Jayesh Talpade has been at the helm of Acumen since its inception in the year 2000. Prior to heading Acumen, Jayesh Talpade has worked in the fields of Power, Electronics, Pharma and FMCG. His experience with Bharath Bijlee, NELCO and Johnson & Johnson has afforded him tremendous exposure to the nuances of industrial engineering and marketing. He brings in decades of consulting and operational experience to the fore from all over the world be it India, Australia, Kuwait, Dubai, Bahrain or even the UK.

Jayesh has been instrumental in transforming the vision of a large construction company, coaching senior management on the way forward. Partnering with a leading FMCG MNC, he also created learning material encompassing the dynamics of sales and intermediary management while simultaneously being relevant to six different countries in the Asia-Pac region at the same time. In his engagement with a leading FMCG company, he also led a team that studied India's rural market with a view to making the rural sales team more effective. He is a sought after by many organizations as they grapple with managing change or transition from one league to another.

His consulting projects have covered a wide spectrum of sectors and include Realty, Financial Services, IT, FMCG, Chemical, Manufacturing and Spirituality. He is much in demand for his work on Executive Coaching to the business owners and CEOs of FMBs (Family Managed Businesses), resolving issues inherent in an FMB set up, as well as aiding the transition of these businesses from a "family owned and run" to "family owned but professionally run".