About Dipika
Most of my career has been spent making judgement calls with incomplete information.
I started in investment banking, spent more than a decade in executive search, and later became Head of People & Culture at a YC-backed startup.
Those roles put me on different sides of the same kinds of decisions — assessing people, understanding organisations, advising leaders and working out what the evidence actually says.
Different seats. Same instinct:
- Understand the context.
- Spot the pattern.
- Get clear on the decision.
People Penguin brings that experience together for candidates, founders and growing companies.
Selected experience
Senior and CXO search • VC/PE-backed technology • founder advisory • organisational design • international research & assessment
The path here
Nomura
Investment Banking
Mumbai → New York
Analysis • judgement • high-stakes decisions
Executive Search
10+ years
Senior & CXO search
Founder advisory
International markets
Assessing people when the evidence is incomplete
Anima • YC W21
Head of People & Culture
People • Talent • Organisation
Building the systems from the inside
People Penguin
Founder
People • perspective • clearer decisions
So… why People Penguin?
I once watched the Penguin Parade on Phillip Island in Australia.
Tiny penguins waddling out of the sea, trying to find their people, somehow became an unexpectedly good metaphor for much of my career.
Candidates trying to find the right company.
Founders trying to find the right hire.
Companies trying to find the right expert.
And most of us occasionally wondering where on earth we're going.
People Penguin exists to make the finding part a little easier.
The right people.
The right perspective.
The right next move.
Get hired. Hire better. Build smarter.