Practitioners of Talent to Value

Sumeet Salwan is the founder of FulcrumQ. Connecting Talent to Value™, the core IP behind his work, defines the handful of decisions — roles, structures and talent moves — that, give CEO’s, CHRO’s and investors a repeatable system to move their strategy faster. The framework draws on three decades of his operating experience in geographies and industries, across both corporate and PE. Sumeet has partnered with more than a 100 CEOs navigating the gap between strategic ambition and organizational readiness to help them pivot their businesses and deliver strategy.   He is equally passionate about re-inventing human capital practices with innovation hungry talent leaders and CHRO’s by reimagining talent solutions around value creation rather than process management. He has continuously sought to disrupt traditional thinking around human capital and bring an entrepreneurial, commercial edge to his talent work. Sumeet spent the first 20 years of his career at Unilever, in roles spanning India, Netherlands, UK and Singapore. In his final role with Unilever, he moved to the US as their Head of HR. He then served as CHRO for the Johnson & Johnson Consumer and Medical device company. Beyond his corporate experience, he has worked with PE portfolio companies across 20+ PE funds globally, aligning talent architectures and organization readiness with the investment theses. Sumeet is a member of the Forbes Business Council and a contributor to IMD Business School's thought leadership platform. Formerly he has served on the advisory boards of Lee Hecht Harrison, HRPS (SHRM Executive Network), and SVPGlobal , a $25B AUM global investment firm. His social impact work includes board service at Enactus US and Sakhi for South Asian Survivors, focused on gender justice.

Shefali Salwan is the founder of FulcrumQ. As the architect of the Talent to Value Academy, she leads the capability-building engine that certifies the next generation of T2V practitioners and transfers the methodology into client organizations worldwide. Her work ensures that Talent to Value moves from advisory insight to embedded organizational muscle. Over the course of her career, Shefali has personally coached CEOs from more than 50 countries and guided over 150 C-suite leaders through deep-dive assessments and development plans, all anchored in connecting human capital decisions directly to value creation, not process management. She is passionate about pushing the frontier of what T2V can become, investing in AI, HR technology, and machine learning to build tools that keep FulcrumQ and its clients ahead of the curve. Shefali spent her early career at Unilever as Global Lead of Diversity, where she embedded inclusion into operating processes and led HR for an international investment bank in India. These experiences across geographies, industries, and organizational scales gave her a practitioner's lens that sharpens every aspect of her current work, from executive coaching to international business expansion across five continents. She holds an MBA in HR, is a Certified Executive Coach (Academy of Executive Coaching) and Professional Certified Coach (ICF), and is certified in Hogan, MBTI, StandOut, and ontological coaching through the Newfield Network. Her perspective is further shaped by her role as an investor and board member for venture capital and HR tech firms, where she helps steer the evolution of human capital solutions. Her social impact work includes board service at the Global Justice Center, a nonprofit that partners with creative feminists who use international law to achieve gender equality and dismantle systems of oppression.

Rajev Shukla is a Founding Partner at FulcrumQ with +30 years as a value-focused P&L leader, PE Operating Partner, Investor, and Entrepreneur. He has led and transformed multibillion-dollar global businesses, built or turned around and exited growth companies, and created new ventures from scratch. Prior to FulcrumQ, Rajev served as MD, Private Equity at Everstone Capital, leading platform operations and co-leading deals across consumer and adjacent sectors. Portfolio outcomes included a successful consumer business carveout, scaling a pharma distribution aggregation thesis, incubation of an e-Pharmacy (now a unicorn), and scaling a nutraceutical's growth business. Before PE, he led scaled Unilever businesses, rising from intern to Global VP for Skincare Strategy and M&A. At FulcrumQ, Rajev leads the global firm with responsibility for Asia, Africa, ME, and the Global PE practice.

Alex Kopitsas is a Senior Partner at FulcrumQ with over two decades of global leadership experience spanning the Middle East, Africa, Europe, China, and the United States. During a distinguished 22-year tenure at Johnson & Johnson, he operated at immense scale, notably serving as Head of HR for China and VP of Global Talent Acquisition. Alex’s background as both a business operator and HR leader allows him to precisely translate corporate strategy into the organizational actions required to secure growth. Today at FulcrumQ, he works with CEOs and CHROs on identifying critical roles, assessing talent, and building leadership teams with succession plans that deliver results. By leveraging AI-enabled tools and the Talent to Value methodology, Alex also trains HR teams to elevate their internal capabilities—ensuring the human capital function itself becomes a proactive driver of value.

Bill Allen brings nearly 20 years of experience as a CHRO for major listed companies, supported by a career where more than a third of his tenure was spent in international markets. As the former HR leader for A.P. Møller-Mærsk, a $60B global conglomerate, he architected an operating system for 110,000 employees that fueled a wholesale cultural and business transformation across 120 countries. Throughout his career, including twelve years at PepsiCo and leadership roles at Macy’s Inc. and Atlas Air, he has specialized in translating complex corporate strategies into high-leverage talent and organization actions, such as executing CEO successions and restructuring global HR functions to enable enterprise value. Today at FulcrumQ, Bill serves as a Senior Partner where he provides executive advisory to private equity firms and boards, applying the Science of Talent to Value to ensure leadership and performance systems are precisely aligned with value creation ambitions.

Joydeep Mutsuddi is a Senior Partner at FulcrumQ with over 25 years of experience leading large-scale business integrations and strategic human resources transformations within global health and technology sectors. As the former CHRO and Executive Vice President of BrightSpring Health, a $6B KKR portfolio company, he orchestrated an 18-month integration of two major entities and executed multiple acquisitions ranging from $10M to $300M. He effectively translates complex corporate strategies into talent and organization actions by simplifying operating systems and guiding board-level leadership choices to drive accretive value. At FulcrumQ today, Joydeep leverages data-driven insights to synchronize strategy and talent, specifically focusing on helping clients deploy talent at inflection points to ensure sustainable enterprise value creation.

Tim Burns is a partner at FulcrumQ with over 20 years of experience in strategic consulting, finance, and global business transformation across the SaaS, healthcare, and financial services sectors. His career is marked by high-stakes leadership, notably as the interim CFO for the startup Achievers, where he co-led a Series A funding round that culminated in an acquisition exceeding its valuation by more than ten times. Tim’s diverse advisory portfolio includes crafting five-year strategic plans for $100M ARR technology firms and architecting the IT strategy for an $800M annual infrastructure unit within a major Canadian bank. He excels at translating complex corporate strategies into high-leverage talent and organization actions, such as establishing change management functions for hospital systems comprising 20,000 personnel. Currently, Tim is a Partner at FulcrumQ where he applies his strategic acumen and "Talent to Value" certification to transform executive aspirations into real-world results by aligning talent with enterprise value creation across global engagements.

Sujata Hodarkar brings over 25 years of global financial management expertise to the FulcrumQ team, having lived and worked in nine countries including the United States, the UK, and Singapore. She has led comprehensive finance functions for Fortune 500 companies such as Unilever and Carrier Corporation and navigated complex capital environments for boutique private equity and venture capital funds. Her advisory experience in Asia and the US specifically focused on translating business strategy into organizational action by establishing robust financial management practices and strategic planning frameworks that allow leadership to scale sustainable growth. As Chief Financial Officer at FulcrumQ today, Sujata is responsible for driving the firm’s financial growth and strategic decision-making while ensuring our internal operations effectively model the principles of Talent to Value to create long-term enterprise excellence.

Dhaval Bhagat brings a rare synthesis of engineering precision, product management strategy, and systems thinking to his role as Partner at FulcrumQ. During a distinguished fifteen-year career at Motorola Mobility, he served as Senior Manager of NPI Operations, where he led a global team to launch 15 products in just two years, generating over $1B in revenue. Dhaval’s advisory approach is defined by his ability to translate complex business strategies into specific talent and organization actions, leveraging his experience managing large-scale P&Ls and transitioning legacy technology users to next-generation solutions. Today at FulcrumQ, he leads business operations and independent projects while driving the codification of the Science of Talent to Value methodology and tools.

Prateek Sinha is a transformation specialist who brings a distinguished career in leading global organizational development and strategic change initiatives within premier multinational corporations. He has orchestrated large-scale transformations, including the leadership shift for Shell’s Energy Transition and the organization shift of a 45,000+employee Downstream & Upstream businesses where he aligned 300+ senior executives to drive integration across extended value chains. Prateek’s expertise lies in his ability to review complex operating models and diagnose organizational health to ensure leadership and execution are directly translated into talent and organization actions for clients. Currently serving as a Partner at FulcrumQ, Prateek focuses on connecting talent to value by profitably delivering change interventions that help multinationals navigate complex corporate dynamics and achieve systemic performance improvements.

Dr. Vandana Vaidyanathan brings over thirteen years of experience advising boards, CEOs, and executive teams on high-stakes leadership, succession, and governance challenges across the finance, insurance, and technology sectors. She has led data-driven assessments and large- scale realignment initiatives for mid to large-cap companies, drawing on her deep background in industrial and organizational psychology to facilitate alignment when new strategies demand structural change. Her advisory work focuses on translating complex corporate strategies into specific talent and organization actions, such as identifying critical leadership gaps and developing rigorous onboarding plans for CEO successors to ensure seamless execution. Currently at FulcrumQ, Vandana serves as an Associate Partner where she applies her expertise in quantitative diagnostics to run executive leadership and board effectiveness assessments. Her work directly supports the science of Talent to Value by compelling clients to examine the specific context of high-leverage roles to ensure leadership readiness matches enterprise value ambitions.

Steve Courington is an accomplished HR executive with over 30 years’ experience, with depth in Global Pharmaceuticals, Financial Services, and Consumer/Retail industries. He brings a career defined by deep expertise in human capital strategy and large-scale organizational development. As a former client and talent leader adopting Talent to Value at Novartis, he led the work to deploy the methodology across the enterprise and supported building a global practitioner community and integrating this work into ongoing leadership routines. His experience focuses on translating high-level business strategy into specific talent and organization actions across several Fortune 500 organizations. Currently, as the General Manager of Capability at FulcrumQ, Steve is responsible for growing and globalizing the professional practitioner community, where he focuses on developing and expanding the reach and sustainability of our clients using the Talent to Value methodology to drive enterprise value creation.

Jim Nolten is a Partner at FulcrumQ with over two decades of experience spanning management consulting, digital and AI strategy, and FinTech operations across Europe, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, and North America. A former Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company, he directed client engagements in tech, telecom, and banking before leading AI and digital strategy development across Philips' global HealthTech portfolio. He subsequently served as Chief Operating Officer of Uber Money Europe, where he scaled a regulated FinTech platform across twenty markets. At FulcrumQ, Jim helps clients translate complex strategies into high-impact organizational and talent decisions that drive sustainable value creation.

Monica Klaas-Kütt is an Associate Partner at FulcrumQ with nearly two decades of experience aligning talent strategy with business priorities across global corporate and consulting environments. Her career spans progressive HR leadership roles at Bayer — including Global HR Strategy Expert, Head of Talent Management for a global division, and Global HR Business Partner role — where she drove organizational design, succession planning, and cultural transformation at scale. A trained executive coach and adult learning specialist, Monica brings a distinctive lens to how organizations build capability that lasts beyond the engagement. She has applied the Talent to Value methodology to help clients identify the shortest path from strategy to talent decisions to business outcomes, and at FulcrumQ focuses on translating strategic priorities into precise, high-leverage talent and organization actions.

Daniella Patrick brings over 12 years of experience in talent management, people analytics, and learning and leadership development across global professional services organizations. Prior to FulcrumQ, she served as Director of Global People Strategy & Analytics for a top-tier global law firm, where her work included building data-informed HR mechanisms, reimagining the firm's employee listening ecosystem, and launching leadership development programs that earned exceptional satisfaction scores. Earlier at Accenture, she served as Chief of Staff to the CHRO for a 365,000-person Technology organization and spearheaded global employee experience transformations spanning recruiting, wellbeing, and HR innovation across Talent roles. Her work focuses on translating complex talent challenges into innovative data-driven actions that elevate workplace culture, employee experience and organizational performance. At FulcrumQ today, Daniella applies her expertise to help clients align talent with enterprise value creation.

Jeroo is a Partner at FulcrumQ with her over 30 years of diverse experience in Human Resources, having worked extensively with large international banks in India, across both HR Business Partnering and COE roles. Her career reflects a strong track record of leading transformation, building capability, and partnering closely with business leadership in value creation. As Head of HR (Retail) for a large international bank in India, Jeroo led two large-scale restructuring initiatives to align the organization with its growth strategy. She subsequently co- led the HR integration of two Banks, contributing to a complex and high-impact transition. In addition to her corporate leadership experience, Jeroo has worked in management consulting, advising financial institutions and industry clients. Notably, as a consultant to a new entrant foreign bank, she set up the bank's training and leadership development framework and methodology from the ground up. As partner at FulcrumQ, managing the India business, she is building the firm’s presence in India and realizing the significant potential for Talent to Value and our AI-enabled tools in the Indian market.

Austin Riggs is an Associate Partner at FulcrumQ with over 15 years of experience in strategy consulting, venture building, and operational leadership across B2B technology, fintech, healthcare, and social-impact sectors. He has developed strategic plans for eight companies, driven the launch three new ventures, led multiple acquisitions, and raised more than $150 million in growth capital. Prior to FulcrumQ, Austin has held corporate strategy and M&A roles at the fintech Better as it grew 5X, built and led a Global Innovation Lab at the IRC, and was a strategy consultant at Bain & Company advising clients on digital strategy, private-equity diligence, and post-merger integration. Today at FulcrumQ, he is thrilled to be working with clients to translate complex business strategies into specific talent and organization actions, helping his clients align talent with enterprise value creation at critical inflection points.

Neeraja Ramjee is an Associate Partner at FulcrumQ with over 20 years of experience as a global strategic people leader, advisor, and transformation expert across Fortune 500s, unicorn startups, and PE-backed firms. She has led global organization transformation, built people infrastructure from the ground up, and driven change at scale across industries and business models. Prior to FulcrumQ, Neeraja held senior roles at Boston Consulting Group — where she commercialized the Smart Simplicity and Change Management practice — and at EY, Gopuff, and Cision, navigating hypergrowth, business turnaround, and strategic reinvention. Her career spans software engineering, management consulting, and operational people leadership, giving her an integrated lens on how business, talent, and technology intersect at critical inflection points. She holds an MBA and a degree in Computer Science Engineering.

Vikram Ekambaram brings over twenty years of experience at the intersection of enterprise technology and organizational impact, having held senior roles spanning technical advisory, partner management, and customer success across the software industry. His career has been defined by a rare ability to translate complex technology capabilities into concrete business outcomes, working alongside leadership teams to drive adoption and create lasting value at scale. Over the past few years, Vikram has focused on the practical deployment of Generative AI, advising organizations on how to integrate AI agents and intelligent automation into their core operations. As Chief Technology Officer at FulcrumQ, he leads the firm's technology strategy and AI-enabled product development, ensuring that the Science of Talent to Value is delivered through scalable, intelligent solutions that help clients connect leadership decisions to enterprise value with greater speed and precision.