Bringing nearly two decades experience in executive search, he has been instrumental in hiring leadership teams for most sectors within the consumer industry – FMCG, Retail, Consumer-tech (E-commerce), Media & Entertainment.

Avdesh is a much sought-after thought partner for all consumer facing businesses in many different situations:

• Effectively working with founders / promoters of small-to-large hyper-growth consumer and technology oriented new-age businesses to build leadership teams.
• Helping Indian business houses growing and looking to develop the right people strategy as they transform from family to professional management or diversify into other geographies / business-lines.
• Partnering with large multinational companies looking to recruit business and functional leaders in India.

Given his experience with the new-age start-up eco-system over the last decade, Avdesh is particularly effective in helping organizations understand the role of “people” as technology and innovation continue to impact and disrupt businesses.

Avdesh has had extensive industry experience prior to starting a career in executive search - he has led companies from the front in the traditional manufacturing sector as well as the more contemporary consumer-tech sector.

Avdesh earned a master's degree in management from the London Business School - he is a Sloan fellow. He graduated at the top of his class with a Chemical Engineering degree from Panjab University, where he was awarded and recognized for securing the highest grades across multiple states in the graduating class of engineering.