Contributors

Sudhir Agarwal

Sudhir Agarwal is the Chief Executive Officer of Singapore-based Everise, a joint venture between private equity and real estate investment firm, Everstone and Sunrise, a company he also founded and leads as CEO. At Everise, Sudhir is responsible for leading and expanding the business operations throughout Singapore and across Asia and realising its vision to create a USD 500 million Experience Company in the BPO Industry. Based in Singapore, Everise operates eight operating centres across the U.S., the Philippines and Latin America, with over 8,000 employees providing multilingual support to clients ranging from major global multinational companies to local firms.

Suganthi Shivkumar

Suganthi Shivkumar is the Managing Director for Qlik ASEAN. Based in Singapore, Suganthi is responsible for driving Qlik’s business and leading teams throughout the ASEAN region, which includes Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

Prior to joining Qlik, Suganthi has held senior roles across Asia Pacific in software companies like Hyperion, Informatica, BackOffice Associates and JDA and was also an award winning regional trainer.

Suganthi holds a Bachelors degree in Accountancy from the National University of Singapore. She was the recipient of the 6th Annual Stevie Award for Best Asian Executive (Nov 2009) in New York as well as the iGroupWomen Leaders in India (Winner in the Overseas Women Category – Dec 2009).

Sujit Ghosh

Dr. Sujit Ghosh is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Holcim Singapore Pte Ltd. Specializing in high-performance civil engineering materials, he builds his expertise through various roles in multinational companies across the Asia Pacific region including in Singapore, India, Australia, and Indonesia. He was a member of the Global Holcim Innovation prize jury in 2012.

Sujit Mittra

Sujit Mittra is the Managing Director of 360° Marketing Consultancy and the Co-Founder & Director at Premier Hotels of Asia Pte. Ltd.

Sujith Abraham

As Senior Vice President and General Manager, ASEAN, Sujith's primary responsibility is to ensure the success of our customers, our partners, our employees and our community across ASEAN. Sujith brings with him a wealth of experience in enterprise technology and has a passion for transforming good ideas and people into impactful businesses built on strong culture and high levels of engagement. 

Prior to Salesforce, Sujith spent over 20 years with Oracle both in the US and in Asia. Most recently he was SVP of MarTech. 

Outside of work, Sujith enjoys portrait and studio photography, camping and hiking, and of course, spending time with his family. Sujith is passionate about giving back to the community and contributes to efforts spearheaded by Union Church in Hong Kong as well as the local Boy Scouts of America chapter.

Sujith holds an MBA from Cornell University and a BS in Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
 

Sumit Bansal

Sumit Bansal is Director for ASEAN and Korea, Sophos

Sumit Narayanan & Vanessa Lou

Sumit has over 15 years of experience in insurance and actuarial advisory in Asia. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries. Vanessa has close to ten years of experience in actuarial consulting and actuarial valuation. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia.

Sunshine Farzan

Sunshine Farzan is a global marketing executive with a passion for helping companies build and scale their business through the integration of digital, marketing, product innovation, demand generation and PR. She has two decades of experience of building brands, enhancing customer experiences, and transforming businesses through digital innovation in Asia Pacific and North America. She currently leads Global Marketing & Communications at Tricor Group, a PE-backed professional services firm. Sunshine is a board director, an active contributor to business publications, and a certified career coach.

Suraj Kamath

Suraj leads the Manufacturing Solutions Consulting Practice for APAC at SAS, developing go-to-market strategies and providing leadership guidance on Advanced Analytics, AI and IoT solutions for industries across manufacturing. With over 15 years of experience driving analytics-led innovation, Suraj has enabled companies and customers to improve process control, increase yield, reduce waste, optimize pricing and product mix and develop successful business strategy. 

Suresh Shah

Suresh Shah, M.D., Pathfinders Enterprise,  a certified counselor, professional trainer, a coach, and a writer, with a focus on Career coaching and counseling, Business coaching for competitive edge, and Competency based Training and Assessment.