Dr.Y.R.K.Reddy, ( Ramesh Reddy ) is an international adviser in corporate governance whose professional work spans 40 countries and international bodies including the IFC / World Bank Group, AfDB, Commonwealth Secretariat and OECD. Based in India, he is the Founder President, The SOE Forum, at Paris and the Academy of Corporate Governance, India; member, Advisory Board of Arguden Governance Academy – Turkey; Affiliate, The Boardroom Practice – New Zealand. Formerly, distinguished Chair Professor of Strategic Management, Independent Director, featured Columnist and corporate functional head, he was educated in India and the UK. He was also a Research Fellow at Friedrich Ebert Stiftung ( `79) – Bonn and Visiting Fellow at LSE – London (`89).