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Ash Varma
President - Business Executive Coach & Legal Consulting | Advocate for Women Leaders & Entrepreneurs
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Ash Varma - NYC
Ash Varma, Esq. stands out as a multifaceted professional with an impressive career trajectory spanning over 25 years across five distinct professional avenues. With a robust network of 9937 LinkedIn connections, Ash's vast experience encompasses roles as a seasoned Business Executive, Leadership Coach, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Attorney. Specializing in Corporate Leadership Development and Life Coaching, Ash Varma has adeptly supported a diverse range of clientele including C-Suite Executives, high potential Women Leaders, Millennial Leaders, Entrepreneurs, and professionals in various sectors like Journalism, Healthcare, Supply Chain, IT, and Sports & Entertainment.
A distinguished member of The Forbes Coaches Council, Ash's expertise has graced over 30 expert panel discussions. Their financial acumen as a CFO is marked by significant achievements such as steering an $870 million financing for the world's largest billboard company and orchestrating a cross-industry merger valued at $92 Million. Similarly, Ash's operational and strategic prowess as a COO has been demonstrated through implementing best practices and championing Unconscious Bias, Allyship, and Women Leadership initiatives within numerous Media, Talent Management, and DEI companies. As the President of Ash Varma - NYC, they further showcase their commitment to developing business leadership strategies, offering executive coaching, and advocating for Women Leaders and Entrepreneurs.
Beyond corporate roles, Ash possesses formidable legal acumen, initially honed at international firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, offering consultation in contracts, real estate, and employment law. They are also a reputable speaker at universities and forums and have contributed to numerous business articles. A passionate advocate for education and women's leadership, Ash has facilitated executive coaching at the Working Mother Media Multicultural Women’s Conference for several years and has been featured at significant conferences for women in business and healthcare. Championing personal alignment with organizational strategies or new life adventures, Ash's life mantra underpins their approach: "Never underestimate the deep healing power of a few simple kind words." This mantra is indicative of their commitment to impactful coaching and mentorship, as they guide clients through strategic and emotional intelligence development, legal considerations, and DEI business integration.
More about this expert
- Full name
- Ash Varma
- Location
- New York, New York, United States
- Title
- President - Business Executive Coach & Legal Consulting | Advocate for Women Leaders & Entrepreneurs
- Company
- Ash Varma - NYC
- Industry
- Business Consulting and Services
- LinkedIn profile
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashvarmanyc/
- LinkedIn Connections
- 9937
- Summary
- Ash Varma, Esq has over 25 years experience and spanning 5 different careers as a: Business Executive & Leadership Coach - Ash has done extensive Corporate Leadership Development Coaching and Life Coaching, but specializes in assisting: C-Suite Executives * HiPo Women Leaders * Millennial Leaders * Entrepreneurs * Journalists * Healthcare and Medical * Risk and Operations * Supply Chain and IT * Creative and Marketing * Sports & Entertainment. - Member of The Forbes Coaches Council and featured as an Expert Panelist over 30 times. CFO - Led numerous companies as a CFO including consummating an $870 million financing running the worlds largest billboard company. Managed and fully integrated operations leading to a $92 Million cross-industry merger. COO - at numerous Media, Talent Management, DE&I companies, with specialties in best practices and programs for financial and legal advantages, company growth opportunities, and including overseeing multiple Unconscious Bias, Allyship, and HiPo Women Leadership initiatives. CEO - Increased Operating Cash Flow by over 100% in only 18 months of running the original Ted Turner Media Entity in Atlanta. Attorney Legal consulting for individual and corporate clients regarding: contracts, real estate, and employment law. Previously International Tax Lawyer at Paul, Weiss Rifkind. In addition, Ash is a passionate advocate for: Education: - Speaker at several universities and forums and featured in many published Business articles. Women Leaders & Entrepreneurs: - Facilitator and Executive Coach at The Working Mother Media Multicultural National Womens Conference for the past 7 years (over 700 Senior Women Leaders in attendance). - Featured Senior Executive Coach & CFO @ The 2019 Mogul X Women's Millennial Conference with over 1400 attendees. - Featured 2020 speaker at Professional Women in Healthcare; and a Founding Member of The Womensphere Global Network Foundation. Throughout all his business, financial, life and strategic experiences, Ashs primary passion continues to be working with coaching people whatever their capacity to try and help align their passions along with the organizations strategic imperatives, and/or to assist them in strategically moving on to whatever their next most exciting adventure or life passion/healing situation might be. His lifelong mantra has always been Never underestimate the deep healing power of a few simple kind words :)
- Skills
- Mergers Non-profit Boards
Education
- University of Oxford (U.K.)
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M.Phil
Attended in 1974 - 1976
Field of study: International Politics - New York University School of Law
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LLM
Attended in 1980 - 1983
Field of study: Taxation
Positions
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Ash Varma - NYC
New York, New York, United States
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President - Business Executive Coach & Legal Consulting | Advocate for Women Leaders & Entrepreneurs
Sep 2010 - Present
Ash specializes in training and coaching C-Suite Executives, Middle Managers and Millennials from various Industry sectors and is a passionate advocate for Women Leaders and Entrepreneurs.
He brings a multitude of business, finance, legal and HR experience gleaned from his five (5) careers as an Attorney (starting at Paul, Weiss Rifkind), CFO of PMG (the world’s largest Billboard company, now known as Clear Channel), an Entrepreneur/Consultant, COO & CFO of various Career Transition and DEI firms (Partners International and Jennifer Brown Consulting), and now a top-rated Executive Coach.
Ash has extensive experience in all aspects of Business Leadership & Strategy, has managed companies of all sizes and different stages of maturity. He specializes in Executive Presence, Corp Communications & Emotional Intelligence. Ash has counseled CEOs, CFOs, General & Asst. GCs, and HR Execs.
Ash and his team also work on certain legal aspects of transactions for Executive Coaching clients. This includes contract review, new financings, employment agreements, acquisitions, creations of new Entrepreneurial ventures, and more. Ash has also served as a privately appointed Independent Arbitrator.
As an Attorney and former CFO & COO to various DEI firms, Ash can also cover all 3 aspects of DEI Business Goals, Financial Logic and Legal Ramifications. Remember DEI is more than just a business necessity, it is a financial exigency.
Whatever your legal issue – contracts, acquisitions, employment, mergers & acquisition, finance, real estate and DEI – whether in conjunction with your Executive Coaching needs (or separately), Ash Varma-NYC can help.
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Varma & Associates
New York, New York, United States
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25+ Years as Owner, Global Strategic Management Consulting & Executive Coaching
1990 - Present
Varma & Associates is a NYC based firm specializing in Global Strategic Financial Management Consulting and Senior Executive Coaching. Over the past 25+ years, its Strategic Financial Consulting clients have included several major Financial Institutions, Governmental entities, Technology/VC Start-ups; Digital/"Out-of-Home" Media entities and numerous others.
In over a decade of Executive Coaching, V&A has worked with hundreds of clients, with specialties in C-Suite Executive Coaching, HiPo Women Leaders, Millennials, future Entreprenuers and many others.
Additional Consulting areas have also included working with numerous other Media & Entertainment companies, Cable TV/Radio, Sports Marketing, Fashion, Film and Music. Also, representation for the then World's largest Ad Agency; Tax/Financial Planning for Artists & Athletes, Manufacturing & Production, Non Profit Management, Appointment as Media Expert in Hungary, Healthcare and Talent Management.
Some more recent Consulting assignments have included (i) Leading U.S. Broadcast Television Multicast Digital Music Network; (ii) International Music Copyright Authors; (iii) Canadian New Print & Media; (iv) Manufacturer & Advertiser of Television Station Monitors in The PRC, etc.
On the Executive Coaching side, additional clients have included numerous Attorneys at Law, heads of Marketing & Finance, senior IT professionals and several others. Executive Coaching has often been in the areas of Career Transition, Marketplace Reintegration and Leadership Development.
Additional Executive Coaching areas have also Communication, Corporate Culture, Personal Branding, Organizational Development and Strategic Financial Business planning, depending upon the Client's needs and wishes.
It is a pleasure to try and assist candidates in whatever their next most desired journey is!
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Partners in Human Resources International
2008 - Present · 16 yrs 1 mo
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Executive Consultant & Senior Executive Coach
2008 - Present
As an Executive Consultant for Partners International, I am delighted to work with all the Career Transition Coaches, assisting them in strategizing new offerings, and working with other PI Senior Management to facilitate future Sales Growth.
As a Senior Executive Coach for Partners International for over a decade, I have been delighted to assist this wonderful firm in helping coach numerous candidates over the years for them, particularly focusing on Hi-Level Senior Management Candidates, Attorneys, Senior Corporate Marketing Managers, HiPo Women Leaders, CFOs and COOs, Senior IT Professionals, NonProfit Business Leaders, and numerous others.
Partners In Human Resources International is a large scale cutting edge boutique that covers all aspects of The Company Whole Life Cycle, both in the Domestic as well as International realms, along with maintaining several key areas of expertise and subspecialties therein. PI's long and established customized Talent Solutions speak to The Individuals, The Teams, The Leadership and, particularly, The Organizations who make up the key core constituencies involved. PI believes that Customer Intimacy + Agile, Scalable and Progressive Expertise = The Strongest Partnership Together.
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Partners in Human Resources International
2008 - Present · 16 yrs 1 mo
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CFO & COO (In-House Counsel and Advisor to The Chairman)
2010 - 2012
Partners In Human Resources International is a large scale cutting edge boutique that covers all aspects of The Company Whole Life Cycle, both in the Domestic as well as International realms, along with maintaining several key areas of expertise and subspecialties therein. PI's long and established customized Talent Solutions speak to The Individuals, The Teams, The Leadership and, particularly, The Organizations who make up the key core constituencies involved. PI believes that Customer Intimacy + Agile, Scalable and Progressive Expertise = The Strongest Partnership Together
As CFO, responsible for all Financial Matters, reporting directly to The Chairman.
As COO, responsible for all Operations, IT Technology Infrastructure, and Real Estate Leasing
As In-House Counsel, oversaw all RFPs, Contract Proposals, any potential Litigation, and coordinated all the same as necessary with Company Counsel and, of course, The Chairman
As Advisor to the Chairman (my favourite role of all!), met every single week to discuss and create Strategy relating to Current Company Operations, Future Strategic Initiatives, Offsite Meeting Planning and numerous various other Initiatives.
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Jennifer Brown Consulting
New York, NY
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Chief Operating Officer, CFO, In-House Counsel, Advisor to the Chairman & Senior DEI Executive Coach
2013 - 2018
- Short-term consultancy project extended into a 5-year long-term development and transition of
centralization and integration between the East Coast and West Coast operations.
- Worked closely with the Chairman to negotiate and execute structural and operational change.
- Increased revenue by more than 35% from initial starting point.
- Worked closely with the Chairman to create brand-new marketing, branding and social media
infrastructure, including publication of a book by the Chairman, new webinars and e-Learning.
- Senior Executive Coach in Diversity, Inclusion and Strategy trainings.
- Organized, developed and provided oversight for numerous DEI, ERG/BRG, Women's Leadership,
Allyship, initiatives and programs.
- PNE Media Holdings, LLC
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Managing Partner, Strategic CFO, Restructuring Officer and Board of Managers
1998 - 2010
PNE was originally created in January 1998 with the simultaneous Closing of 10 separate Acquisitions on the same date. Its first immediate footprint was in New York, MD, PA and The Carolinas. PNE continued to make Acquisitions, simultaneously Integrate Operations and continually Restructure its Finances as it continued to grow, ultimately, successfully concluding over 60 separate Profit Center Acquisitions in only 2 Years, and creating a full scale Atlantic East Coast footprint
Was responsible for all Due Diligence, In-House Legal Counsel and full Strategic CFO Operations during this initial phase of The Company's Operations.
Next, The Company attempted a Major Merger which ultimately did not occur and New Senior Management was brought in.
Was responsible for Coordinating all Financings and Strategy with the new CEO. Helped create a full new Strategic Plan with the new CEO. We then first successfully sold off all ancillary Operations at Strong Industry Multiples and then completed a successful **$92 Million** Major Merger with a Major Radio Conglomerate, taking back a substantial Equity Interest therein.
The Company then next began to wind down Operations.
At this point, was then hired by Bank of America, Senior Lender, and the Equity Owners as Strategic Consulting CFO to oversee and direct the shift to Holding Company status and to Manage The Company's Key Asset, its Equity Investment from the Merger
Finally, post 2008/2009 Econmic Downturn, was subsequently hired by Bank of America, Senior Lender, and the Equity Owners as Strategic Consulting CFO and Restructuring Officer to complete all Negotiations, and fully Wind down and Liquidate The Company. Successfully concluded in FY 2010