Working in a Matrix Organization

Karunesh is the Founder and Director of Change Et Al and works with multiple clients across the globe helping them drive successful change and transformation. Karunesh is also a speaker, coach and trainer.

Out of his long career, Karunesh spent 15 years with GE working on a range of HR, Quality, Simpli cation, Digitization and M&A roles. Karunesh’s last role was Global Head of Culture Integration for GE Energy and GE Oil & Gas based in Houston. His other roles at GE include HR Director APAC for GE Oil & Gas, Global Head of Quality & Simpli cation for GBS, VP of HR for GE Lighting India etc.

His experience ranges from M&A, deploying lean six sigma, creating organization operating rhythm to implementing large scale ERP systems. While helping new companies with culture transformation, Karunesh worked on an even broader agenda helping companies incorporate meritocracy, matrix organization, self help digitization, Environment Health Safety etc.

In his consulting phase, Karunesh continues to coach and help organizations transform while working on HR practices, deploy culture of excellence, help integrate companies and facilitate senior leadership Vision to Action dialogue.

Prior to joining GE, Karunesh worked in multiple HR and Quality roles in India at RPG Enterprises with the last one as HR Leader for Ricoh India.

Karunesh is a Post Graduate in Management from XISS, India. He is a certi ed Master Black Belt and Quality Leader on GE’s Lean and Six Sigma methodology. He is also a Lean Startup coach and trainer and continues to work with GE as Fastworks coach and trainer. He is an Indian national and lives in Singapore.