Reference: GILA/ID/NRC-032/ITS
Board seat: Independent Director, Non-Executive
Primary board location: Bengaluru
Meeting model: Five boards, six NRC meetings and annual talent deep dive
Mandate type: NRC Chair & Board Succession Expert

A listed digital-engineering and cloud-services company serving global industrial, software and financial clients through delivery centres in India and Eastern Europe.

Revenue is USD 1.2–1.8 billion. Three business presidents are flight risks and the top-20 leadership bench is too dependent on acquisitions.

The board needs succession before a vacancy. The NRC charter covers retention, integration of acquired leaders, sales-delivery leadership, AI-led workforce redesign and credible internal CEO options over three years.

The board is not buying a credential. It is appointing an independent decision-maker who can convert this problem into a governed sequence of choices, evidence and accountability. Success will be judged by the quality of decisions and control improvement, not by the number of recommendations made.





NRC Chair and member of Risk for human-capital and AI workforce transition; direct access to CHRO and independent assessment data.

The appointee will have direct, unfiltered access to the Company Secretary and to the relevant control-function leaders. Any advisory support requested by the board must remain management-executed: the director sets questions, tolerances and evidence standards, but does not become an executive or consultant.

12 to 18 Months Charter:

Build readiness evidence for CEO and three business-president roles, including emergency cover; review acquired-leader retention and earn-out incentives for unintended behaviour; redesign long-term reward around organic growth, client quality and leadership development; govern AI productivity assumptions, workforce reskilling and bench risk without rewarding indiscriminate utilisation cuts.
Turn succession from an annual name-list exercise into a board-owned sy

📌 Independent Director (Bengaluru)
🏢 Gladwin International
📍 Bengaluru