning, and customer experience, helping clients accelerate their growth plans and achieve excellence. Additionally, he has also been assisting professional services firms in leadership development, with an emphasis on bringing consulting capabilities to their customers and project management. Raghu has worked with marquee Indian and global clients and has had exceptional relationships at the board level across industries.
At PwC and IBM, Raghu focused on consulting, program management, and account management with P&L responsibilities, managing several complex and transformative assignments. He was also actively involved in recruiting, mentoring, and building teams for the consulting practices. As a ‘give-back’ to the industry, he is associated with academic institutions to conduct industry research or take up teaching assignments. He has taught at IIMs and other premier management institutes as a visiting faculty member for regular MBA and Executive MBA programs in the areas of management consulting, CRM, and ERP. Currently Raghuram is teaching at TAPMI, Manipal, as a visiting faculty member.
Raghu is an alumnus of XLRI, Jamshedpur and Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi.