MITYA NEW

Leading Organisations, CEO

Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Associate Professor

Mitya is a passionate and leading global business educator with an impressive track record in leadership and performance transformation in global companies. He is faculty at a range of leading business schools in Asia and Europe. After over 15 years in CEO roles in both Asia and Europe Mitya founded Leading Organisations™ to leverage his global leadership experience and develop individual and team performance in companies.

Mitya has extensive experience working with senior leadership and teams at multinational companies including Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Pictet et Cie, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas AM, Nomura, Zurich Insurance, AEGON, Jardines, Baker McKenzie, Philip Morris International, Deloitte, EY, Royal Sun Alliance, China Mobile, China Commercial Bank, Hana Financial, OSM Group, Saudi Aramco, Lenovo, Target Australia, Lane Crawford, Cooley, Skadden, Iron Mountain, Dyson and Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC).

Mitya is an Associate Professor at the Business School of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He delivers courses and programmes on leadership, high performance teams, strategy and business ethics. Mitya is also a professor in Mumbai at the Asia Centre of SDA Bocconi, Italy’s leading business school, where he designs and delivers core executive masters’` courses and executive education programmes. In 2020 Mitya joined the Skolkovo Moscow School of Management as professor in the EMBA programme.

Mitya has served as a non-executive director on various boards. Between 2000 and 2004 he was a Director at Asian News International, New Delhi, where he was representing the interests of a minority partner. He was elected as Chairman of the board at DSB, the dual-language German International School in Mumbai India, during a period of rapid expansion and growth in a challenging regulatory environment. He served on the board of the British-Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Stockholm which aimed to promote business contacts between Swedish and British companies. He was also nominated to serve on the board of Western Regional Council of the German-Indian Chamber of Industry & Trade in Mumbai.

During his career at Reuters Mitya was Managing Director in Hungary, India and South Asia, Japan and the Nordic and Baltic region. He was also the Managing Director for Dow Jones in India, following the acquisition by News Corp. In this role he built and established strategic direction while interacting frequently with Rupert Murdoch and News Corp senior leadership.