Celeste LaurierChief Strategy Officer · Essays & perspective
Portfolio reshaped
₹6,200 Cr
Exits, entries and partnerships
New growth businesses
4
Incubated to independent scale
Strategic partnerships
15
Across three continents
Strategy horizon
2030
Approved by the board, funded and tracked

Beyond the page

The record behind the perspective.

In the boardroom

  • Meridian ConsolidatedIndependent Director · 2022 — Present
  • The Futures Policy InstituteFellow and Advisory Board Member · 2019 — Present

Recognition

  • Strategy Leader of the YearCapital & Governance Quarterly · 2024
  • Deal of the Year — PartnershipThe Corporate Development Awards · 2022

In conversation

  • “Making the portfolio choices most boards postpone”Capital & Governance Quarterly · 2025
  • “Scenarios the board can actually use”The Boardroom Review · 2024
  • “Episode 115 — Strategy is a choice, not a deck”The Leadership Ledger podcast · 2023
Turned our strategy from an annual document into a set of decisions we actually made.
Olivia GrantChair, Meridian Consolidated
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