Ramakrishnan (Rama) Adaikalavan recently joined Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) as Head of Asia-Pacific, a role in which the firm says he is expected to oversee all client-facing operations including the business niche serving leading corporations, professional services and finance from 10 offices in the APAC region.
Adaikalavan, who will be based in Singapore, will report directly to GLG CEO Paul Todd.
“Rama is an extremely savvy executive who brings deep commercial and frontline leadership experience and strong knowledge of the Asia-Pacific region,” Todd said in a company announcement. “I’m excited for him to bring that exceptional background to GLG as we continue to accelerate our growth across APAC and around the world.”
Adaikalavan says he is looking forward to partnering with the GLG experts and clients “to continue to deliver an exceptional differentiated value proposition in the Asia-Pacific market.”
Mark Gerson and Thomas Lehrman founded the financial and global information services company in 1998 and raised $1 million to start GLG. In addition to its headquarters in New York City, GLG has offices in San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles, London, Austin, Hong Kong, Beijing, Dubai, Dublin, India, Munich, Paris, Shanghai, Seoul, Australia, Singapore and Tokyo.
GLG has been recognized by Fast Company’s 2020 “World Changing Ideas Awards” for the GLG Social Impact Partners Program.