Rucha Gokhale
Senior Vice President - Leadership Development at Citi (229k+ employees)
Passionate, creative, and people-centric global Learning & Organisational Development leader with 12+ years of experience delivering data-driven and customer-centric leadership and talent management solutions in diverse environments, from start-ups and scale-ups to established consultancies. Expert at co-creating strategic initiatives with business leaders to drive organisational performance and development. Recognised for fostering a growth mindset, collaboration, and team engagement to achieve sustained success.
9:30 - 10:00 am
Tuesday 21 October 2025
From the fringe to the core: Making L&OD a business imperative
In complex organizations with the changing nature of work, Learning and Organizational Development can no longer remain a support service on the fringe. With a wide reach within organizations and armed with more knowledge than we give ourselves credit for, L&OD is well placed to be a strategic partner and business accelerator. In this segment, we will explore practical co-creation approaches that will help you develop relationships with your business, deeply understand their problems and goals, and build practical solutions with the mindset of a performance consultant.