About Karan

Built in the boardroom.
Applied to what comes next.

Over 25 years across consumer goods, retail, fashion, healthcare and real estate, including leadership roles with ITC, Fabindia, DLF, ART Fertility Clinics and Hero Realty, I have led businesses, brands, marketing organisations and growth agendas.

I bring the perspective of someone who has spent decades inside complex organisations, making decisions, building teams, navigating ambiguity and being accountable for outcomes. I work with business owners and senior leaders on challenges within the business, the leader, or both.

My experience has reinforced a simple belief: the biggest barriers to growth are rarely strategy alone. They are often the assumptions behind the decisions we make.

Karan Kumar

What I Do Today

I work with businesses as a strategic advisor, helping owners and leadership teams identify opportunities, challenge assumptions and make better decisions around growth, profitability and business value. I also coach leaders through moments of transition, complexity and change, helping them understand what is shifting and lead what comes next with greater clarity and conviction.

These may look like two different forms of work. For me, they are connected by the same belief: meaningful change begins when we are willing to question what we have always assumed.

Experience at a Glance

  • 25+ years of leadership experience across consumer goods, retail, healthcare and real estate
  • Leadership roles at ITC, Fabindia, DLF, ART Fertility Clinics and Hero Realty
  • Led marketing and growth for revenue portfolios exceeding ₹25,000 crore
  • Built and transformed marketing organisations and commercial capabilities
  • Experience across business growth, brand transformation, customer strategy, AI-enabled marketing and go-to-market strategy
  • ICF ACC and EMCC EIA-accredited Coach, with training in Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), Core Transformation, Transactional Analysis, and Positive Intelligence (PQ) Coaching, supporting senior leaders, founders, and business owners to navigate through transition and change

What I Believe

01

Business growth is created through better decisions, not simply bigger budgets.

02

Leadership is less about having all the answers and more about asking better questions.

03

Lasting transformation happens when strategy, execution and leadership evolve together.

04

Experience matters most when it changes the questions we ask.

Karan Kumar

Beyond Work

The experiences that have shaped me extend beyond boardrooms and businesses. I enjoy writing about business, leadership and personal growth, and find inspiration in travelling, exploring new cultures, spending time in the mountains, wildlife safaris and meaningful conversations that challenge the way we think. Curiosity has been the common thread throughout my life. It continues to shape how I learn, how I lead and how I work with every client.

Let's build what's next.

Whether you are thinking about the next chapter of your business or navigating an important moment in your leadership, I would be delighted to explore the conversation.

Let's Talk