Gaurav Jain

Meet Emma Blaylock, CEO of the newly combined Rokker. Having led Pretty Technical as CEO since 2022, Emma now leads Rokker as one combined business. In this clip, she explains what that actually means: a single partner who can take a client from the first strategic question all the way through to building and running the operation itself, on both the business and technical side. Building businesses people love, from the first idea through to delivery. #Rokker #iGaming #Leadership

What an amazing gathering of leaders at Variety's Power of Women event! I’m proud to celebrate Issa Rae’s Entrepreneur of the Year award with U.S. Bank and Courtney Kelso. It’s always a good day when we can come together to support successful female entrepreneurs. #SmallBusiness #Entrepreneurship Melissa Stewart (Moss) Shruti Patel Anthony Merola Courtney Kelso https://lnkd.in/p/g4C3GitE

The first day of class always manages to be both the most energizing and the most exhausting day of the quarter. After all the preparation, you’re finally in the room, and completely “on.” Listening closely, building on discussions, fielding unexpected questions, and deciding when to offer a perspective and when to let students find their own way. Then the energy comes right back: thoughtful questions, sharp debate, and fresh perspectives that challenge your own thinking. There’s something especially exciting about a classroom full of people whose marketing careers are still taking shape. This first week of Marketing Management at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management has reminded me how much I enjoy helping others connect ideas to real decisions. It’s one of the most rewarding parts of leading teams, too: creating the conditions for people to think clearly, challenge assumptions, and put their judgment into practice. Grateful to be teaching at my alma mater and helping shape the next generation of marketers. If this week is any indication, I’ll be learning plenty alongside them.

Delighted to be joining the Board of The Wallace Collection - an outstanding institution with a remarkable history and collection - and to be working with fellow trustees to support its future at this exciting time.

I am pleased to have joined Barclays Corporate Banking today as Head of Strategy & Performance in the Commercial Office. Looking forward to getting to know the business, meet new colleagues and getting started.

Since joining Sierra, I've spent time with leaders at NEXT, Santander, Ocado and others across Europe, working through what AI transformation means for their business and their customers. You may have seen our co-founders' invitation in this week's Financial Times. It captures something I keep coming back to: your customer relationships are your edge. You can rent the intelligence, but you have to own the relationship. And you should only pay when a business outcome is actually achieved, not for the tokens along the way. The companies getting the most out of AI right now are the ones turning every customer interaction into context nobody else has, and watching it compound over time. So, bring us your hardest problems. The ones that span dozens of systems and take weeks just to explain, let alone solve. We'd like to work through yours with you!

She got pregnant the year she was up for partner at McKinsey. The advice she got was: don't. She made partner, then went part-time for five years. Jane Fraser joined Goldman Sachs in London at twenty, straight out of Cambridge. Two years of mergers and acquisitions. Then Madrid, then Harvard Business School, then McKinsey in 1994. She avoided banking after her MBA. The women she saw there, in her words, "were rather scary." Fortune described the era as one of big shoulder pads and manly suits. Her own verdict on those women: "They were very successful. They were brilliant. But it was tough." At McKinsey she got married, then got pregnant the same year she came up for partner. "I got quite a lot of advice, 'Don't get pregnant in your partnership year.'" She ignored it. Fortune has reported that the firm told her she had made partner two weeks after she gave birth. Her own memory of the call is that she was trying to get the head of the firm off the phone because the baby needed feeding. Then she did the thing that was supposed to end her. She went part-time. A 60% schedule. Not for a quarter, not for a year. For the entire five years she was a partner, until she left for Citi in 2004. She is honest that it cost her: "my own ego suffered a bit on that one, because you do see people who are more junior than you who are accelerating faster in their careers." She is equally clear about the return. Her clients told her she came back a different operator: "You're a much more empathetic person; you were just this machine before." What actually changed her trajectory was not effort. A Citi chief executive tore up her career development plan and told her to go and collect the experiences that would make her successful in a role, rather than the experiences that would get her the role. "It completely changed the next 10 years of my life." Then Jane broke rule after rule: ↳ Made partner in the year she was told not to get pregnant ↳ Worked a 60% schedule for the whole of her partnership ↳ Took CitiMortgage in 2013, the job nobody in the bank wanted ↳ Became the first woman to run a big-four US bank Her line on why she kept taking the broken businesses: "If something's not in great shape, it's amazing how you get left alone to fix it." In October 2025 she added the chair role. In July 2026 Citi posted its best quarterly revenue in ten years. Her whole career is one move repeated: take the business nobody else wants. The version you can run this quarter is smaller. Find the project on your team that everyone is quietly avoiding, and volunteer for it in writing, somewhere the people who decide your level can see that you did. --- ♻️ Repost this ahead so more women can be inspired by Jane's story. 🔔 Follow me Shivani Berry for more stories of women breaking barriers and redefining leadership.

Conferences often buzz with back-to-back sessions and packed halls, but the real value always emerges from the informal spaces where minds connect. A big shoutout to Vishal Jain for taking the proactive initiative to bring together the JITO Professional Forum (JPF) community for a catch-up at MCA Club on the sidelines of the Global Fintech Fest (#GFF). The energy, the exchange of perspectives, and the sheer vibrancy of conversations made it a truly memorable. Moments like these always bring a special sense of pride and nostalgia. Having been part of the original founding team that laid the groundwork for JPF alongside Ajay Bohora , seeing the forum evolve into such a thriving, dynamic ecosystem of professionals across industries is deeply fulfilling. Initiatives thrive on committed leaders who build bridges and keep the momentum alive. Thank you, Vishal, for driving this forward with such dedication and fostering meaningful community connections. Thanks CA Vinita Jain Amit Kothari Phoram Mehta Aviral Jain for joining today. Looking forward to many more enriching interactions ahead! #JITO #JITOProfessionalForum #GFF #Networking #Leadership #CommunityBuilding #Fintech #Mentorship Virtuous Advisors & Resources Private Ltd (Virtuous Resources) Fairdeal Corporate Advisors Pvt Ltd

One year without Vimal Jain Sir. 💔Today, we pause to remember a loving mentor, a dynamic leader, and our visionary CFO. His financial acumen was unmatched, but it was his warmth, approachable nature, and vibrant spirit that truly defined him.Though he is no longer with us, the foundation he built and the lives he touched continue to inspire everything we do. Thank you for the guidance, the laughs, and the indelible mark you left on our hearts, Sir. You are deeply missed. #AUSMALLFINANCEBANK