Chief Strategy Officer
India · Global perspective
Practice / Perspective
An index
of ideas.
| No. | The idea | Subject / reading |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | The portfolio question beyond each business plan | Strategy 2 min read |
| 02 | Scenarios should reveal a decision | Portfolio 2 min read |
| 03 | Resource allocation is where strategy becomes visible | Scenarios 2 min read |
The practitioner
Leela Mehta
I help leadership teams make choices about the future of the enterprise. My work connects portfolio direction, growth opportunities and strategic partnerships with the operating and capital decisions needed to act.
Open to Board appointments · Advisory roles · Speaking invitations
Start a conversation- 01 / Enterprise strategy
- 02 / Portfolio direction
- 03 / Strategic partnerships
- 04 / Scenario planning
- 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.
Continue the conversation
Ideas are tested in conversation.
For board, advisory and speaking invitations, and for readers who want to take an argument further.
- Board appointments
- Advisory roles
- Speaking invitations
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