Divershefy Distinguished Director
Shantha Maheswari Sekhar
Certified Independent Director,
Board Member - Advisor,Â
CXO Business Technology LeaderÂ
focused on meaningfully impacting clients, community and company in a responsible business way.
Skills include:Â
- Experienced Non-Profit Board Member with expertise in governance, risk, remuneration and compliance
- Executive Committees and Chair positions - DEI, CSR, Technology, Innovation, PoSH
- Fortune 500 C Suite experiences on organization strategy, enterprise technology transformations, GTM, Sales & Marketing, global operate models, capability practices build outs, M & A Integrations, talent transformations, product and platform innovations
- Industry Speaker, Mentor and Advocate for STEM talent, holistic wellbeing, DEI with a strong lift as you rise philosophy
Board Positions
International Institute of Business Analysis, Canada – Non Profit Board Member, Governance and Risk Committee
Carelon Global Solutions PoSH Committee Chair and Chief Investigation Officer
Business Unit Chair - CSR Committee, Risk & Compliance Committee
Other Executive Leadership Board Member – Investment & Budgets, Risk, BCP & Compliance, Innovation, Global Leadership & Technology Councils,  Strategy Office, Talent Transformation
Experiences (Industries)
IT / ITES
Manufacturing
Consumer, Retail & Citizen
Health Care, Life Sciences
Auto, Energy & Industrial
Transportation & Hospitality
Communication, Media & Hi-Tech
Clients served - Fortune 500 across the globe
Board Community Networks:
Board Stewardship Fellow Member
Divershefy Club - Distinguished Director
Career Achievement
- Governance and executive leadership roles across Wipro, Accenture, Cap Gemini, Carelon and EY
- Led large Fortune 500 multi country client engagements, relationships and growth with P & L responsibilities
- Set up and scaled large business units, capability practices across multiple countries
- Led client organization and company M & A for brand, business unit yielding non-linear growth
- Set up and scaled innovation hubs for clients
- Fostered a culture of innovation, talent transformation and leadership succession development
Board Resume
Shantha Maheswari is a seasoned global business technology CXO leader with over 30 years of experience driving business strategy, enterprise transformations, purposeful leadership and innovation. She has held senior leadership roles shaping Fortune 2000 client transformations, new business unit incubation to scale, digital platforms go to market, corporate strategy, governance, and board advisory across industries.
Shantha is a certified Independent Director from the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs and holds credentials in board leadership in the age of AI. Recognized with multiple awards for inclusion, diversity, and technology leadership, she brings deep expertise in aligning governance with resilience, accountability, and sustainable growth. A blogger, thought leader and active industry speaker at various events, she has also contributed to books - Innovating Women and Anecdotally yours.
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Education, Certifications, Awards
Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical & Electronics
Executive Business Dynamics, Symbiosis Institute, Pune
 Certifications
- IICA – Independent Director
- Wharton School  - Leadership & Managing Change
- ISB - Business Leadership Â
- MIT - Innovation , Industry Convergence
- Michigan University – ESG
- Carnegie Mellon - Cloud Advisor Â
- Microsoft – Azure Certified
- LinkedIn – Chief AI Officer
  Awards
- Exemplar Woman Leader, World Women Leadership industry Award Winner
- Global Inclusion & Diversity Lead award, Accenture
- Patents – 3 (Grant), 2 (Applied)
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