Konika Chadha is a Senior Client Partner at Korn Ferry, partnering with Boards, CEOs, and CXOs to build high-impact leadership teams across the Financial Services sector. Her work sits at the intersection of Executive Search, talent strategy, and leadership advisory—enabling organisations to scale, transform, and remain future-ready.
She specialises in C-suite and senior leadership hiring across Asset Management, Capital Markets, Market Infrastructure Institutions (MIIs), FinTechs, and Global Capability Centers (GCCs). Konika has a strong track record of delivering strategic, sensitive, and business-critical mandates across functions including Strategy, Human Resources, Operations, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Technology, Digital, and AI/ML.
Konika is a trusted advisor to Boards and leadership teams on CEO/CXO hiring, succession planning, and leadership architecture. She leads end-to-end Executive Search mandates and partners closely with clients on talent strategy, organisational design, and leadership transformation. Her work is defined by an integrated approach—bringing together Executive Search, Professional Search, and Consulting capabilities to deliver holistic talent solutions.
She is known for building long-term client partnerships through deep market insight, precision execution, and consistent delivery excellence.
With over 26 years of experience, including 13+ years at Korn Ferry, she has successfully placed leaders across critical functions such as Finance, Risk, Compliance, Technology, and Transformation. Her work has been instrumental in helping global firms establish and scale their presence in India, building centers of excellence that drive cross-border collaboration and operational impact.
Konika has held leadership roles at ICICI Prudential, American Express, GE, and Bharti Airtel. She was recognized as one of India’s 50Under50 Trailblazers by HRAI (2025) and is a recipient of the Exceptional Women Leader Award from the Women’s Economic Forum (2018 & 2022) and the HerRising Award for Women in HR (2019).
She holds a postgraduate degree in Management from TVU (London) and a certification in Strategic Human Resource Management from IIM Ahmedabad.
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