Anjali Bansal leads Spencer Stuart's India Office, which serves multinational and Indian companies on critical leadership and board issues. Based in Mumbai, she is a core member of the firm's global Boards Practice, and also the Financial Services, Industrial and Technology practices.
Working in various geographies across the U.S., U.K., India and Southeast Asia, Anjali focuses on world-class leadership development in India. Prior to joining Spencer Stuart, Anjali was a consultant with another global executive search firm. Based in that firm's Mumbai office, she focused on search assignments for clients in the financial services, industrial and technology sectors and worked with private equity and venture capital firms. She also was a founding member of the firm's non-profit practice in India.
Before entering the executive search field, Anjali was with McKinsey & Company. Based in New York and Mumbai, she focused on strategy consulting assignments with financial services firms in banking, capital markets, insurance and private equity, and has worked in New York, London and Mumbai. She also led engagements with leading Indian financial services and technology firms on business-building and organizational strategy.
Anjali has a strong interest in development, particularly as it relates to poverty and livelihood issues. She chairs the board of FWWB (Friends of Women's World Banking), a leading international microfinance institution. In addition, Anjali is a charter member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE).
Anjali received a master's degree, with distinction, in international affairs majoring in international finance and business from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from Gujarat University in India.