Dr Kaushik Sridhar brings together more than two decades of sustainability leadership, real-world resilience, education and storytelling to help people think differently, lead with purpose and turn complexity into action.
Kaushik's work sits at the intersection of business and human experience: helping organisations respond to ESG, climate and governance challenges, while helping people navigate resilience, purpose, leadership and change.
Board briefings, executive workshops, ESG and climate education, leadership facilitation and practical conversations that connect sustainability to risk, strategy, governance and long-term value.
Explore professional advisory work →Keynotes and conversations grounded in lived experience, spanning elite sport, corporate leadership, entrepreneurship, uncertainty and survival, designed to leave audiences thinking differently about their own journey.
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Kaushik's journey has moved through professional tennis, corporate sustainability, Big Four consulting, executive leadership, academia, entrepreneurship and public speaking.
Today, as Founder & CEO of Orka Advisory and author of two books, he works with boards, executives, organisations and communities to make complex issues practical, meaningful and actionable. His approach combines commercial experience with curiosity, candour and a genuine belief that the best ideas are the ones people can actually use.
Kaushik combines lived experience, business insight and audience participation to create sessions that are thoughtful, practical and distinctly human.
A personal exploration of resilience, purpose, perspective and navigating uncertainty when life refuses to follow the plan.
Speaking enquiries →Making sustainability, climate risk and governance clear, relevant and commercially useful for leaders who need to make decisions, not just understand terminology.
Explore Orka Advisory →What sport, career pivots, leadership and difficult life experiences can teach us about courage, clarity, wellbeing and moving forward.
Watch TEDx talks →Kaushik's writing brings together lived experience, resilience, reinvention and leadership. The books are different in tone, but both explore what happens when the expected path disappears and you have to choose what comes next.
A true story of fear, choice and purpose, exploring what happens when control disappears and how resilience, clarity and leadership can emerge under uncertainty.
What's the Worst That Could Happen? is about breaking away from expectations, backing yourself and finding the courage to forge your own path when there is no established rulebook.
“Great energy and insight.
“Practical, real-world examples that enhanced our learning.
“A true subject matter expert on ESG and net zero.
Whether the conversation is about resilience, leadership, ESG, climate, purpose or navigating change, Kaushik's aim is simple: create something relevant to your audience and useful long after the session ends.