AMCHAM’s Karnataka Chapter, in partnership with KPMG, hosted the second session of the CEO Breakfast Series on the topic of ‘Leadership in Uncertain Times’ on June 30th at White Box, Hyatt Centric, Bengaluru. Barely two decades into the second millennia, the world has been confronted with an uncertain future. The Arctic ice is melting faster than ever before. A nuclear Armageddon is no longer just a war game scenario, but a real possibility. Deadly viruses and bacteria are evolving faster than we can develop a cure. The internet has made the world smaller, but also more vulnerable. With the entire world online, it may take just a pulling of the virtual plug to plunge it into darkness and chaos. By all accounts, the future looks increasingly uncertain and insecure. This interactive session featured speaker Mr. Tobby Simon, Founder & President, Synergia Foundation, a strategic think tank which works to develop impactful insights in areas of geo-economics, geo politics and geo-security. The session helped attendees understand key challenges faced by business enterprises, how organizations can respond to systemic challenges including fragmented global supply chains and solutions for problems that seem intractable. The session was attended by leaders from Nike, AO Smith, Parexel, Kewaunee, Swagelok and more.

AMCHAM’s Hyderabad Chapter organized a virtual session on ‘Labour Codes: Insights on Managing the Change’ on June 29th in association with EY. The speakers from Ernst & Young (EY) were Ms. Surabhi Marwah, Partner and Mr. Puneet Gupta, Partner, who provided an overview of the new labour codes, status of the codes, central and state rules and the likely date of implementation. They also discussed key implications of the labour codes from both the employers and employees perspective, likely practical challenges and action to be taken by companies to prepare for the changes.

On June 22nd, AMCHAM’s Supply Chain & Logistics Committee organized a virtual knowledge sharing session on ‘Supply Chain Complexity Management – Issues and Levers’ with knowledge partner KPMG in India. The session commenced with opening remarks by Mr. Ambuj Saksaria, Regional Director – Western Region, AMCHAM, followed by Mr. Praveen Gosain, Chairman – Supply Chain & Logistics Committee, AMCHAM and Director (Supply Chain India), Corning Technologies India Private Limited who set the stage through his welcome address.

Through a presentation and dialogue the session speaker Mr. Imran Haque, Partner| Deal Advisory| Deal Value Chain, KPMG in India shared his expert insights on how organizations can manage complexities arising due to nature of demand, supply chain and competitive pressures. He detailed the impact of complex portfolios on operations across value chains and internal barriers limiting an organization’s ability to manage complexity. A Q&A segment followed. The event concluded with closing remarks and a vote of thanks by Mr. Gosain who thanked Mr. Haque, participants and AMCHAM.

The first meeting of the Global Capability Centers (GCC) Committee was held virtually on June 15th with 18 members present. Mr. Prakash Bodla, Chairman – Hyderabad Chapter, AMCHAM, Chairman – GCC Committee, AMCHAM and MD & VP Engineering Carrier Corporation kicked off the meeting with a brief introduction of the new committee. Each of the committee members introduced themselves and what they do in the GCC space. A vision document was shared, thoughts on what the committee should accomplish through the committee and how to share best practices across domains and organizations were discussed. The committee plans to meet monthly.