▪ Organization structure Review: Designed and implemented a hierarchy & reporting structure in each division of a business conglomerate which involved constituting a family board for group oversight; establishing governance mechanisms for transparency, decision-making and compliance.▪ Business policy: Conceptualized, designed and implemented business policies (in 5 months) for a family run company - to drive stewardship of the Family Trust fund, investment in R&D, consistencies in family remuneration, conflict resolution and leadership development.

▪ Alignment & change: Identified inconsistencies in trajectories of member companies and drove alignment to group vision/ objectives. Transitioned legacy suboptimal practices to efficient processes by leveraging synergies. Set up an Export Oriented Unit by consolidating manufacturing and export-arms to capitalize on government subsidies & export-credit opportunities▪ Financial management: Reviewed the existing levels of leverage (debt to equity) across all businesses and their alignment to business objectives. Realigned credit facilities per their end-use through closure of mortgage loans, and capitalizing on LIBOR+ loans for export credit finance; reduced interest burden by 40% (in value) across businesses.Unlocked funds to the tune of nearly USD 1 million by implementing drawback follow-up systems, management of Income Tax/ VAT appeals/ refunds, and divestment of dead-investments across businesses.▪ Business development: Identified and capitalized on new business opportunities in markets across countries in Africa and Middle East Regions. Involved in business negotiations, new product development & designs, product registrations and successful launches in such international markets

▪ Revenue assurance for District Cooling Company: Independently reviewed the revenue cycle for each business stream. Identified revenue leakages of USD 1.7 million in a month and examined root causes across energy production, wastage, billing and collection. Subsequently nominated by client’s CEO to build a dedicated Revenue Assurance department in the company. ▪ Margin Enhancement for a leading Fashion Retail brand: Led a team to review the client’s business operations in the Middle East. Identified opportunities for margin improvement and revenue saving of USD 2 million across procurement, warehousing, merchandising and retailing operations▪ Develop a cost allocation framework: Led a cross-functional team to design and roll-out a sustainable cost- allocation framework to allocate the shared services costs (USD 33 million) across 5 business verticals of a large business conglomerate in the Middle East. The exercise involved identification of cost allocation principles, categorization of costs, determination of cost drivers, impact analysis and implementation of cost allocation framework▪ Business strategy review: Reviewed business strategy and its alignment to long-term objectives of a leading Middle-East Bank & a Government-run NBFC. Subsequently, developed departmental KPIs and design monitoring mechanisms for successful implementation of strategic action plans.

Consulted to a diverse portfolio of clients ranked amongst the Fortune 500 list across industries such as FMCG, IT/ ITES, Automobile Manufacturing, Financial Services, Textile Manufacturing and AviationCore member of teams delivering solutions such as Shared Services setup, Sarbanes Oxley Compliance, Internal Audit Services, Enterprise Risk Management and Business Process Re-engineering

Performed verification of financial statements of its client portfolio and preparation of standard operating procedure for the finance function of its client operations

Served as a management trainee for investment consultancy and financial services