Ritvik Lukose
As the CEO and Co-Founder, Ritvik Lukose leads growth and strategy initiatives across all verticals at Vahura.
We are India’s premier search and management consulting firm in the specialist domains of legal, finance, compliance, policy, boards and other strategic functions.
In 2011, a team of lawyers and management professionals banded together with the goal of doing legal recruitment and consulting differently. Our aim was to facilitate the coming together of clients and candidates in a way that felt impactful, ethical and mindful.
By expanding the definition of ‘people’ to both clients and candidates, we pioneered a new way. We eschewed the prevailing model of cobbling together CVs and research reports, merely hoping that something will stick.
Instead, we took our role as facilitator seriously, making an effort to truly understand needs and aspirations. By doing so, we emerged as true partners invested in the growth of our clients, our candidates and the legal industry.
Could our method be scaled to other specialist, strategic functions like board search, finance, policy, HR and governance? At the altar of expansion, would we have to sacrifice the culture of trust and intention?
Happily, the wider winds were blowing in our fervour. Specialist functions, traditionally viewed as cost centres within organisations, were being seen as value creators.
Specialist professionals were no longer mere risk managers—they had a seat at the table, and were expected to deliver measurable contributions. We’d already built a roster of professionals who were keen to exceed the brief. We applied our learnings from legal to the other specialist segments.
On the consulting side, we developed research that could inform thinking around how people, technology, data and operations come together to create strategic advantage.
Here we are today, the leading search and management consulting firm in the specialist, strategic domains of legal, finance, compliance, policy, boards, HR and governance.
In this latest iteration of Vahura, we are focused on deepening our lead in the legal talent segment; scaling our success in segments like finance, compliance, governance & policy; and expanding our international footprint.
We’re engaging deeply with technology and AI as drivers of business transformation. Our affiliate Counselect is pioneering future-of-work consulting and services.
Even as we grow, people will continue to be the beating heart of whatever we do—whether it is client work, ecosystem development or community building. Our overarching goal will always be to bring together the right people and organisations to help both prosper.
Our impact
- 10000+ positions closed
- 1200+ clients
- 50+ sectors
We’ve been trusted with mandates from some of the world’s most well-known companies, leading Indian and international law firms, and marquee private equity and venture funds.
Initiatives we are involved with
Ecosystem development is a key pillar of what we do and how we view ourselves.
Here are some of the initiatives we are involved in:
Lee Ignatius
Lee is the Co-Founder and a Partner at Vahura. He heads the Private Practice and Funds Search Practice Group at Vahura.
Karl Fernandes
Karl is a Senior Partner at Vahura and heads Executive Search and Legal Recruitment for corporate legal departments of enterprises and high-growth companies.
Rishabh Chopra
Rishabh Chopra is a Partner at Vahura and Director at Vahura MEA, leading CFO and HR leadership hiring in India and governance-focused executive searches across the Middle East. A lawyer and MBA with extensive record in identifying talented leaders across finance, HR and legal domains and executing complex, high-impact search mandates, he is also playing a key role in powering next‑gen talent solutions at Counselect, Vahura’s secondment services platform.
Shweta Sheth
Shweta Vora Sheth is a Partner at Vahura, specialising in Executive Search, Compliance Recruitment, and Legal Recruitment. She leads the Compliance Recruitment Practice at Vahura. She is actively engaged in senior leadership searches, helping enterprises and high-growth companies hire senior legal and compliance leaders for their In-house departments.
Balanand Menon
Bala is a solution architect, data analyst, and an MBA, who loves painting a picture using data. He leads a consulting practice that is at the cutting edge of legal market data, legal operating models, legal technology and innovation. Bala co-conceptualised and led the Vahura Best Law Firms to Work studies (2018 and 2022), and is a sought-after advisor on change management and innovation.
Deepta Vivek
Deepta is the Head of Finance at Vahura. She is also the Employee Director responsible for internal performance management systems and HR policies.
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