Raman Madhok is the Managing Director of Kahani Designworks Private Limited, and Director at Open Spaces Consulting. He is also an Independent Board Member of Deepak Fasteners Limited and of Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning India. He is Co-Founder and Director of Steel Hats Technology & Solutions Private Limited.
Based in Mumbai, India. Since 2021 he has served as the Economic Diplomacy Advisor to the Consul General of Belgium in Mumbai. He is a business strategist, master negotiator, prolific networker, executive coach and mentor and a role model leader with over 40 years of experience in Human Resources, Sales and Marketing, Project Management and as a CEO/Managing Director of listed companies since 2001. His corporate experience spans across sectors like pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, infrastructure, engineering, FMCG and hospitality.
In early 2020 he superannuated from CMI FPE Limited, a John Cockerill Group Company, Belgium listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange as Managing Director and Group Head, South Asia. His association with the John Cockerill Group had been since 2006 in various capacities.
He is a certified trainer for Hay’s Job Evaluation Methodology, programs of Development Dimensions Inc. and Situational Leadership. Raman is closely associated with respected professional bodies. He has been a recipient of the Chevening Fellowship (UK), Eisenhower Fellowship (USA). He currently serves as Secretary–Treasurer of the Board of United Way, Mumbai.
Raman Madhok holds a Master of Science in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, earned in 1979. He further enhanced his qualifications with a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources from XLRI-Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur, in 1981. Notably, he achieved the top rank in his class, securing a gold medal in Labour Economics. To complement his academic achievements, Madhok obtained a Diploma in Training & Development from the Indian Society for Training & Development in 1986.