Anand is an entrepreneur, researcher, and writer who has spent the last 15 years building and scaling startups that help make the world of work better. Today Anand is MD, Europe and member of the Leadership Team of Valence, an enterprise AI company and the makers of Nadia, the most widely used AI coach in the Fortune 500.
Prior to Valence, Anand started and scaled the Europe region for Emeritus, a Series F workforce and leadership development firm. Before that, Anand was one of the first hires at General Assembly, where he was responsible for the core growth of GA's Enterprise business, the major strategic asset that enabled their acquisition by the Adecco Group for $400m+ in 2018.
Anand serves on the board of directors of Apolitical, a UK-based global learning platform for government civil servants, and Shortlist, an executive search firm based in Kenya. Since 2016, Anand has been regularly published in leading business journals from First Round Review to Harvard Business Review.
Anand grew up in India, spent 12 years in the US across university and work, and now lives in London with his wife and two sons.
