The Bench That Arrives With Your Venture.
Every WRF engagement is staffed from a paid bench of senior practitioners: people who have held the seats they advise from, across capital, operations, technology, risk and public systems. Anchored by the advisory bench and the IIRIS Consulting ecosystem.
The People
Operators who have started companies, grown them, and bought from them. Founders get that judgment – and those doors – from day one.
Capt Shakil Ahmed
Founder & Chief Executive
Sovereign-grade
Indian Army (Sword of Honour); five years in sovereign security at the RBI.
Enterprise scale
Risk architecture across 80+ countries; a 100K+ node global SOC.
Hyper-growth
~30 years, nine sector ecosystems, resilience led across three unicorns.
Advisory Bench
Lt Gen Rajesh Pant (Retd)
Former National Cyber Security Coordinator, Government of India
Dr Vikram Singh, IPS (Retd)
Former Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh
Anuj Bhardwaj
Four decades in government, most recently the National Security Adviser’s office
Ambassador Gurjit Singh
Indian Foreign Service, 1980 – 37 years across many countries
The Operating Bench Iiris Consulting Ecosystem
Garry Singh
( President )
Intelligence, financial crime and computer forensics
Sagarika Chakraborty
( CEO – Gulf & Africa )
Fraud, diligence, integrity and brand protection
Paul Devassy
( CEO, IIRIS Knowledge )
Tailor-made training and security operations
Kunal Bhogal
( Chief Design Officer )
Risk-based design, automation and analytics
Our Partners
IIRIS Consulting
Intelligence-led risk, security and forensics
Mezoz Advisory Services
Strategic advisory and government relations
Your Next Orbit
Brand, reputation and growth
Not Just Mentors.
Across sectors. Across stages. One integrated bench. A simple readiness check travels with every venture through every stage — so small things stay small.
WALK
10 Disciplines
Build The Foundation
RUN
10 Disciplines
Build The Business
FLY
10 Disciplines
Build The Institution
The Wrf Answer
Risk cover begins the day a venture joins. Not at the first audit, not after the first incident — day zero. That single change makes every decision that follows safer, cheaper and faster.
Senior, Signed, And On Your Side Of The Table.
Bench members are contracted on written terms, declare their conflicts, and are paid per engagement. For confidentiality, profiles are shown without names; the full bench is disclosed in confidence as an engagement begins.
Capital, deals & general management
Public-markets investor; strategy & P&L operator
Corporate strategy, P&L leadership and public-market investing across consumer internet and gaming. An ISB MBA with a data-first operating style.
Capital, deals & general management
General management, from banking to consumer internet
Building and scaling consumer businesses end to end, with deep P&L ownership and an investment-banking lens on capital.
Risk, programs & capability
Private-equity operating partner
Growth strategy, brand turnarounds and M&A across CPG, food and retail, from Fortune 500 scale to early growth in the US and globally.
Capital, deals & general management
Investment banking & startup advisory
Fundraising, due diligence and M&A support for growth companies; virtual-CFO work and an active angel portfolio.
Growth operators & founders' office
Chief of staff & GTM / AI strategy
Founders’-office leadership: OKR and operating cadence, corporate functions built from zero, IPO readiness and new business lines.
Growth operators & founders' office
Growth & brand strategist; venture advisor
Brand, performance marketing and strategic partnerships for consumer platforms; advisor to an early-stage venture fund.
Growth operators & founders' office
Business & growth leader
P&L leadership, product-led growth and go-to-market for consumer tech and AI-enabled platforms, from zero to one and one to ten.
Growth operators & founders' office
Education & employability entrepreneur
Scaled skilling and higher-education platforms and built large operating teams; a second-time founder in consumer internet.
Growth operators & founders' office
Consumer P&L leader
National sales, distribution and brand building across FMCG and consumer tech; general management at large scale.
Technology, product & deep-tech
Engineering leadership at scale: distributed systems, platform architecture and large teams behind consumer products.
Technology, product & deep-tech
Product leadership for global streaming and consumer platforms; growth, user experience and behavioural design.
Technology, product & deep-tech
Built national-scale digital systems and consumer platforms across travel and gaming; an early hands-on technologist.
Technology, product & deep-tech
EV, battery and energy-transition ventures; building software-defined clean infrastructure across India and the US.
Risk, programs & capability
HR transformation, leadership development and AI-adoption programs for large organisations; leads an AI academy at a global consultancy.
Risk, programs & capability
Innovation-systems builder; biotech & medtech
Designed national innovation and grant programs and incubated deep-science ventures end to end; deep policy and ecosystem experience.
Risk, programs & capability
Runs a group’s philanthropy and ESG; scaled CSR programs and board-level partnerships across industry.
Risk, programs & capability
Three decades in risk management, forensic analysis and security operations, from special forces to enterprise risk leadership.
How the bench works
Matched to a problem, not sold by the day. We staff what the problem needs: a lead mentor, an operating seat, or a specialist for a defined stretch of work. Conflicts are declared before any engagement, and every engagement is reviewed at its gates.
The bench is growing
If you have run defence acquisition, testing and certification, hardware scale-up, export controls or IP law, we would like to meet you.
You've Been There. You've Done That. Now Help Others Get There.
Some careers reach a point where judgment is worth more than effort. WRF World is gathering a bench of such leaders - and we would be honoured to count you among them. Express your interest
Accomplished founders, operators and functional leaders.
Walk alongside a founding team through Origins, Momentum or Elevate — the candid counsel you once wished someone had offered you.
CXOs, business heads and builders of institutions.
Step in as an operating partner where seasoned hands are needed at the helm – for a season, not a lifetime.
Leaders from government, the forces, diplomacy, industry and academia.
Lend perspective at the board table – on strategy, governance, and the judgment only experience brings.
What you'd find here
- Work that matters - capability India will own and keep.
- Distinguished company - leaders from national security, policing, diplomacy and industry.
- Curated mandates - matched to your sector, stage and calendar.
- Integrity first - conflicts declared, confidences kept.
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