Ms. Parvathi Menon is currently Head of Client Relations, Corporate Learning, India at Harvard Business School Publishing, a wholly owned subsidiary of Harvard Business School. She has been the Founder, Managing Director of Innovation Alchemy Consulting Private Limited, a lead Indian firm in strategic innovation facilitation and the Founder & CEO of Fresh Harvest Private Limited, a sustainable agriculture enterprise. She also chairs the Board of School for Social Entrepreneurs, India and is actively involved in mentoring small business entrepreneurs in the early stages of enterprise development.

Ms. Parvathi has been the Principal Learning Partner Harvard Business School Publishing (HBP) in India, prior to which she was empaneled as a certified Expert Facilitator for the HBP global team for over a decade. In her multiple roles at HBP she has worked closely with corporate leaders to help consult on the performance outcomes an organization needs and design customized leadership programs that create related business and people impact. On behalf of HBP she has consulted for clients across India, Middle East and Southeast Asia.

Ms. Parvathi combines a deep research interest in the innovation mindset necessary for leaders in today’s business world, combined with a practitioner’s experience in building business ventures. With over 28 years of experience, she has built a repertoire of knowledge in designing and facilitating innovation adoption for leaders and teams working on complex challenges. Her facilitation has covered a wide range of contexts in both business and social impact projects, including rural livelihood generation, rural-urban market linkages, urban transformation, smart city development, water, healthcare, sanitation and sustainable agriculture solutions. She has designed and led large innovation facilitation programs for clients such as the Marico Innovation Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, the World Bank Group, DFID and ITC eChoupal amongst others.

List of Directorship and Full-time positions in other Body Corporates:

• Naperol Investments Limited
• Innovation Alchemy Consulting Private Limited
• Fresh Harvest Private Limited
• School for Social Entrepreneurs India