Deepa Purushothaman She/Her

Trainer, Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker, Leadership coach.

Fields of expertise:

Allyship Leadership development Women's History Month Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AANHPI) Author

Deepa is a former senior executive, and a corporate inclusion visionary. She challenges and redefines the status quo of leadership, success, and power by centering the needs and experiences of Women of Color.

Deepa was a senior partner at Deloitte, where she spent more than 20 years helping clients grow and focusing on women’s leadership and inclusion strategies. She was the Managing Partner of WIN, Deloitte's pioneering, globally renowned Women's Initiative. She was the first Indian-American woman and one of the youngest people to make partner in the firm's history.

After leaving Deloitte in 2020, Deepa co-founded nFormation, a membership-based community for professional Women of Color, offering brave, safe, new space and helping place and placing them in C-suite positions and on Boards. She is also a Women and Public Policy Program Leader in Practice at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Deepa’s bestselling book, The First, The Few, The Only: How Women of Color Can Redefine Power in Corporate America, was published in March 2022 to international acclaim..

Deepa is a TED and SXSW speaker and has been featured across multiple publications such as TIME, PBS, Forbes, Fortune, Financial Times, and Harvard Business Review..

What our clients say about this speaker

On behalf of the entire credit Suisse team, I would like to thank you for engaging in such an insightful and impactful conversation for this year's women's financial Forum. I was moved by both your honesty and candor.

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It was an impactful fireside chat and so many connected with your message and your book. Your energy, examples, and data points made a real case for our opportunity tp create a #future that makes work, work for everyone. The work is never done so thank you for your generosity and leadership, Deepa. You're an inspiration.

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Talks & Presentations

Thriving Cultures: Surviving Super Moments.

As leaders, we all want individuals to show up in the workplace in healthy and empowered ways. We

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Deepa Purushothaman She/Her

Trainer, Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker, Leadership coach.

From the Few & Only to the Many: What Leaders Can Do to Empower Women & Women of Color.

As the first-ever Indian American woman partner at Deloitte, Deepa has been a highly influential

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Deepa Purushothaman She/Her

Trainer, Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker, Leadership coach.

Actionable Insights & Inclusive Leadership: Patterns, Permissions and Practice

While many may want to identify as allies, there’s often some confusion around what allyshi

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Deepa Purushothaman She/Her

Trainer, Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker, Leadership coach.