Giri Kesavan

Head of Strategy & Transformation, Chief of Staff Team, Global Product @ Sky/Comcast | MBA London Business School

London, England, United Kingdom

About

With a background covering Product Management, Engineering, Finance & Strategy, Giri is currently Head of Strategy & Transformation for Global Product at Sky, driving and delivering Strategic Transformation programmes spanning Global Product, in partnership with Product & Technology teams in Sky & Comcast. Giri joined Sky post his MBA from LBS in 2021. During his time at the school, he was instrumental in driving a new focus in Tech & Media at LBS, working with the school, faculty, industry, careers centre and alumni to create new initiatives such as the MBA Concentration in Tech & Analytics, vastly expanding the remit of Tech & Media Club, and driving new courses spanning Tech & Media. He continues to be heavily involved in LBS as an alumni volunteer, sitting on the MBA Programme Board to drive the continuous evolution and improvement of the MBA, across all aspects from Recruitment & Admissions, Degree Education, Careers Centre, Experiential Learning & Alumni Engagement, as well as working with prospective & current students, and a global alumni base on all things LBS.

Experience

  • Sky (London, England, United Kingdom)
    • Head of Strategy & Transformation
      Sep 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

      Covering Product Strategy & Transformation across Global Product. Delivering multi-market transformation programmes that span our Global Streaming, TV Entertainment and Connected Living platforms - in close partnership with Product and Technology teams in Sky, Comcast and NBCUniversal.

    • Senior Strategy Manager
      Jun 2022 - Sep 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Senior Strategy Manager @ Sky - covering Product Strategy & Transformation across Global Product. Our team delivers multi-market transformation programmes that span our Global Streaming, TV Entertainment and Connected Living platforms - in close partnership with Product and Technology teams in Sky, Comcast and NBCUniversal. Shaping the strategic priorities and delivering business-critical enterprise transformation programmes for the most senior leaders across our companies – to ensure we continue to bring a world class experience to our millions of customers globally

    • Strategy Manager
      Apr 2021 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Strategy Manager for Global OTT Product at Sky. With 24 million customers across six countries, Sky is Europe’s leading media and entertainment company and is proud to be part of the Comcast group. Our 32,000 employees help connect our customers to the very best entertainment, sports, news, arts and to our own local, original content. Our technology allows Sky customers to watch what they want, when they want, how they want and connects millions of people to content they love. And our online streaming service, NOW TV, brings viewers all the enjoyment of Sky with the flexibility of a contract-free service.

  • London Business School (6 yrs 2 mos)
    • Alumni Member & Volunteer | MBA Programme Board
      Nov 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

      As an alumni member of the MBA Programme Board, I volunteer with the school, working across Recruitment & Admissions, Degree Education, Careers Centre, Experiential Learning, Student Association & Advancement to help shape the continuous improvement and evolution of the LBS MBA Programme.

    • Alumni Volunteer | MBA Recruitment & Admissions
      Apr 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

      I work with 100s of students each admission round helping them with MBA applications and enabling them to learn more about the school, and represent the school in various MBA Admissions events throughout the year, both internally and externally, working with Recruitment & Admissions teams. I also work with Careers Centre, Degree Education, Experiential Learning, Alumni & Advancement on Tech & Media Education and Careers at LBS. This includes advising the school on strategic initiatives related to Tech & Media, embedded Tech & Media education for our students and promoting Tech/Media careers.

    • Chair, LBS Technology Sector Steering Committee
      Jul 2020 - Jul 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Drive Technology careers and education at London Business School by working across Degree Education & Careers Centre (DECC), Students, Faculty, Alumni, Tech & Media Club and industry to empower our students into global careers across Tech & Media. Peer Leader for the Tech Sector in my second year of the MBA. I drove key strategic initiatives such as the creation of a new Technology & Analytics concentration in the MBA, SQL & Tableau courses to drive data fluency, and the creation of new electives and opportunities to drive education and careers in the Tech & Media sector across LBS.

  • Steering Committee Member at Digital Boost
    Apr 2021 - Apr 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Our Mission is simple: to help charities and small businesses get the essential digital skills they need. How we do it? We match organisations in need with digital experts to offer one to one conversations and practical webinars for free. We believe we have a duty to help smaller organisations, and that many professionals with digital skills feel the same way. For more info: https://www.digitalboost.org.uk

  • Tech & Media Club - London Business School (Full-time · 1 yr 7 mos)
    • Co-President
      May 2020 - Mar 2021 · 11 mos

      Co-President for The Tech & Media Club (TMC) at London Business School, responsible for driving the technology agenda at LBS across all degree programmes covering over 3800+ members. TMC aims to raise the profile of LBS amongst the broader technology community, both in the UK and internationally, and support the development and ongoing success of our students and alumni in the Tech & Media industries.

    • Tech & Media Treks (Dublin, New York), TMC Content Strategy
      Sep 2019 - Apr 2020 · 8 mos

      Organised Dublin and New York treks in 2019/20, covering 60+ companies across Fintech & Payments, Analytics & Marketing, AI & Machine Learning. Also cover TMC Content Strategy and Marketing.

  • Guest Speaker at TEDxLondonBusinessSchool
    Dec 2020 - Feb 2021 · 3 mos

    Student speaker for TEDx London Business School. TEDxLondonBusinessSchool is one of the premier innovation and thought-leadership events in London, run by students of London Business School. Every year, LBS welcomes world leaders in business, technology, science and the arts to share their Ideas Worth Spreading. Talk Title: Simple Solutions to Complex Problems. Find out more at: https://tedxlondonbusinessschool.co.uk