Shankar is the leader of the Technology Industry group within the Work and Rewards Segment at WTW. Shankar has also worked with clients across other industries including FS, FMCG, energy and retail in Asia, Europe, NA and Latin America. He began his career as a strategy consultant in the Singapore office and rose to become the Managing Partner for South East Asia. Shankar also worked with TruePoint, a boutique consulting firm  with roots in the Harvard Business School and McKinsey & Co. Shankar contributed to two well-received book – “Higher Ambition – How Great Leaders build Companies that create Economic and Social value” written by Beer, Eisenstat, Foote, Norrgren, & Fredberg, published by Harvard Business Review press and “Conquering the Chaos” written by Ravi Venkatesan, former Chairman of Microsoft India. He has written for the World Economic Forum and has been quoted in the media. Shankar has a Masters’ degree in Management from Stanford Graduate School of Business and mutiple degrees in economics.