Beyond the Bio Bain & Company

Arpan Sheth is Bain’s Global Capability Leader of our digital delivery platform, Vector. Throughout his time at Bain, Arpan has combined his engineering and business expertise to help build and grow our practices in India, lead our Innovation and Design capability, and support mergers and acquisitions of digital capabilities. In this encore episode, listen to Arpan share his journey to Bain, how he expanded our practices in APAC, and give insight into Vector, our digital delivery platform.
Since this episode’s original release in November 2022, we have 1,500+ diverse in-house members part of Vector and its family of capabilities in our Innovation and Design, Enterprise Technology, and Advanced Analytics practices. In addition to our acquisition of Vertical mentioned in this episode, Bain has had many more acquisitions that are enhancing our machine learning and artificial intelligence capabilities across the globe.
Learn more at bain.com/vector-digital

Kara Gruver, our Chief Talent Officer, has spent 35 years at the firm leading in various roles including Head of Americas Consumer Products practice, Bain Boston’s Office Head, and Chief Transformation Officer. Now as our CTO, hear how she’s focused on our people-first priorities, including building our effective teams, developing talent, maintaining a consistent Bain experience for all employees, and more.

Ignacio Otero and Antonio Martinez Leal, Bain's current and former Managing Partners of our Iberia offices, have been supporting each other throughout their careers personally and professionally. As we conclude our Operating Principles series, join us as these leaders share how the principle, "A Bainie Never Lets Another Bainie Fail," has shown up for them during their years at the firm.

Ivan Hindshaw, our Americas Regional Managing Partner, has been living our Operating Principle “Guided by True North” throughout his extensive Bain career and personal life for decades. Sharing experiences of how his career has made him have to have tough conversations in order to do the right thing, Ivan joins us as we continue our Operating Principles series and breaks down what “Guided by True North” means for our clients, people and communities.

Connie Kwok, an Expert Partner in our Singapore office, was taught practicality early on and made career decisions based on this approach. After studying at Oxford and the London School of Economics, she joined Bain as an associate consultant in 2004. She’d later gain experience outside of the firm working with world-renowned restauranteur, Alan Yau, and Amazon before returning to Bain to lead in our Retail practice. Embodying our Operating Principle, “Practical and at Cause,” Connie joins us to share how she’s applied this principle throughout her career.

Melissa Artabane, Executive Vice President of Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, is passionate about ensuring Bain is a place where everyone feels accepted and can be themselves. Based in our Boston office, Melissa joins us to talk about our Operating Principle, “Diverse Teams, One Bain,” and shares how her unique childhood sparked a personal interest in DEI, leading her to champion Bain’s focus on diverse teams.