Anisha Motwani

Anisha Motwani is a distinguished business leader & draws from her rich experience of over 28 years in diverse industries – advertising, auto-manufacturing, financial and health services.
She has been the architect of several well-known consumer brands and is known for her exceptional ability to turn fresh insight into actionable consumer propositions. She is credited with transforming some somber categories into vibrant ones with her deep understanding of consumer behavior & preferences.
*After a successful 25 year corporate career, Anisha is now the founder & managing partner of StN ventures, an Innovation company that helps organizations conceptualize, develop & deliver new value through a structured proprietary ‘Storm the Norm’ process that covers product, service, business model & eco-system innovations.
In a short span of less than a year, STN Ventures has garnered Innovation Projects from some of the largest MNCs including Nestle, Hindustan Unilever, Raymonds, Viacom 18, TE Connectivity and many others. She is also the strategic advisor to the Max Group of companies guiding them on key brand & digital transformation projects across all lines of businesses.
*As an industry expert she advises the World Bank on the prestigious ‘Swachh Bharat Programme’ to help eradicate open defecation across the country.
She is also a active member of Oxfam India’s Gender Advisory Committee to help end violence against women & children in lower strata of society.
*Her reputation as a thought leader is reinforced by her appointment as a prominent member of several professional associations, industry bodies including Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Indian Society of Advertisers & All India Management Association.
*Anisha serves as an Independent Director on the board of India Shelter Finance Corporation, Pratap Snacks & and also chairs Audit, Remuneration & CSR committees of the ISFC Board.
*She is a regular speaker at national and global business platforms and founder of www.insightbuzzar.com, India’s largest online marketplace of professional storytellers, with more than 100 experts sharing stories rooted in deep insights.
Anisha is also a columnist at Huffington Post https://www.huffingtonpost.in/anisha-motwani/ and regularly publishes her point of view on a diverse range of business issues in leading publications.
*In recognition of her achievements, she was voted as one of the ’50 Most Powerful Women in Indian Business’ by Business Today for three consecutive years since 2009. She has also been recognized amongst the ‘Top 50 Women in Media, Marketing and Advertising’ by Impact & Colors for 4 consecutive years since 2011. She has been conferred ‘Women at Work Leadership Award 2011’ by Asian Confederation of Business and ‘Brand Builder of the year’ award by NDTV amongst many others.
*An MBA, Anisha studied in Sophiya College and lives in Delhi with her husband Mahinder and children – Prerna & Prithviraj.