Girija Pande

Girija Pande is based in Singapore and is Chairman of Apex Advisors Pte Ltd. He is also the Chairman of Apex Avalon Consulting (Advisory Board) a company which he co-founded with Avalon Consulting. Mr. Pande is ex-President of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Asia Pacific which is part of India's largest business conglomerate.

Having over three decades of experience in senior positions in Banking and Financial Services and having served on multiple Boards of government bodies as well as non-profit organizations, Mr. Pande is currently the Chairman of Chain IQ’s ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) Advisory Board. He also serves on the Advisory Board of a Global ESG Fund and on High Level Advisory Board of Brussels based Digital Goes Green Foundation working on sustainability issues of digitalization.

Mr. Pande holds an engineering degree and an MBA. He has extensive experience throughout Asia, and has held senior postings in Korea, Hong Kong, Bahrain and India. He has co-authored a successful book on building business in China and India 'The Silk Road Rediscovered' published by John Wiley.

He was awarded Public Service Medal by the Government of Singapore on National Day in 2021 and received the best CEO Award from Singapore HR Institute and two Social Services Award by Ministry of Social & Family Development.