Professor Poonam Kumar – Adviser, Emerging Economies
Poonam is an advisor of emerging economices for the Matrix Knowledge Group. Poonam has over 30 years experience, is the founder/present Chairperson of Mega Ace Consultancy having its offices in various metropolitan areas of India; an international office in London and a worldwide services delivery network. She is a Visiting Professor at the Durham Business School and has been retained by several funding agencies which include the International Finance Corporation (World Bank) and the Commonwealth Secretariat. She is a member of various professional bodies from around the world, and International trade and industry organizations and associations.
She brings to Matrix a deep knowledge of the emerging economies and has advised various government and private sector clients across the world in areas of trade and investment policy development, business strategy, sectoral policy, organizational development and capability building, communication strategies among others. She has also worked closely with private and public sector agencies in many countries including India, France, UK, USA, Germany, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, Nepal, Australia and the Caribbean. Under her dynamic leadership, Mega Ace has seen strategic operational expansion in Asia (including East Asia and South Asia), Europe, America, Australia and the Caribbean.
A double post-graduate with degrees in Cost Accountancy and International Economics, Prof. Kumar has also completed programmes in Human Resource Management (1994) and Global Strategy Management (1995) from INSEAD. She has recently completed an advanced management programme 2003-06 (Owner/President Management Programme) from the Harvard Business School and is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School
