Kamales Lardi

Kamales is a strategic thinker in digital and business transformation. She combines over 23 years of deep cross-industry experience with the latest digital and technology solutions. Kamales is listed in the “Top 10 Global Influencers & Thought Leaders in Digital Transformation” (Thinkers360) and Top 50 Women in Tech Influencers 2021 (The Awards Magazine). 

 Kamales is a Teaching Fellow at Durham University Business School, and was the Chair of the FORBES Business Council Women Executives. She is a dynamic and influential speaker and presents regularly at corporate and industry conferences. In 2022, Kamales was recognized in International 40 Over 40 - The World's Most Inspiring Women by CapGemini Invent and Female One Zero.

Since establishing Lardi & Partner Consulting GmbH in 2012, Kamales has advised many multinational companies across various industries in Europe, Asia and Africa. 

Academic Career

Kamales Lardi is a Fellow and Chairperson of the MBA Advisory Board at Durham University Business School, where she also obtained her MBA in 2004. Kamales also has a B.Sc in Computing and Information System from the University of Lincolshire & Humberside. Furthermore, she was a lecturer for Blockchain Application in Supply Chain Management at HWZ Zurich University of Business Administration.

Business Career

Since founding Lardi & Partner Consulting GmbH in 2012, Kamales Lardi has been praised for her bold and strategic thinking in matters of digital and business transformation. She has provided many large companies across a range of industries in Europe, Asia and Mauritius with effective digital transformation strategies. Recently, her business was awarded Business Worldwide Magazine's 2020 Global Corporate Excellence Award for 'Digital Business Transformation Firm of the Year'.

She is also the Chair of the Forbes Business Council Women Executives, a Board Member of the World Innovation and Change Management Institute,  a Member of the Board of Directors of Kubeg AG and the Founder of BloomBloc Sdn. Bhd., a strategic advisory and Blockchain development company . Kamales is a highly sought-after expert in the fields of digital transformation, social media, internal collaboration and employee engagement.

Published works / books

“The Human Side of Digital Business Transformation”. September 2022.

Kamales Lardi's The Human Side of Digital Business Transformation provides readers with an insightful and practical guide to the successful implementation of digital transformation. The author highlights the importance of managing both internal and external stakeholders, such as leadership teams, employees, customers, partners and suppliers, in order to ensure success in the process.

The Human Side of Digital Business Transformation is an invaluable resource for leadership teams, management, and board members, as well as change managers and leaders in organizations. It provides a successful framework for executing new digital solutions, along with digital maturity and transformation readiness assessments, best practices, key learnings, real-world case studies, and examples from established business leaders. Students in business and executive education programs, consultants, and other business leaders interested in digital transformation can also benefit from this book.

The Digital Mindset & the Human side of Digital TransformationThe Digital Mindset & the Human side of Digital Transformation. Podcast Series · Aug 3, 2022

The role of humans in the Deep Digital Transformation required to build a sustainable and resilient business, is ever more important. In this episode, we talk about Digital Maturity from the mindset point of view. We highlight the broken customer journey in financial services, the shift in values of Millenials, Gen Z and Gen A.

Kamales Lardi, believes that the future of business is not just about your company and you're offering to customers, it is an ecosystem, a collaborative and co-optive environment which includes suppliers, partners and employees, rather than a competitive one. This is one of several points that she discusses extensively in her upcoming book to be published by Wiley.

Kamales Lardi is a leading emerging technology professional who has recently been appointed as MD for Switzerland for Valtech.

Kamales believes in the transformative impact of emerging technologies. She has developed deep knowledge and practical experience in a range of emerging technology solutions, such as blockchain, AI, virtual and augmented reality, 3D-printing, IoT and sensor technologies, and robotics process automation among others.

She often says, 'technology is not a silver bullet solution, a clear value proposition should drive any transformation effort'. This approach resonates well with many business leaders and has helped her stand out in the digital space.