Claricent Partners

Leadership Team

Jyoti Bowen Nath

Managing Partner

Jyoti is currently the Founder and Managing Partner and she has been instrumental in paving the way for Claricent’s growth and positioning in the executive search market. In her earlier assignment, as part of the core leadership team at Gilbert Tweed Associates, she was responsible for not only setting up but also managing its Mumbai operations successfully for almost two decades. She was also on the board of Gilbert Tweed Associates.

During the course of her career, Jyoti has spearheaded Executive Search assignments at the C-suite level and has helped clients hire the best-fit candidates for CEO, CFO, Independent Director, and other leadership roles. She has also worked closely with Indian business houses and multinationals across sectors. She has advised and closely partnered with companies on various key issues like succession planning, diversity and inclusion, and developing internal talent.

Jyoti believes, “A successful Executive Search Consultant is one whose focus is not only on finding the functional expertise, but also leaders with attitudes and approaches that fit in with the organization’s corporate goals and culture.”

Armed with a degree in law, her keen interest in people and their development combined with her diverse Executive Search experience makes her the go-to expert and advisor for business partners. She is a voracious reader, is fond of exotic cooking, and writes on issues close to her heart. Jyoti is also associated with TEACH, a not-for-profit organisation that helps students with hearing and speech impairments.

Hirak Adhikari

Associate Director

Hirak comes with almost two decades of experience in executive search and has worked in reputed firms such as Stanton Chase, Corner Stone, and Gilbert Tweed Associates. She is currently associated with Claricent Partners as an Associate Director and leads the consumer practice group for the firm. Her sectoral focus is FMCG, consumer, retail, and fashion and luxury. She has done a lot of interesting assignments in the jewellery space as well. Hirak has successfully worked on highly complex search assignments with Indian companies as well as global organizations.

She is an Executive Search professional who understands the cultural fitment and the fact that this business is all about finding the “right fit”. She is a fitness enthusiast and takes a personal interest in keeping herself and her family healthy. She uses a mix of workouts and yoga techniques to ensure her fitness is a blend of intense exercise and body and mind relaxation through yoga.

Ram Iyer

Associate Director

As a leadership, learning, and talent consultant with a couple of decades of experience working in leading global training and consulting organizations, Ram, an Associate Director with the firm leads the education practice. In addition to this, he looks after the technology practice for the firm and manages some key accounts.

Ram has an Executive Master’s from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch (NZ) and a double Master’s in Marketing and Human Resources. He likes to read and travel. Ram used to be a part of the international Rotaract community in his early career stage and was associated with Rotary international recently to help in various community related aspects.