Succession planning is a key challenge in India: Pankaj Dutt

Interview with Pankaj Dutt, Managing partner, India & Southeast Asia, Alexander Hughes

Contrary to companies’ claims, we have seen cases like Infosys where the systems do not throw up the kind of leaders they require, Pankaj Dutt tells Ritwik Sharma:

Could you give us a background of the company and presence in India?

We are an executive search firm founded in 1957. We stay focused on executive search and advising boards, which was our core service when we started. We entered India in 2012. In 2011 the management decided that even if we have to start with a nimble presence, we will have our directors in key markets. We see a lot