ProExec
Executive Career Acceleration for
Indian-Origin Leaders in the UK
Indian-Origin C-Suite & Senior Leaders in the UK?
Accelerate Your UK Executive Career
We help Indian-origin C-suite, VPs, and senior leaders transitioning to or advancing in the UK land ideal roles faster, negotiate 20-30% higher pay, and master British team as well as boardroom dynamics to avoid culture traps and accelerate promotions.
Transition from India to UK or International leadership roles
Reposition and rebrand yourself in line with new environments
Overcome cultural blind spots and negotiate new challenges and expectations
Avoid the hidden traps that stall even the smartest IIT/IIM/XLRI or corporate alumni here
Fast-track promotions and growth in UK / International firms
Our clients are Indian-origin Directors, C-Level Executives, or VPs with proven talent, ambitious for UK growth. They seek roles fitting their skills, personality, and aspirations while navigating UK integration.
Create your own opportunities
Do not stumble through your new role or through the new environment.
Let us help you prepare so you can negotiate your way to a system and an understanding that fits new environments and expectations.
THE STAKES ARE HIGH
In the UK, a role that looks perfect on paper can quietly stall an Indian-origin leader’s career for 12–24 months.
British understatement, boardroom working-style and politics, family guilt, and “saying less is saying more” are just some of the hidden traps that slow people down — even the smartest IIT/IIM/XLRI or corporate alumni.
Get the move right and you:
Secure the role faster
Negotiate 20–30% higher pay
Settle fast and start adding value in months, not years
Get promoted on a UK timeline, not an Indian one
Get it wrong and you lose momentum, credibility, and sometimes the next big opportunity.
We make sure my clients get it right — first time.
That’s why Indian-origin C-suite and VP leaders moving to (or already in) the UK work with us.
Contact us now for a free 90 minute no-obligation audit.
Psychometric Testing
Self - knowledge
Career Strategy
Personal Brand & Positioning
Profile & Messaging
CV / LinkedIn
Distribution
Interviews & Negotiation
The better your self-understanding, the more refined your career and transition strategy, and the clearer the tools you use to present yourself, the higher the odds you will transition on your own terms.
How Well Prepared Are You?
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Self Understanding
When did you last take your foot off the gas and sit back to reconsider what you want from your career? How close is to your aspirations - not just in terms of career progress but also in terms of satisfaction, values, and lifestyle?
In short, how well do you really understand yourself, and what adjustments to make to your career strategy for it to be altogether more fulfilling and rewarding, and also in sync with your personal life and with your family?
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Career Strategy
How clear and confident are you about your targeted role, function, and employer companies? Does your planned trajectory fit your skills, personality, and aspirations, giving you the best odds of not only long term success but of the greatest personal fulfilment?
In effect, how much of a strategic view do you have of your own career? Are you reactive in your approach, or poised to identify and even create opportunities that will serve you even better?
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Cultural Fit
At senior levels your hard or technical skills matter less than you ability to provide leadership for your teams. Even the most seasoned professionals can sometimes find themselves out of their depth when confronted with new cultural styles and expectations.
Even slight mismatches in cultural fit can set you back. You can either learn from your mistakes and lose time, or find ways to accelerate.
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Personal Brand
You are not just a sum total of the work and experience reflected in your CV.
As you step into your new role, how aware are you of what you stand for, what key and relevant skills you bring to the table?
Most importantly, how do your new colleagues and clients view you? Do they see you a natural, or as an imposter who does not truly understand who to operate here?
How we Help
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We help you blend career strategy with UK cultural mastery, helping you fit into the new environment like a glove.
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We help you define your personal criteria and unlock clarity on your next career move.
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We explore insights into your personality, skills, preferences, deep-rooted motivators, ambitions, aspirations, and even life and family goals, helping you make the right decisions.
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We offer an unbiased, safe, and dedicated space for you to talk through your thoughts, offering a reliable sounding board.
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We are a thinking partner who will strategize with you, research, and reflect back on key insights.
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We help you arm yourself for your next career move, helping ensure it fits with your long term career strategy.
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We enable you to sell yourself as your best version, and give you the tools you need to do that.
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We help you increase your personal impact in front of potential employers.
Integrate your personal career ambitions and strategy with local UK cultural fit to maximise your odds of success, promotion, growth, and career moves.
THE PROEXEC APPROACH
Self-knowledge
Career Strategy
Positioning
Messaging
Cultural Fit
Gain deeper insights into your own personal and professional self, decipher your internal drivers and motivators, get a deeper understanding of your personality characteristics.
Use the self knowledge to craft a career strategy that gives you more specific goals and targets, as well as a plan to achieve them.
Create sharply focused positioning for yourself in the jobs market so you become a sought-after asset for the companies and hiring managers you want to work for.
Construct compelling messaging that focuses and delivers on your chosen positioning through your internal communication and LinkedIn profile.
Ensure cultural fit in the UK, enabling faster and better productivity and impact
Our Specialists
Alok Mathur
B.E., MBA (University of Oxford)
CAREER GROWTH ADVISOR
Alok is an entrepreneur, business founder, director, executive career coach, and public speaker with nearly three decades’ experience both within the corporate world and as an entrepreneur in diverse industries across India and in the UK. He has extensive experience coaching and mentoring senior executives and entrepreneurs, helping dozens of high-achieving and ambitious professionals achieve their career and strategic goals.
Previously, he has trained and worked extensively in business and product strategy, leadership, operational management, supply chain, partnerships and contracts, and international trade, primarily in the automotive and FMCG sectors. He has worked with companies like the Tata Group, Mercedes Benz, and MG Rover Group, and is co-founder of a pioneering, multi award-winning business in the UK.
Alok’s career, profile and entrepreneurial journey have been covered extensively by various international media including the BBC, Harpers Wine & Spirit, Director Magazine, The Daily Telegraph, The Economic Times, Business Quarter, Economia Magazine, European CEO, and many others. He has appeared on the iconic BBC business television show The Bottom Line, which was telecast across the globe on the BBC World channel.
Binayak Mitra
MBA (XLRI)
PSYCHOMETRIC TESTING SPECIALIST
A certified Hogan Assessor, Binayak is a XLRI 1998 PM IR batch graduate with a rich experience in development and assessment centers as internal assessors in both Indian and multinational organizations in his 25 years as a HR professional.
His career spans across industries; geographies as CHRO; HR business partner; Head Employee Relations and currently he is the founder and CEO of the Gemba HR Academy of People Practice – which comprises of HR Advisory services; HR Education and a vibrant HR community on Linkedin - the Gemba HR Forum.
Binayak's rich experience in CxO level hiring and internal talent development makes him an ideal choice to highlight areas of your strength; weakness and risks from your psychometric test reports and the indicative ways you can take to develop yourself as an effective leader in an elevated role.
