YouthPropel Industry Mentors
The YouthPropel Industry Mentors brings together experienced leaders from education, industry, entrepreneurship, and higher education to provide strategic guidance and support the long-term development of the initiative.
The board plays a key role in advising on programme direction, strengthening impact, and ensuring that YouthPropel continues to deliver meaningful, high-quality opportunities to students across all partner schools. Through their expertise and perspectives, our Industry Mentors help shape the growth, credibility, and sustainability of YouthPropel as it expands internationally.
Partner | People Consulting
Ernst & Young (EY)
Area of Expertise: Business Consulting
Vivek Sharma
Vivek Sharma is a Partner at EY in Dubai, leading People Consulting across the region. With nearly three decades of experience spanning consulting, organisational transformation, and business leadership, he has held senior leadership positions across EY, PwC, Hay Group, and other global organisations across the Middle East.
He specialises in people strategy, change management, leadership development, and organisational transformation, with a strong track record of advising businesses on growth, workforce strategy, and large-scale transformation initiatives. Vivek combines deep industry expertise with extensive experience leading teams and delivering impact across diverse international markets.
He holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta and an Engineering degree from Delhi College of Engineering.
Executive Director (Digital & Tech)
Unaprime Investment Banking
Area of Expertise: Finance, M&A
Mohit Agarwal
Mohit Agarwal is a seasoned technology investment banker with over 20 years of experience advising high-growth companies across the technology sector. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, fundraising, and strategic transactions, with recent deal experience including fundraising for Pennant Technologies and the acquisition of FinFort by fintech unicorn Yubi.
He brings deep expertise across Enterprise Technology, FinTech, HealthTech, SaaS, Cloud Infrastructure, ConsumerTech, and digital businesses, supported by strong capabilities in financial strategy, deal structuring, due diligence, and transaction execution.
Global SAP Finance Adoption Leader
SAP
Area of Expertise: Technology Solutions Consulting
Chetan Tripathi
Chetan Tripathi is a senior technology consulting and business transformation leader with over 20 years of industry experience, including more than 12 years specialising in solutioning and strategic consulting. He has extensive expertise across SAP consulting, go-to-market strategy, services solutioning, quality and risk management, and customer engagement.
He has led global transformation initiatives, scaled international solution teams, supported over 1,000 services bids annually, and driven the adoption of AI-enabled automation, SAP RISE methodology, Clean Core principles, and integrated digital toolchains. Chetan is recognised for his collaborative leadership, strategic thinking, and ability to build high-performing global teams that deliver innovation and business transformation.
Business Head
HCLTech Middle East & Turkey
Area of Expertise: Business Strategy, Sales, Business Development
Vineet Shukla
Vineet is part of HCLTech’s Growth Markets leadership team, heading the company’s business across all industries and services in the Middle East and Turkey.
He has 24+ years of global experience in the technology sector across developed & emerging markets, with leadership roles spanning software engineering, product & business development, and strategic initiatives.
He specialises in new market entry, rapid expansion, and structuring large, complex, innovation-led deals, with deep expertise across Digital, Cloud, Infrastructure, Applications, Cybersecurity, and Industry 4.0. He is recognised for his hands-on leadership approach, experience building, and leading high-performing teams across regions.
Holds Engineering (Gold Medalist) and Management degrees from top-tier Indian institutions.