
Roopa translates large-scale disruption into practical choices for leaders facing pressure to grow, reinvent, and communicate clearly. Across her operating and advisory career, she has led more than $3B in M&A, built innovation systems, shaped enterprise AI agendas, and advised organizations on strategy, change, and organizational design. She also brings unusual range: an Oxford-trained historian and MBA, a certified corporate director in the US and India, and an author whose work spans career reinvention, business commentary, and fiction.
Roopa has spoken at corporations like Cisco, E&Y, J&J, Mercedes Benz; associations like MAPI (Manufacturers Alliance), and management schools like Cornell, Tandon School. Corporate boards, CEOs, strategy and innovation leaders, women’s leadership forums, university audiences, and organizations navigating reinvention or accelerated change are especially strong fits for this profile.
How leaders reposition legacy businesses for the future through strategy, innovation, M&A, and AI.
Lessons from international competitive shooting on focus, calm, preparation, and recovery in high-stakes environments.
Career reinvention, resilience, and ambition drawn from The Career Catapult and a cross-sector leadership journey.
I was part of a panel that explored the impact of AI on Manufacturing at SXSW - Physical AI on the Manufacturing Floor
It was my pleasure to run The Career Innovation Workshop based on my book, The Career Catapult at the famous Simmons Conference for Women in 2018. Watch the whole session here.
Roopa Unnikrishnan’s speech for Woman of Distinction Award 2024, given by Children’s Hope India.
How to build small habits to drive big change
Why your company needs a ‘chief disruption officer’ now
As a chief innovation officer, writing fiction helps me with my job. I'm now a better strategist.
As a chief innovation officer, writing fiction helps me with my job. I'm now a better strategist.
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