About Founder:

Sangeeth Varghese is a globally acknowledged leadership thinker, and the founder of LeadCap. LeadCap is a unique leadership movement that brings together the most influential thought as well as practicing leaders from across the world with a vision to build India as a nation of leaders.

Varghese is a mentor for several CEOs and sits on the boards of two companies. He consults for some of the largest corporations as well as upstarts on how to develop and retain leadership talent. He is the author of the bestseller 'Decide to Lead' and is currently working on his next book "Changing Leadership in Changing Times". Varghese writes a popular weekly column, "Pole Position" for The Economic Times, the world's second largest financial daily. Previously he wrote a fortnightly column, "Sangeeth Varghese on Leadership", for Businessworld, India's largest business magazine. His columns have also appeared in Forbes, Times of India and several other journals, newspapers and magazines. He has appeared in several television and print media including the BBC, CNBC, NDTV, and TimesNow as an expert on the topic. Varghese was chosen to guest edit the 2008 New Year edition of the Times of India as a "young star making a difference to India's future". In February 2008, Bombay Stock Exchange Journal rated Varghese as one of the most influential leadership thinkers based on a survey of 100 top management officials.

Prior to this, Varghese worked in UNO based out of London as a Principal Consultant. He has done his research and masters at the London School of Economics with a scholarship. He has also done his MBA and Bachelor's in Economics with gold medals. Varghese is a regular speaker at the IIMs and IITs and his writings are among the recommended reading list in IISc. He can be contacted at sangeethv@leadcap.org