Shailesh is the Founder & CEO of Intellectus Consulting, a strategic marketing capabilities building and life-sciences consulting firm, based out of Bangalore. Set up in January 2018, Intellectus Consulting is devoted to shaping and building the core pharmaceutical strategic marketing capabilities of brand teams, pharma marketers and all those concerned with the marketing and brand planning functions. The firm specializes in providing deep insights related to brands, businesses and portfolios that are real, relevant and actionable and thereby helps clients execute meaningful, correct decisions. The fundamental premise of the organization is “Incisive Insights, Informed Decisions”. The client roster includes big pharma MNCs and Indian, promoter-led as well as professionally managed companies. To name a few, Abbott Healthcare, IPCA Labs, Dr. Reddy’s, Janssen, Bharat Serums and Curatio Healthcare. He also conducts senior leadership workshops on Business Model Innovation and Value Proposition Design for both pharma and non-pharma companies.

Shailesh has over 26 years of rich industry experience spanning roles of Sales, Product Management, Commercial P&L and Country Leadership roles. He has worked with some of the finest MNCs and professionally-managed Indian companies like AstraZeneca, Abbott, Aventis, Schering-Plough (later MSD), Glenmark and Biocon. He has had a rich domestic and international experience of handling businesses ranging from USD 5 million to USD 130 million in his corporate tenure. He turned entrepreneur in 2015 and is passionate about building marketing capabilities, marketing excellence and thought leadership.