Ms. Anisha Motwani is currently an advisor with the World Bank on the prestigious ‘Swachh Bharat Programme’ , ‘Adoption of Solar Rooftops’ & ‘National Mission for Clean Ganga. She is also the strategic advisor to the Welspun Group of Companies & the entire Max Group guiding them on key brand & digital transformation projects across several lines of businesses.
She is the author of Storm the Norm – first-of-its-kind collection of 20 contemporary stories of truly inspiring businesses and brands from India that either wrote or rewrote the norms of their respective industries and brought in unprecedented change and vibrancy.
Anisha is a multi-faceted business leader & draws from her rich experience of over 28 years in diverse industries – advertising, automobiles, financial and health services.
After a successful 25-year corporate career, Anisha founded StN ventures in 2015, a company specializing in Brand & Innovation Projects. In the last couple of years Anisha has successfully concluded projects for a range of clients including Nestle, Viacom 18, Unilever Personal Care, Whirlpool Home Appliances, Schneider Electrical & AMEX cards to name a few.
Anisha serves as an Independent Director on the board of some leading organizations:
– Abbot India
– L&T Investments
– Prataap Snacks Limited
– PNB Metlife Insurance Pvt Ltd
– India Shelter Finance Corporation
– Welspun India Limited
– Angel Broking Network
She is a member of several industry bodies & a regular speaker at national and global business platforms. Anisha is a columnist at Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.in/anisha-motwani/ and regularly publishes her point of view on a diverse range of business issues in leading publications.
In recognition of her achievements, she was voted as one of the ‘50 Most Powerful Women in Indian Business’ by Business Today for three consecutive years since 2009. She has also been recognized amongst the ‘Top 50 Women in Media, Marketing and Advertising’ by Impact & Colors for 4 consecutive years since 2011. She has been conferred ‘Women at Work Leadership Award 2011’ by Asian Confederation of Business and ‘Brand Builder of the year’ award by NDTV amongst many others.
An MBA, Anisha studied in Sophiya College and lives in Delhi with her husband Mahinder and children – Prerna & Prithviraj.
