Overview

Gender

female

Dr. Chitra Anand is a Managing Director with Clariti Strategic Advisors. Chitra’s focus is on advisory mandates which have relevance in the Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) and Social Impact arenas, with particular emphasis on the Technology and Healthcare verticals.

Chitra brings over 20 years of experience in the technology industry where she has held executive roles at Microsoft, TELUS and Open Text. Over the past several years Chitra has been an independent advisor to high growth technology firms. She has worked in partnership with leadership and executive teams, developing strategic plans, assessing acquisition opportunities and focusing organizational design on growing and scaling their businesses and operations.

Chitra has completed her Doctorate in Innovation and is a global keynote speaker. She has spoken at numerous events, AGMs and industry conferences around the world, and her talks have focused primarily on how to foster and sustain the spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation within organizations. Chitra has also authored the book–The Green House Approach, How to Cultivate Deliberate Innovation in Organizations–which is now a required read for the Forbes School of Business MBA program.

Dr. Chitra Anand has been named as a “bridge builder” for women in tech by the A list, a yearly publication that features 50 prominent Indo-Canadians who through various career and community efforts have helped foster relations between Canada and India.

In addition to her PhD, Chitra holds an MBA from The Kellogg School of Management and earned her Associates Degree in Organizational Leadership at Harvard.