Gopi Krishnaswamy

Gopi Krishnaswamy is a senior executive turned mindfulness meditation teacher who walked away from conventional corporate success into Zen, learning from many masters, including staying at Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s Plum Village Monastery, and eventually becoming a teacher. Today, he works at the confluence of mindfulness, creativity, leadership and well-being. He has over 25 years of corporate and entrepreneurial experience with leading global companies and, in his last full-time role, was the Managing Director at IDEO, the iconic design company.

Gopi is also a teacher at the renowned Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute and is one of the first in India to teach the extremely popular SIY programme that was born at Google. He lives in Bengaluru and travels to teach mindfulness, creativity and leadership across India and the world.