Sunaina Shivnani

Co-Founder, Fractional Edge

Sunaina is a co-founder of Fractional Edge. Previously she has been a founding member and practice lead for the Delhi operation of INSIST Consulting, with 17 years advising businesses and family offices on senior leadership matters — C-suite hiring, board appointments, CXO succession, promoter and founder transition, and diversity, across sectors and markets. She brings a rare blend of executive search depth and management consulting rigour to leadership mandates.

Core Expertise

  • C-Suite hiring and senior leadership search
  • Board appointments and governance advisory
  • CXO succession planning
  • Promoter / founder transition advisory
  • Leadership assessment, organisation design, and executive coaching
  • Diversity mandates across leadership hiring

Experience

  • Director & NCR Practice Head — INSIST Consulting : Continues as an advisor to the team.
  • Partner, Consumer Practice — Accord Group, Delhi NCR
  • Executive Search roles — RGF Executive Search (Recruit Group, Japan) and Stanton Chase International, cumulatively ~12 years; began her career at Stanton Chase
  • Management Consulting, ~4 years — KPMG, focused on leadership assessment, organisation design, and leadership coaching

Education

  • MBA, Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies (2003–2005)