Sushant leads a regional team of 8 persons with has the responsibility of developing the Forum's relationships to industry, government and institutions in ASEAN, Australia, Japan, South Asia and South Korea. Additionally, he is responsible for the programme development, participant and co-chair engagement and marketing of the yearly World Economic Forum regional events in East Asia and India.

Prior to joining the Forum, Sushant was a management consultant in the European headquarters of Sony in Berlin. He also worked as a consultant in the Munich and Berlin practices of Accenture. Sushant graduated with honours from both Georgetown University (BSc in Foreign Service) and Columbia University (Master of International Affairs) and successfully completed the one-year General Course at the London School of Economics. Sushant is fluent in German and English and has studied Korean, Hindi and French.