Hari Nair

Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University

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Biography

Hari is currently an Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University. Hari's most recent corporate role was Group Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer for Sime Darby, a $13 Billion USD conglomerate and diversified multinational, with businesses in key growth sectors namely, plantations, industrial equipment, motors, property and energy & utilities with operations in more than 20 countries. Hari led the Group's Strategy, Innovation, M&A, and Corporate Finance teams and created Sime Darby's long-term value creation agenda. The strategy and transformation culminated in the creation of 3 standalone pure-play listed companies on the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange in late 2017.

Prior to joining Sime Darby, Hari served as the Global Managing Director for Kimberly Clark's Global Innovation Center (GIC) based in Seoul, South Korea. In this role, Hari had all site-wide responsibilities for the GIC, including the leadership of several global programs. During his tenure, Hari established a multidisciplinary global innovation center that is helping in fuelling KC's innovation pipeline.

From 2006-2012, Hari was Partner and VP at Innosight, a firm founded by Clayton Christensen, the leading authority on disruptive innovation, collaborating with companies to devise growth strategies, building innovation capabilities, and creating products and services that improve people's lives. Hari is a thought leader and expert in applying various innovation and new business models in emerging markets having advised several Fortune 500 companies.

Hari began his career with Procter & Gamble, where he spent 14 years in R&D, serving various senior leadership roles in US and China. Hari also serves as a faculty member for strategy & innovation for Duke Corporate Education and Tuck School of Business Executive Education programs. Hari is Chairman Emeritus of the Edison Awards and serves on several boards including, the Chairman of the Global Procter & Gamble Alumni Foundation.

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Featured Keynote Programs

Disruptive Innovation in 21st Century

Applying the principles taught by innovation guru, Clayton Christensen this speech explores how disruptive innovations can create new growth for your business.

Winning in Emerging Markets – Lessons from the Trenches

Innovation lessons from a decade years of launching new products, brands, and services in markets like China, India, and Southeast Asia, this talk explores learnings through real life examples from large multinational companies to small venture backed startups.

How American companies can win in China and India

Exploring the cultural and value mindset of consumers in China and India, and why that matters for American companies to succeed in these markets.

The Importance of Culture in Driving Innovation

If you want to drive new results, you ultimately must drive them through a new culture. Culture management has to be part of the conversation from the beginning; it emphasizes and ensures there is alignment, transparency, and cascading of communication around the growth targets. Misalignment creates confusion with silos of business units and functions chasing innovation without a coherent target. To future-proof a company from disruption leaders must focus on culture every single day.

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