Sandhya Karpe

Corporate Experience

• Since Sept 2023: Adjunct Associate Professor, National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School at the Department of Management & Organization.
• Since Jan 2020: Head of Asia Human Capital Center of The Conference Board of Asia, leading their research agenda and convening forums for senior business leaders from large multinationals and Asian companies. She is also the Program Director of the L&D and Culture and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Councils – peer exchange networks for regional L&D and DEI leaders.
• 2016-2023: CEO of Imagine – her own global leadership development and advisory firm that designs and delivers leadership development solutions for a global clientele. She has worked with leading business schools such as NUS, SMU, and Duke to design, orchestrate and facilitate leadership programs for various executive levels. She led a prestigious engagement for NUS Executive Education’s LEAD program for OCBC Group.
• 2016-2018: Managing Director at Duke Corporate Education, Singapore, designing and leading some of their key client engagements in APAC.
• 2013-2015: “Started-up” Temasek Management Services’ (TMS) Academy (a division of Temasek Holdings) in Singapore, as its Founding Head & Chief Enterprise Learning Officer, responsible for setting its vision, mission, and strategy, and building its organization. Built a self-sustaining institution within three years, forged partnerships with top-tier global institutions and launched several leadership programs including a prestigious flagship program – the Asia Financial Leaders’ Program (ALFP) for Singapore’s top financial services leaders, endorsed by Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
• 2002-2013: Managing Director, Head of Custom Executive Education and Executive Committee Member, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Led a large professional services team with overall P&L responsibility for the division’s global portfolio. Key contribution was leading Wharton Executive Education’s first foray into key emerging markets including India, China, APAC, and the Middle East.
• 1989-1991: Independent Consultant
• 1984-1989: Corporate Learning & Development Executive, United Breweries Group, India.