Pankaj Singh is the Senior Vice President and HR Head - Emerging Businesses, International Businesses and North America at Adani. He led Policy Advocacy at Adani Data Center Business. He was the Group Head - Talent Strategy, Talent Management, Talent Development, Leadership Development at Adani Group. In addition, he is the Head - Business Development and Services, Professor of Strategy and Consulting and Advisory Board Member at Adani Institute of Education and Research. At Adani, he is leading the effort to maximize people potential, drive human capital transformation and key strategic initiatives to build a robust leadership pipeline of motivated leaders & employees to accomplish the vision and goals in line with its values and culture, and to drive the growth and sustainability of all its existing and new businesses. He has created and manages Adani International Innovation Hub.Prior to this role, Pankaj was a Managing Director at GrowthLeaders®, a global strategy consulting and leadership development consultancy. He was responsible for growth, capability development, and client delivery in India, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa.Earlier, at Deloitte US, he implemented a new global talent strategy in Deloitte Consulting US – China Joint Venture and implementing a new leadership development architecture. As a learning leader at Deloitte US (Financial Advisory), he implemented technology-led learning experience for 500+ New Managers and New Hires (for which he was awarded a Green Award for leading the first “paperless” delivery of New Hire Training in 2010). He is an innovative thinker & expert practitioner in developing & delivering strategies to build business, execution & people leadership for organizational growth & sustainability. He has consulted with market-leading firms in a wide range of industries and organizations in the USA, China, India & Middle-East with proven track record in developing dynamic global leaders. He has published and spoken at conferences on Future of Work, HR Technologies, Leadership and Talent Development.He has created stakeholder value with his expertise in leadership skills, coalition building, empathy, creativity, innovation, adaptability, learning agility, emotional intelligence, interpersonal skills, active listening and communication skills. As a lifelong learner, he has pursued PhD at Columbia University, MBA, Engineering and certifications including leadership programs at Harvard Business School. He founded an EdTech startup.