Sunita Singh Maclaren,
President & Founder World Wise
For over 20 years, business leaders from Fortune 50 firms like Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola and ExxonMobil have looked to Sunita for valuable Global Skills. She is Founder and President of New York-based World Wise, the leading firm in Global Skills that enable metanationals to innovate by using untapped knowledge in global markets.
In 2007, she launched World Wise "Beyond Borders" to promote the rapid exchange of ideas, products, technologies and expertise between China and India. Beginning in 2005 she inititated a series of well-regarded Women's Global Leadership forums. Through the ongoing World Wise Africa Programs, which began in 1999 to develop the capabilites of high-potential leaders in sub-Saharan and North Africa, she has worked extensively in that region. Her custom-designed "Global Skills & Strategies" series of programs continue to be implemented company-wide by some of the world's most innovative firms to give their executives a competitive edge. Currently she is immersed in implementing several Action Learning Initiatives for the BRIC countries.
Sunita studied German Language and Literature at Jawaharlal Nehru University (India). She has collaborated with leading country experts to develop in-depth cultural analyses on over 70 countries. Prior to starting World Wise, Sunita worked in international media, including documentary film-making, journalism and advertising. She frequently speaks on "Global Skills and Strategies" at industry-specific forums. She serves on the Board of Directors of the FREEDOMS Foundation, dedicated to preventing diabetes and obesity in children.