Arvind Agrawal

Founder and CEO at AICL Communications

Arvind is the Founder and CEO of AICL Communications, a specialised corporate communications consultancy. He is regarded as India’s foremost practitioner of corporate reporting and has led the evolution of Indian annual reports from basic compliance documents to data-rich, visually-enhanced tools of multi-stakeholder communication.

Over the past 15 years, Arvind has been advising corporate leaders from India’s large and emerging companies on investor communications, sustainability reporting, integrated reporting and ESG communications . His work includes transforming how companies report financial and non-financial performance and create engaging narratives with their stakeholders through effective omni-channel campaigns and presentations, aligned to global best-practices.

As an entrepreneur, he has built a 100 member cross-functional team across four cities and mentored many professionals who are becoming thought leaders in the domain. A Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary by education, Arvind travels across the world to learn more, and share his experiences with diverse audiences. He enjoys sharing his journey and insight with students, and dabbles in etymology as well as making Lego models in his free time.