Himanshu Sharma

Corporate Strategy and Transformation | Cambridge Alumnus

United Kingdom

About

14 years of work experience in corporate strategy (Growth, Strategic Finance, Investment & Divestments, performance improvement) in the Middle East, USA, UK, India, and Europe. Outside work, I spend time practising sports (badminton, yoga, swimming) and exploring new countries. Favourite books: - Vaclav Smil: How the world really works; How to feed the world - Yuval Noah: Sapiens; Nexus - Cass Sunstein: Nudge - Hans Rosling: Factfulness - Abhijeet Banerjee: Good economics of hard times - Daniel Kahneman: thinking fast and slow - James Goodwin: Supercharge Your Brain - Robert Sapolsky: Determined; Behave

Experience

  • Vice President Strategy | Asset Management at HSBC
    Aug 2024 - Dec 2025 ยท 1 yr 5 mos

    Global Asset Management, CEO Office: Strategy and Corporate Management team ๐Ÿ”ธ Strategic Initiatives, ๐Ÿ”ธ Investment & Divestment Proposals, ๐Ÿ”ธ Performance tracking and Reporting

  • Education Professional and Freelance contractor at Various Companies
    Aug 2022 - Jul 2024 ยท 2 yrs

    Executed 8 strategy assignments with leading global Education Administration companies and startups in the UK ๐Ÿ”ธ 400+ hours of teaching: I taught and designed coursework on Business Strategy, Innovation and Economics for the Summer School at the University of Cambridge. Clients included: (i) Immerse Education, (ii) Bucksmore, (iii) Oxford Summer Course and (iv) Reach Cambridge ๐Ÿ”ธ Chair, Model United Nations Conference, 2024, for Chinese students ๐Ÿ”ธ Prepared commercial due diligence deck for fish farming ๐Ÿ”ธ Prepared AI-led analytics proposition for the Utility sector ๐Ÿ”ธ Prepared report on the UK's hearing aid market opportunity

  • Manager | Business Consulting at EY
    Jan 2017 - Sep 2021 ยท 4 yrs 9 mos

    ๏ƒ˜ Executed 10 Corporate Strategy projects - Growth, Strategic Transformation, Investments ๏ƒ˜ Business Development: Involved in the full consulting BD cycle - identify the opportunities, lead the responses to the RFPs, develop project approach and pricing ๏ƒ˜ Key Projects executed with EY MENA and EY India: ๐Ÿ”ธ Oil & Gas: Policies for strategy & performance department covering EPM, Investment & Divestment, portfolio management ๐Ÿ”ธ Media: Research into emerging trends, evolving business models & competitive landscape ๐Ÿ”ธ Utility: Operating model for Reporting and Analytics function of the corporate strategy unit ๐Ÿ”ธ Media - Commercial Due Diligence on a media company for a Private Equity ๐Ÿ”ธ Telecom - Business model preparation and ROI analysis to evaluate JV opportunity between a Telecom and Power utility company (optical fibre network) ๐Ÿ”ธ Manufacturing - Process Improvement for a large UK based manufacturing (engines) client ๐Ÿ”ธ Technology - EBITDA Improvement program for a $5 BN+ Technology company ๐Ÿ”ธ Entertainment - Sales Engagement Effectiveness for a leading Luxury Hotel chain ๐Ÿ”ธ Technology - Corporate Performance Management for a $5 BN US Technology Company ๐Ÿ”ธ Technology - Detailed study to understand the potential savings through post-merger integration of procurement function for a Singapore-based Payments (FinTech) client

  • Consultant | Management Consulting at PwC
    Jun 2014 - Dec 2016 ยท 2 yrs 7 mos

    ๏ƒ˜ Executed 5 Corporate Strategy projects - Growth, Strategic Transformation, Investments ๐Ÿ”ธ Agribusiness - Growth and cost strategy for a leading Indian Fertilizer and Petrochemical company ๐Ÿ”ธ E-Commerce - Business transformation roadmap and process design for a leading e-commerce ๐Ÿ”ธ Retail - Finance transformation for a Retail and Lifestyle company ๐Ÿ”ธ Technology - Prepared a detailed location risk assessment report for a Nordic based IT company ๐Ÿ”ธ Government - Prepared Financial Model for vendor payouts for a GoI led innovation program

  • Management Trainee | Product Management at Newgen Software Technologies Limited
    Sep 2013 - May 2014 ยท 9 mos

    Product Management Business Unit: Financial Services