Sandeep and Sonia Gupta

Sandeep is a Managing Director at Broad Peak Investment Advisers in Singapore.  He has more than 25 years of experience in the Asian credit markets, having started his career with UBS Singapore in 1997. Following that, he worked with the Citadel Investment Group in Hong Kong from 2006 to 2008, and since 2008, Sandeep has helped build and manage Broad Peak's credit investments across Asia Pacific.

Sandeep is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and holds a Chartered Accountancy and a Chartered Financial Analyst degree.

Both Sonia and Sandeep are passionate about supporting social causes and in addition to U-GO, they have also been active contributors to and supporters of Ashoka University in India, the EMPower Emerging Markets Foundation, and Vidya and Child in India.

Sonia is a seasoned strategist and collaborative leader with over 25 years of experience across industries globally. She is known for her relentless focus on growth and innovation and a strong bias for action. In her role, Sonia works closely with the C-suite and Boards of companies across industries to deliver their growth agenda using data and AI.

Sonia specializes in business model innovation, data and AI, and leadership. She is passionate about shaping growth at the intersection of creativity, insights, emotion, and technology. She is an advocate and champion of Inclusion and Diversity within her organization and works closely across many organizations to enable inclusion at the workplace, creating empowering environments, supporting and growing women through transition points, and accelerating the growth of women leaders. Sonia is a seasoned design thinker and practitioner. She is also the author of several articles, including her most recent work in Harvard Business Review, entitled "How Global Brands Can Respond to Local Competitors."

Sonia spent the first several years of her career in the Consumer Goods and Retail Industry. Through her consulting career, she has worked across a range of industries including consumer goods, government ministries and bodies, mining and industrial products, technology, financial services, telecommunications, healthcare, and retail.

Sonia is passionate about social change and supports organizations focused on education, enabling elders to live with dignity, and organizations that improve the lives of those less fortunate. She works closely with several social impact ventures in APAC.