Mahesh Krishnamurti is Founder & CEO of Thought Leadership Capital (TLC), a boutique advisory firm. He is a proven change agent with international experience and focus on driving leadership alignment and business strategy at the executive/board level. He is an ardent promoter of collaborative, connected, and inclusive cultures. Mr. Krishnamurti returned to New York in 2021 after 13 years in India where he was MD & CEO for India and MEA regions and on the global leadership team of RGP. As an advisor and strategic leader at TLC, he works with PE and VC portfolio companies and innovative ventures that are on the ground and at scale.
Until recently, he served as Independent Director on the Board of YES Bank, India’s 4th largest private bank, at the invitation of the Reserve Bank of India. In this role, he helped to avert the bank’s collapse and turn it around within two years. He also drove key ESG initiatives as a member of the board ESG committee. As Senior Advisor on ESG & International Operations at Vaco LLC (a $1.3B talent solutions and consulting firm), Mr. Krishnamurti advised the C-Suite on the Social and Governance aspects of ESG, and leveraged his India experience to bring more operational synergies between the company’s India entities, and alignment with international expansion plans.
At RGP (Nasdaq-listed consultancy) while based in India for 13 years as a member of the +global leadership team, he led business expansion with MNCs in the India region, Asia, UAE, and US. An Executive-In-Residence at the NYU Stern School of Business, he is a regular guest speaker and coach-mentor to MBA and Executive MBA students.
Raised in Thailand and Switzerland with a United Nations upbringing, Mr. Krishnamurti next studied in the UK and US (BSc, London School of Economics; MBA, NYU Stern School of Business, and completed management programs at the Wharton School, and MIT, Sloan School). He speaks English, French, multiple Indian languages, with latency in Thai.