Body Language Tips from a Leader

Subroto Mukherjee is the Founder and CEO of Moulting Caterpillar LLP, a boutique

Executive Coaching and Leadership Development consultancy, with a presence in India and

Australia. Moulting Caterpillar specializes in focusing leadership on the ‘Why we do, what

we do,’ and bringing in transformation by catalyzing the ‘How we do it.’

Subroto’s academic qualifications include BSc (Biochemistry); MSc (Defence & Strategic

Studies); PGCHRM (XLRI); PGDSM (NMIS); Blackbelt in Six Sigma; International General

Certification in Occupational Health & Safety from NEBOSH, UK; FMP (IFMA, USA); MCR -

Master of Corporate Real Estate (CoreNet Global, USA); MRICS (Royal Institute of Chartered

Surveyors, UK).

He is a certified Executive Coach by the World’s No. 1 Coach, Marshall Goldsmith, having

undergone in-person training with him to achieve the dual certification in Stakeholder

Centered Coaching & Global Leader of the Future, Coaching. He is also an ICF approved

Growmore and Neptune Excellence Coach.

During a nearly four-year career, Subroto has been privileged to have

shouldered numerous leadership responsibilities, including those at the CXO level. He

started his career in the Indian Navy, where he served for over 24 years. He is a submarine and has commanded

and has also Commanded two warships, including one during the Kargil war. These CEO

roles gave him major insights into human behavior during high-stress situations. In addition

to the two Commands, he has been the Chief Instructor and Deputy Commandant of the

Naval Academy, Liaison Officer to the Prime Minister, the late Shri Rajiv Gandhi, the first

COO of India’s only Tri-Service Command in the strategic Andaman & Nicobar Islands and

Command Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer. He has also held various roles onboard five

other ships and three submarines. Subroto has been privileged to have represented India

with the US Marine Corps at Okinawa, Japan, and has coordinated various bilateral

undertakings with US, Indonesian, and Myanmar navies.

In his corporate career spanning over 14 years, Subroto has been COO of a start-up,

Synergy RMS Pvt Ltd and thereafter, Head of Marine Operations with listed Real Estate

Major, Orbit Corporation Ltd. After five years with Orbit Corp, he joined the world’s 7 th

largest generic drug maker, the venerable Cipla Ltd. Here, as Vice President, he was

entrusted with the setting up and profitable running of a completely new vertical. In this

global role, where he had a matrix reporting to four members of the Management Council,

he successfully led a 3000+ team size and continuously received the highest leadership

satisfaction global survey scores over six years. Subroto’s last Corporate stint

was his role as the Head of Operations, ANZ region, with Cipla Australia Pty Ltd. He

thereafter decided to embark on his current entrepreneurial journey, where he brings into

focus his considerable leadership experience, to launch organizations and

individuals into their individual success and fulfillment trajectories.