United Kingdom
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
Global Asset Management, CEO Office: Strategy and Corporate Management team ๐ธ Strategic Initiatives, ๐ธ Investment & Divestment Proposals, ๐ธ Performance tracking and Reporting
Executed 8 strategy assignments with leading global Education Administration companies and startups in the UK ๐ธ 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 ๐ธ Chair, Model United Nations Conference, 2024, for Chinese students ๐ธ Prepared commercial due diligence deck for fish farming ๐ธ Prepared AI-led analytics proposition for the Utility sector ๐ธ Prepared report on the UK's hearing aid market opportunity
๏ Executed 10 Corporate Strategy projects - Growth, Strategic Transformation, Investments ๏ Business Development: Involved in the full consulting BD cycle - identify the opportunities, lead the responses to the RFPs, develop project approach and pricing ๏ Key Projects executed with EY MENA and EY India: ๐ธ Oil & Gas: Policies for strategy & performance department covering EPM, Investment & Divestment, portfolio management ๐ธ Media: Research into emerging trends, evolving business models & competitive landscape ๐ธ Utility: Operating model for Reporting and Analytics function of the corporate strategy unit ๐ธ Media - Commercial Due Diligence on a media company for a Private Equity ๐ธ Telecom - Business model preparation and ROI analysis to evaluate JV opportunity between a Telecom and Power utility company (optical fibre network) ๐ธ Manufacturing - Process Improvement for a large UK based manufacturing (engines) client ๐ธ Technology - EBITDA Improvement program for a $5 BN+ Technology company ๐ธ Entertainment - Sales Engagement Effectiveness for a leading Luxury Hotel chain ๐ธ Technology - Corporate Performance Management for a $5 BN US Technology Company ๐ธ Technology - Detailed study to understand the potential savings through post-merger integration of procurement function for a Singapore-based Payments (FinTech) client
๏ Executed 5 Corporate Strategy projects - Growth, Strategic Transformation, Investments ๐ธ Agribusiness - Growth and cost strategy for a leading Indian Fertilizer and Petrochemical company ๐ธ E-Commerce - Business transformation roadmap and process design for a leading e-commerce ๐ธ Retail - Finance transformation for a Retail and Lifestyle company ๐ธ Technology - Prepared a detailed location risk assessment report for a Nordic based IT company ๐ธ Government - Prepared Financial Model for vendor payouts for a GoI led innovation program
Product Management Business Unit: Financial Services