Sandeep Das — Co-Founder
Overview: Sandeep Das is a leadership coach, best-selling author, and global speaker. After graduating from IIM Bangalore, he built a distinguished corporate career spanning over 15 years. He served as Director at PwC—one of the youngest to do so—and later as Global Foresight Lead at Mars Wrigley, where he advised senior leadership on strategy and long-term growth. Leadership Coach: As a leadership coach and founder of Building Leaders for Tomorrow, Sandeep has facilitated more than 100 leadership teams across the world in the areas of Business Storytelling, Negotiation, Executive Presence, Personal Branding, and Strategic Thinking. His global clients include Unilever, Mondelez, Novo Nordisk, Amazon, DCM Shriram, Infosys, and Pernod Ricard, among others. Best-Selling Author: Sandeep is a prolific author and thought leader. He has written six books, three of which have been published by Penguin Random House. One of his books, How Business Storytelling Works, was on the bestseller list for 40 successive weeks and is now a prescribed text at IIM Bangalore and IIM Lucknow. Faculty at IIM Bangalore & IIM Lucknow: Sandeep conducts leadership workshops in partnership with Economic Times Masterclass and CII Leadership Enclave. In addition, he regularly teaches Executive Education at IIM Bangalore and IIM Lucknow in the areas of Storytelling, Executive Presence, and Negotiation. Digital Courses: Through the Sandeep Das Academy, his digital courses coach approximately 6,000–8,000 senior professionals every month on consulting, storytelling, negotiation and strategic thinking. His programs are widely attended across India, the Gulf States, and Southeast Asia. 200+ Newspaper Columns: Beyond classrooms and boardrooms, Sandeep has shaped public discourse on leadership, strategy, and business through over 200 opinion columns in leading publications including The Times of India, Mint, The Economic Times, Fortune, and Forbes. He has also been invited four times to Raj Shamani’s podcast—one of India’s leading business podcasts. 20+ International Keynotes: He is an international keynote speaker who has addressed audiences on Storytelling, Negotiation, and Strategic Thinking at conferences in Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC, Berlin, Amsterdam, Oxford, Miami, Atlanta, Singapore, Dubai, and Bangkok. 1.5+ Crore Social Media Views Every Month: His thought leadership reaches over 1.5 crore views every month across social media platforms, with a cumulative following exceeding 300,000 professionals.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Leadership Development and Management Consulting expert with a focus on strategic foresight.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 17 yrs 10 mos
Skills
- Leadership Coaching
- Strategic Thinking
- Executive Education
- Public Speaking
- Strategic Foresight
- Business Strategy
- Management Consulting
Career Highlights
- Best-selling author with six published books
- Facilitated over 100 leadership teams globally
- International keynote speaker with 20+ engagements
Work Experience
Building Leaders for Tomorrow
Founder and Managing Director (1 yr 5 mos)
International Keynote Speaker
International Keynote Speaker (3 yrs 11 mos)
Mars
Global Foresight Lead, Emerging Countries, Mars Wrigley (3 yrs 9 mos)
Author of ‘How Business Storytelling Works’
Storytelling Coach (6 yrs 1 mo)
IIM A, IIM B, IIM L and ISB
Adjunct / Visiting Faculty at IIM A, IIM B, IIM L, ISB & ET Masterclass (6 yrs 3 mos)
Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC)
Director, Management Consulting (1 yr 9 mos)
Associate Director, Management Consulting (1 yr 9 mos)
Times of India, Economic Times, Forbes, Fortune, Mint, Business World
Thought leader, India’s only op-ed writer for all major newspapers (12 yrs 1 mo)
Author
Best-selling Author (6 books) (14 yrs 3 mos)
Accenture Strategy (Bangalore)
Engagement Manager (7 yrs 1 mo)
Marico (Mumbai)
Sales & Marketing Management Trainee (11 mos)
Boston Consulting Group (New York)
Summer Intern (1 mo)
Oracle
Member Of Technical Staff (1 yr)
Education
MBA at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Dynamics in the C-Suite at INSEAD
Business Strategy at INSEAD
B.E at RV College Of Engineering
Class XI at Bishop Cotton Boys' School
ICSE at St. Joseph's European Boys' High School
