Akesh K
Managing Partner and CEO

An M.B.A. in Human Resources & Marketing with over sixteen years experience in the Industries of Management and Human Resources consulting, Telecom VAS, IT Training and Software Development. He specializes in Executive hiring along with Leadership and Talent Consulting.

Akesh has supported many start-ups as well as established Multi National Companies with people solutions. He has been a strong believer of HR being a strategic partner to business, and extends the philosophy to Ak & S Associates. Being the founding leader of Ak & S Associates, he constantly guides the team on standing by values the organization believes in, thereby, bestowing highest priority to the business of each client.

Akesh is the founder of Ak & S Associates. He can be reached on akesh@akands.com

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Chaitanya Kanthi
Vice President

Ms. Chaitanya Kanthi is an accomplished HR professional, with over sixteen years of experience with industry leaders in Pharma, ITES and Telecom. The roles she handled span across the areas of Business HR, Learning & Development and Staffing. Chaitanya specializes in change management, organizational culture diagnosis & action planning, working closely with employees and leaders to derive solutions to business problems including those concerning teams or employee motivation as a whole. Most of her expertise lies in facilitation roles, apart from training. She has also coached young and senior leaders towards success in their new roles. She has an experience of working with negatively trending businesses through turn-around situations.

Chaitanya is a Mechanical Engineer by training and a Management graduate. She worked with global teams in building synergies across functions, and approaches matters from a completely practical perspective. Her partnership has been appreciated by leaders associated with her.

She can be reached on chaitanya@akands.com

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Sandeep Hegde
Advisory Consultant

He is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Associate Member of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India and an Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He has also completed Advanced Management Programme from IIM Bangalore. Sandeep has over two decades of experience, including a major stint with Deloitte Haskins & Sells in India. He has also worked in senior leadership positions with Aurobindo Pharma Limited and IMI Mobile Private Limited.

He can be reached on sandeep@vhandco.com

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Gavin Gomez
Principal Consultant

Mr. Gavin Gomez is a Training professional, with over two decades of partnering in the learning endeavors of employees and organizations. He worked with companies in various sectors like Engineering, Telecom, IL&FS and Banking. His expertise lies in the areas of Life Skills, Business Communication, Service Orientation and other need-based behavioral trainings. His insights and methodology has been appreciated and gratefully acknowledged in each of the programs he conducted.

Gavin has multiple certifications in the field of Training from the likes of British Council & General Electric Company. He is known to connect with each participant, and has positively impacted organizations in the private sector, NGOs and government sector within India and few Asian countries.

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