Ajay Bhalla

BCom MBA PhD, Associate Director, Stratevolve.

Ajay is an Associate Professor at Cass Business School in London, and a Visiting Scholar at Indian School of Business [ISB] – Hyderabad. He is a leading expert in two broad areas: how firms consecrate value using global resources and how firms can build better organization alignment to capture value. He is a sought after key note speaker, has won several awards for his research and teaching, and works closely with managers to execute thought leadership.

Through his research and advisory work with senior managers on how they can perfect their offshoring strategy, Ajay has gained intimate knowledge of the challenges firms face when offshoring. He has advised executives in large global 500 firms on issues such as best practices in establishing offshore centres of excellence for high value added functions, how to promote learning from vendor relationships, best practices to follow when launching new ventures in the Indian market, and how to create and appropriate value in IP sensitive environments across the value chain.

During his engagements he uses proprietary tools he has developed during his work with numerous clients in software, professional services, and public services sectors. He holds a Ph.D. in strategic management from Nottingham Business School, and postgraduate diploma in management from Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.