7 Questions on Leadership
Lynda Humphries
Name: Lynda Humphries
Title: Head of Junior School
Organisation: St Philip's Christian College, Gosford
Lynda started her career in Christian schooling as a Primary School Teacher and, after taking on teaching roles in all sectors, has returned to Christian schooling in leadership. Almost thirty years of teaching experience has developed a passion for education which focuses on the social, emotional and spiritual development of the students and staff as foundations which help them to grow academically and professionally.
M. Eqbal Al-Quran
Name: M. Eqbal Al-Quran
Title: CTO
Organisation: MRSOOL
As the Chief Technology Officer at Mrsool, I'm helping to reshape the food delivery landscape with innovative, on-demand service. Alongside a dynamic team of over 100 engineers, we're transforming how people experience food delivery.
Throughout my career, I've been passionate about leveraging technology to tackle complex business challenges and drive meaningful change. I believe that the key to successful leadership lies in building strong relationships, fostering open communication, and cultivating a culture of innovation. I have a knack for making sense of intricate challenges and charting a clear path forward for my team.
With a broad range of technical expertise under my belt, I've engaged with everything from front-end and back-end development to data science, machine learning, and blockchain. I love exploring new horizons and am always eager to learn and grow.
Above all, I believe in the power of collaboration. I'm always open to sharing ideas, gaining fresh perspectives, and building lasting partnerships. So if you're interested in discussing technology, innovation, or the future of food delivery, feel free to reach out. Let's connect and make a difference together!
Mahender Pala
Name: Mahender Pala
Title: Chief Operating Officer
Organisation: MR Narayana Hospitals
MAHENDER PALA | A BRIEF PROFILE
Mahender Pala, a versatile healthcare management professional with rich experience in areas of Business Operations, key role in group expansions , developing clinical talent pool and handling multi geography teams both operations & business development. With high flavor in business development vertical, took up new challenging role in business operations (Chief Operating Officer).
Responsible for EBIDTA and P & L management of the hospital with a key focus on financial performance , annual budgeting, cost reduction initiatives, building synergies amongst the various Non Clinical and Clinical Functions, performance review analysis, review patient satisfaction analysis, to achieve & maintain NABH & NABL accreditations/affiliations, on boarding VC’s, building teams in different geographies, proactively supporting the marketing campaigns in sync with sales and marketing teams.
Academic credentials, including Post Graduation in Hospital & Healthcare Management at Symbiosis, master’s in management sciences at IBMR, Pune & also pursued specialized program “Managing Healthcare Delivery” from Harvard Business School – Boston, all these attributes make him confident in problem solving and aid him in swift & effective decision-making. Mahender has an excellent academic record. He has been awarded as “Star Alumnus- 2016” at Symbiosis Institute of Management Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra. India
Malia Du Mont
Name: Malia Du Mont
Title: Chief of Staff and VP for Strategy and Policy
Organisation: Bard College
Malia K. Du Mont is a senior executive and national security professional currently serving as Chief of Staff and Vice President for Strategy and Policy at Bard College, where she also teaches political studies and leadership. Previously, she was Co-President of Amur Equipment Finance and a non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center on Strategy and Security. She has spent most of her career in the Pentagon, where she held multiple civilian and military positions, including Director of Strategy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
In that position, she led the team charged with developing and implementing the National Defense Strategy, and supported the Secretary by representing OSD on two National Security Staff subcommittees and serving as an outside reviewer on the National Intelligence Strategy and Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review. Malia helped spearhead the Obama Administration’s Afghanistan Strategy Review, following two years in Kabul and at NATO where she focused on analyzing Afghan politico-military affairs. She was lead author of the Ft. Hood Follow-on Review, coordinating across the defense enterprise on recommendations and interim guidance documents to strengthen the Department’s ability to counter insider threat.
Malia began her career at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where she managed the school’s China Initiative, an extensive series of executive education courses, conferences, and fellowships for senior members of the Chinese government and military. She also spent several years analyzing Chinese military strategy and doctrine at The CNA Corporation. She has worked in China as an English teacher, a news editor at a provincial TV station, and in the Defense Attaché Office in the American Embassy in Beijing. She earned her BA in Chinese from Bard College and her MPP from Harvard Kennedy School, and studied in the Hopkins-Nanjing program.
She has received the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Civilian Service and the Stevie Award for Female Executive of the Year from the American Business Association. An Army Reserve officer for over 20 years, Malia chairs the NY-18 Veterans and Military Families Advisory Board for Congressman Pat Ryan, and serves on the boards of the American University of Afghanistan and the World Affairs Council Mid-Hudson Valley.
Manas Vyas
Name: Manas Vyas
Title: Multisite Manager
Organisation: Guzman Ye Gomez
I have worked in the hospitality and retail sector for over 10 years. I have overseen hospo businesses for over a decade, and have a deep understanding of the industry. I started iff as a regular crew member and grew to be a manager, a franchisee ajd eventually landed in operations.
Manoj K Jha
Name: Manoj K Jha
Title: President Global Enterprise Markets
Organisation: Procter & Gamble
Bio:-He has been an integral part of P&G's leadership team for well over a decade,helping develop the strategies that P&G people are executing with excellence to drive P&G’s growth and value creation. An outstanding leader, and the Company will benefit from his ongoing leadership to build on the strong momentum he has helped create over the last few years. He works with retail partners to create value for consumers by presenting P&G products in a clear, shoppable way, and at a good value, and to ensure joint category growth.
Joined P&G in 2006 He has spent one-third of his career with the company as a vice president and general manager leading various businesses across a variety of functions, categories, and regions, including Asia Home Care, Personal Power, P&G Professional, and Oral Care businesses He is passionate about making a difference in the lives of consumers around the world through P&G brands A strong advocate for talent development.Has been a member of P&G's global leadership team since 2009, .
Manoj Madugula
Name: Manoj Madugula
Title: AVP
Organisation: Ayoconnect
Growth partner with over 18 years experience in creating networks and cultivating relationships, to ensure continual thrust of transformation. A believer that "It's time to STOP selling "solutions" - and to START ensuring that customers achieve their desired outcomes"
Manorama Kulkarni
Name: Manorama Kulkarni
Title: Director
Organisation: Deutsche Bank
Manorama Kulkarni is Executive professional and certified Borad of director with 22 years of experience in Financial Services with focus on leading and delivering operational strategies to mitigate Risk -best practices, Solution Design, Back End Operations for Process related to Financial Crime and Compliance. Managed and lead team working on Risk Management, Know your Customer (KYC, On Boarding, Periodic Reviews, Identification and Verification, Due Diligence, Screening) -Fraud Analytics team -Credit Risk Management-Operations Risk Management-Audit and control governance. Have strategized the Vendor governance framework and set up center of excellence for financial crime and compliance. Scaling people and worked on people management extensively. Authored white paper on KYC and Real time data centered straight though processing.
Alumna Graduate and Master of Law from National Law School of India university Speaker in industry forums and financial institutions. She is Certified contract Management graduate form NSIU and Certified Coach.
Her entrepreneurial journey as founder member of NGO Bangalore women forum® which supports the cause of economic empowerment of women by supporting project process life cycle to fund /finance program (Incubate and Implement )of government of Karnataka. Her NGO also is active in supporting skilled and unskilled resource management through various training out reach programs which supports up skilling, project compiling and funding management for new innovations and women start up.
