Ajay M.K., CEO of Wisdom Tomorrow, advises organizations on future-proofing strategies to enhance business competitiveness and positive human impact. He is an Advisor to the Thriving Workers, Thriving Workplaces Program at Harvard and a Senior Advisor to SHAPE Global, a UK-headquartered people data intelligence company. He was recently appointed as a Non-Executive Director & Stategic Advisor to the Board of the Epic Group, a global apparel manufacturing MNC headquartered in Hong Kong.

Previously, he was the CHRO and Board member at Colgate Palmolive Asia Pacific, and the Group Head for DE&I and Chair of the Corporate HR Transformation initiative for the Swire Group in Hong Kong. He spearheaded several transformations across four continents during his career, having lived and worked in India, Malaysia, the United States and Hong Kong.

Ajay is a co-founder of Trogon Global Events Management, a unique Dubai based culture and creativity startup bringing the sciences, humanities, business and the creative arts together. He is an investor and advisor at tech startups such as CurioMinds, Marlee and HumAlne. Ajay is an award-winning poet, fiction writer, editor and literary festival curator who has published seven books, and whose works have been translated into more than ten languages. He is a certified Compassion Based Resilience Training instructor from the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science, New York City, a leading centre for integrating modern neuroscience and Eastern psychology. 

He holds degrees in management and psychology from XLRI Jamshedpur and Annamalai University respectively and he recently completed the PG Diploma in Applied Neuroscience from Kings College London.