Ritika Wadhwa is an award-winning leader and Cultural Intelligence practitioner with over 30 years of experience across three continents. Born in India, she broke barriers as an immigrant to Canada and the UK, bringing a lived understanding of difference to everything she does. Founder and CEO of Prabhaav Global — prabhaav meaning impact in Hindi — she is a CQ Fellow and Leadership Fellow at Windsor Castle. She sits on several boards and works with senior leaders across the public and private sectors to bring inclusion and innovation to the heart of organisations. She is the published author of Not Optional: Applying Cultural Intelligence to Lead Through Complexity and Change. Her mission is simple: Cultural Intelligence is not optional. It is the capability that transforms leadership.