Sanjay Gupta

Sanjay Gupta is a seasoned business leader. He commenced his professional journey in Finance in 1984, working across a range of reputed companies in India including the Tata Group, Eicher-Mitsubishi, Pepsico, and Motorola. Sanjay joined American Express in 1996 and held a number of business leadership roles based in New Delhi, New York, and Singapore. During this time, he was responsible for consolidating and restructuring the company's global financial operations and leading Customer Service for markets outside the USA and was chairperson of company operations in India. During his career, Sanjay had hands-on experience undertaking a variety of initiatives. He has personally led the migration of activities across the globe, large re-engineering to achieve financial and operating transformation, integration of buy-outs, and the 'carve out - sale' of business.

In 2010, Sanjay decided to pursue a new career to build a social enterprise for giving back in a sustainable way. He assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer at English Helper Inc. Sanjay is committed to the need for education to achieve the democratic vision. He writes a blog column for The Economic Times, a leading business daily in India. In addition, Sanjay is engaged with the cause of children and youth as an active advisor/board member at Udayan Care and School of Inspired Leadership.

Sanjay is also a teacher and coach. He is guest faculty at Duke University's Executive Education Program and delivers programs on doing business across cultures, customer engagement, brand, and leadership during change. He coaches senior executives and business leaders with a special focus on developing personal excellence. Sanjay is an advisor to Acumen India and a director for a number of companies across sectors including financial services, manufacturing and energy.