Consulting Team

An MBA from London Business School, Sonal has worked in executive search & selection in India since 1993 and manages Accord Group India since 2005. Apart from engagements with Conglomerates across sectors, she leads the Professional & Financial Services practice.

Sonal serves on the global management committee, and represents the Asia Pacific region for AltoPartners, a global partnership of executive search firms in Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific. She has served on the boards of ABC Consultants India, ABC Consultants Singapore and Watson Wyatt India, and is a member of the YPO (Young Presidents Organization) a peer network of 20,000 global leaders in 100 nations.

She was named by the Economic Times as one of the Top 10 Headhunters in India, by Businessweek as one of the 150 Most Influential Headhunters in the World, 2008. In 2010, she was named by Business Today magazine as one of the Next 30 women to watch out for in India. In 2011, she was awarded by YFLO (Young FICCI Ladies Organisation) as an Outstanding Young Woman Achiever in Business. She is a frequently a panelist and speaker on India, Talent and Diversity issues.

She writes a monthly column, Career Coach, in The Mint (an affiliate of The Wall Street Journal in India) http://bit.ly/94RhYV

Toral has over 17 years experience in executive search & selection. India. She is nationally responsible for the Consumer, Retailing & Real Estate practices for Accord Group India. In addition she has run searches in the areas of services, human resources, finance, media and telecoms. Previously, she managed a significant portion of the group’s operations in India & Middle East.

She serves on the boards of Accord Group India, ABC Consultants and is a member of the Bombay chapter of the EO (Entrepreneurs Organization). A graduate of Sydenham College, Bombay, she did her post-graduation in Personnel Management from the University of Bombay and the Accelerated Development Program from London Business School UK.

Venkat has over 20 years of experience in management consulting, operations and executive search, and has worked extensively in the areas of organizational re-structuring, systems and planning. He leads the Industrial, Manufacturing & Infrastructure practices for Accord in India and has conducted top management searches for large business groups across functional disciplines for over 15 years. A Mechanical Engineer, Venkat also holds a postgraduate diploma in Industrial Engineering from NPC.

Rekha has spent over a decade in the executive search profession, and leads the Media & Communications practice at Accord. She runs searches at senior levels in the areas of television, print, radio, animation, film, multiplexes and advertising. Additionally, she has worked in the consumer and services practice. Her previous experience has been with Maersk and with a leading event management firm. Rekha holds a post graduate degree in Industrial Psychology from Bombay University.

Jaideep has over 18 years of experience in the healthcare industry. He has previously worked with Larsen & Toubro, Johnson & Johnson, Baxter and Bausch & Lomb, where he was last the General Manager of the Cataract Business. Most recently, he ran a healthcare consulting business in India and China, with focus on medical marketing and hospital practice management. Jaideep runs the Life Sciences practice at Accord, based out of the NCR office in Gurgaon. He is an MBA from IMT Ghaziabad and a Biomedical Engineer from the College of Engineering Osmainia Unversity.

Supratik has spent 20 years in solutions providing environments in Indian and International markets in Oil & Gas, Pulp & Paper, and Services Industries. Following functionally diverse and international roles within ExxonMobil Corporation in Sales, Engineering, Marketing, Operations and Business Support, Supratik moved on to head Strategy and Marketing for Indian paper major JK Paper as Vice President. He later co-founded and set up Association Management Initiatives, which pioneered the concept of managing non-profits in India. A Chemical Engineer by qualification, Supratik earned his MBA from the Maastricht University. He runs Industrial and Infrastructure search engagements from the NCR office in Gurgaon.