Ashmita Ray Sarkar
Founder & Managing Director
Ashmita founded IQ after working in market research at TNS Mode and in management consulting at Price Waterhouse Coopers. She leads every sector and the firm’s C‑suite mandates.
Every mandate is led by a partner.
Our people
Partners
- Ashmita Ray Sarkar, Founder & Managing Director
Annu Paul, Director
Shirin Gulrajani Talwar, Director
Christine Gomes, Managing Associate, IQ Social
Associates
Mallika Sen Varma, Senior Associate
Bijal Joshi, Senior Associate
Shharran Das, Associate
Tanushree Kundu, Associate
Neha Beswal, Associate
Advisor
Tilak Mukherji, Advisor; Chairman, Sigma Research & Consulting
What sets us apart
Partnership
As a boutique, your search gets our full attention. We learn your organisation at the cultural, strategic and tactical level.
People
Deep industry experience and a network of CEOs, MDs and senior executives, built over decades.
Performance
A 30+ year record of hires who make a lasting impact, with exceptionally fast turnaround.
How a search runs
- 1
Understand your business
Priorities, mandate goals and culture.
- 2
Shortlist candidates
Market mapping: we know where everyone sits.
- 3
Identify the match
Competency evaluation and 360° references.
- 4
Hire & onboard
Offer, closing and transition.
- 5
Monitor & iterate
Check-ins after placement, and a client review after every assignment.
Services
Executive & board search
C‑suite · Board · Specialist roles
HR advisory
Compensation structuring · Appraisal frameworks
Onboarding & retention
Transition support · Post-placement check-ins · Training with Abozzo
Trusted with difficult mandates.
In our clients’ words.
Over a decade, IQ helped me build teams of strong professionals at UBS, Yes Bank and IDFC. I have been impressed by their speed, professionalism, responsiveness and cost-effective service.
IQ may be a small firm but more than makes up with its talent, connections and never-say-die attitude. IQ takes pride in accepting difficult and complex placements and has delivered where its behemoth competitors have not.
Contact
In quest of leadership?
Board members, founders and HR heads: tell us about the role. A partner leads the conversation from the first call.
Join our network.
Share your profile in confidence, from specialist roles to the C‑suite. We will be in touch when a mandate fits.
Mumbai806, Sunshine Towers, Senapati Bapat Marg, Dadar (West), Mumbai 400 013, Indiaashmita@iqgroup.co.in
Member of the Executive Recruiters Association (ERA).