#28 — How a Strategy Officer Sees Competition Differently: Roopa Unnikrishnan

The Chief Strategy Officer Podcast · Oct 29, 2026 · 45m

Joining us this episode is Roopa Unnikrishnan, a Rhodes Scholar and strategist who most recently served as Chief Strategy Officer at IDEX, and before that as Chief Strategy Officer at Vontier, with strategy roles at Harman, Pfizer, Citi, and BlackRock along the way. She is also the author of the forthcoming book The Leader's Oracle, which draws on ancient wisdom to sharpen strategy and decision-making. Long before her corporate career, Roopa was a champion rifle shooter and the first Indian woman to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal, a sport that taught her to stay in the moment, read the…