Regional

AESC APAC Leadership Roundtable and Networking Event – Gurugram, India

February 19, 2026

12:00 PM - 2:30 PM (IST)

Event Highlights:

Engage with Industry Peers – Connect with fellow AESC members to share experiences and build lasting professional relationships.

Leadership Roundtable discussion – Topics of local interest

Expert Insights from Hogan Assessments and ThreeFish Consulting

Title: Beyond the Resumé: The Science Behind Executive Leadership Success in India

Summary: This session reframes how we think about executive leadership in India, challenging assumptions and replacing them with evidence about what truly drives leadership effectiveness at scale. Drawing on global personality and leadership data, the presentation explores the tension between leadership emergence and leadiorship performance, revealing how bias, familiarity, and contextual expectations shape who rises to the top—often at the expense of long-term outcomes. Set against India’s rapid economic growth, global integration, and increasingly mobile talent pool, the session argues for a shift from intuition led selection to data driven leadership decisions, and from appointing leaders who look right to developing leaders who can build resilient, high performing organisations for the future.

 

Speaker from Hogan: Anne-Marie Paiement, PhD – Regional Manager, APAC

Bio:

 

 

Anne-Marie Paiement, PhD, is the regional manager, Asia Pacific on the international distributors team at Hogan Assessments. Based in Australia, Anne-Marie concentrates on expanding Hogan’s brand and facilitating business growth in the Asia-Pacific region. She also serves as a subject matter expert and contributes to global discussions on cross-cultural leadership, diversity and inclusion, talent development, and psychometric assessments. Her work has taken her across many continents and countries, including Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, and the US.

Prior to joining Hogan, Anne-Marie gained consulting, academic teaching, and conferencing experiences. As a consultant, she designed and implemented global talent management initiatives to promote leadership development, cross-cultural team acceleration, and career progression. She has administered nearly 300 psychometric assessments with feedback for hiring and development purposes. As a lecturer, she taught IO psychology and organizational behavior. As a researcher, she presented her research on leadership at national and international conferences.

 

 

Speaker from ThreeFish: Dr. Pradnya Parasher – Managing Director and Founder

Bio:

Managing Director and Founder of ThreeFish Consulting, Pradnya strongly believes in human potential for transformation. She brings rich cross-cultural and cross – geographical work experience and deep understanding of workplace behavior and organizational dynamics. She has 25+ years of experience in Strategic HR, Talent Management, Executive Assessment & Coaching.
At ThreeFish Consulting, Pradnya leads the design and implementation of coaching, consulting and learning solutions. Instrumental in bringing Hogan Assessments to India, Pradnya is responsible for ensuring scientific rigour in the application of Hogan solutions across clients, resellers and solution partners. She has provided Hogan feedback to hundreds of business leaders.
She has coached leaders from diverse industries and from different regions of the world including China, SE Asia, Middle East, Europe and the US. She has also facilitated leadership development programs across US, Asia, and Europe. She has held various HR leadership roles in Microsoft India, eFunds, Discovery Communications, and InterGlobe Enterprises in the past. Her book “Secret Life Of Organizations” published by Hachette India, gives an insider view of what makes organizations tick, and helps young professionals take the smart path to the top.
Pradnya has a PhD in Industrial – Organizational Psychology from the University of South Florida and is a member of the Society for Industrial – Organizational Psychology (SIOP). She continues to be a Life Member of the National HRD Network in India and has also served as the Vice President of the Delhi Chapter. Pradnya loves music in every form – she learned Indian classical music and plays the sitar; is a veritable encyclopaedia on films, and loves to read.

 

 

This meeting is invitation-only. For inquiries, please contact Sarah Mortimer at smortimer@aesc.org, or Aimee Larroza at alarroza@aesc.org.