She/Her
Ritu Bhasin [RIH-thoo bah-SEEN], LL.B., M.B.A., is an award-winning speaker, bestselling author, global consultant, and world-renowned expert in leadership, talent management, belonging, DEI, and empowerment.
Since 2010, Ritu has worked with hundreds of top organizations and senior leadership teams around the world and, as a professional speaker, she has presented to hundreds of thousands of people globally, and coached over a thousand leaders. Ritu is a certified cultural competence and neuroscience strategies coach, as well as a yoga and mindfulness teacher and practitioner. She also holds a trauma professional certificate.
Before founding bci, Ritu spent 10 years in the legal profession — first as a civil litigator and then as the director of legal talent for the preeminent Canadian law firm Stikeman Elliott LLP. Ritu also served as an instructor in the Executive Programs at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, for three years. She regularly appears on national television and radio in the U.S. and Canada as an expert on leadership, talent management, DEI, belonging, empathy, and empowerment.
Ritu’s personal experiences with adversity and her desire to help others have led her to work as a social justice champion for over 30 years, volunteering with dozens of organizations and mentoring hundreds of youth and young professionals. She has won numerous awards and distinctions for her work, including: Real Leaders Top 50 Keynote Speakers, Success Magazine’s Woman of Influence, The Women’s Center Leadership Award, the South Asian Bar Association Diversity Award, the Indo-Canadian Chamber of Commerce Female Professional of the Year Award, the City of Toronto’s William P. Hubbard Award for Race Relations, and Western University’s Young Alumni of the Year Award.
Ritu has written two bestselling books: We’ve Got This: Unlocking the Beauty of Belonging (2023) which is also now a multiple award winner and The Authenticity Principle: Resist Conformity, Embrace Differences, and Transform How You Live, Work, and Lead (2017). Ritu lives in Toronto, Canada. When she is not working, you’ll find her traveling around the world to eat, swim, hike, dance, and chill.