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Egham, Gb

• Developed and implemented Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategies tailored to the oil drilling equipment manufacturing sector, addressing sustainability challenges and opportunities specific to the industry. Collaborated with suppliers and industry partners to promote sustainable sourcing practices and supply chain transparency, ensuring adherence to ESG principles throughout the procurement process.• Raised awareness among employees about the importance of sustainability and encouraged participation in initiatives aimed at reducing environmental impact and promoting responsible business practices. Integrated ETRM Aligne (ETRM) to streamline and automate risk management processes for the oil and gas equipment manufacturer, allowing for better risk assessment and mitigation strategies.• Leveraged Aligne (ETRM) to facilitate communication and data exchange between the manufacturer's risk systems and buyers, ensuring seamless integration and coordination. Utilized Aligne (ETRM)'s reporting and analytics capabilities to provide comprehensive risk insights and compliance monitoring for both the manufacturer and clients.• Delivered on ensuring alignment with global standards, regulations, and best practices related to ESG and sustainability through the following actions ISO14001 and ISO50001 Certification Management. Served as the internal owner and auditor of ISO14001 (Environmental Management System) and ISO50001 (Energy Management System) certifications. This involved overseeing the certification process, ensuring compliance with ISO standards, and conducting internal audits to assess adherence to environmental and energy management protocols.

 Collaborated with external stakeholders, including investors, regulators, NGOs, and industry peers, to understand their expectations and incorporate feedback into the ESG strategy. Developed and implemented Mastercard's carbon reduction strategy, leveraging innovative technologies and partnerships to drive measurable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions across the company's operations and supply chain. Led the integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations into Mastercard's business practices, including the implementation of sustainable procurement policies, stakeholder engagement initiatives, and ESG reporting frameworks to enhance transparency and accountability. Develop and implement robust metrics and reporting mechanisms to track and measure Mastercard's performance against ESG and sustainability goals. This includes setting clear targets, collecting relevant data, and providing transparent disclosure to stakeholders. Worked as a Leader attending conferences at the UNO (United Nations) to Collaborate with industry peers, partners, and stakeholders to share best practices, exchange knowledge, and contribute to the development of industry standards and guidelines for ESG and sustainability.  Established partnerships with external organizations, industry associations, and sustainability experts to share best practices in carbon reduction through industry forums and collaborative research. Implemented rigorous monitoring and reporting to track carbon reduction progress, using KPIs and baseline measurements to ensure accountability and identify areas for improvement.

London Area, United Kingdom

Future Clearing Model (FCM): Cheque Imaging (IT AUTOMATION and Integration), which entailed making changes to the Lloyds App (digital channel for all three LBG Brands) and working collaboratively with cross-functional business owners (Retail, third parties, risk, finance & more) ensuring programme assurance. Worked with the CI team to extract & stream data utilizing econometrics’ & the information for business strategy including pre-sales process definition and predictions for customer ‘take-up’ and FCM launch. Worked with CCC&C (Check and Credit Service Company) as an MSP. • MI Analysis: Group DATA Warehouse (DMS) is a key information source. Lead the streaming of GDPR Compliance & MI, leading to regulatory compliance for large amounts of data. Used Business Intelligence techniques’, which including GDW ingestion frameworks and RDBMS (SQL) utilizing information into business strategy. • Fraud decisioning: Worked on decisions, which required industry data analytics & Econometrics utilization for Fraud and fraud trends to identify fraud measures & financial crime with a view of countering fraud. • Target Operating Model: Carved out business & functional processes for the delivery of FCM TOM (Target Operating Model) with the solutions architects (& OMIA i.e. Operating Model Impact Assessments) and key project & business stakeholders. Supported deliverables for major project performance review sessions for eg. GPDA (Global Payments & Design Authority) & Steering Packs. Ensuring efficient document management and archive design for document access by end users ensuring compliance. • Programme Assurance & Settlements: Hands on work of writing/approving BRDs & specs & use cases. Responsible for, quality assurance & working with key stakeholders including, to ensure sign-offs supporting team leaders with the team of 18 BA’s

CENTRICA: Risk System Redesign Lead in Major Flow Equipment Supplier. Integrated Change in the organization, perform data analysis and scenario modeling including pricing analysis o Business Requirements Gathering: Conducted detailed business requirements gathering sessions with stakeholders to ensure the ETRM system met all operational and regulatory needs.• Ensured alignment with global standards, regulations, and best practices related to ESG and sustainability. Prepared and published annual ESG and sustainability reports, adhering to relevant regulations, global reporting frameworks, and investor disclosure requirements.Worked on financial management by changing the internal infrastructure of the firm & outsourcing.Led a project to increase the liquidity of the firm by financial process improvement and enhanced communication by bridging the gaps in the financial responsibilities. Liquidity improved by 20% in a year. Facilitated efficient ERP utilization across the firm by redesigning the budgeting process across the firm, by introduction and application of strategic forecasting tools that resulted in a poor performing department to achieve of 398% billing of target within three months (worked on NPV, profitability & ROR).Led Strategic Financial planning by framing policies that lead to efficiency in the department leading the team towards "Best Practice" activities include forecasting, budgeting NR, NER & Profitability Ratio analysis. Contributed extra fees in the P&L in projects like Cory, Spectrum & Bravura by using structured business analysis' tools. (Extra Profit amounting to about £100K in a year)Provided Strategic Planning support by Financial Modeling supporting the Bid & Sales process including business feasibility reviews leading to leverage analysis and increased profitability percentage.

Telefonica O2 UK is the provider of broadband, telecommunication and now financial services in the UK. Previously BT Cellnet, the company was acquired by Telefonica Europe in 2006 (2006).Communication Consultant-Strategy (U.K. Based)Worked on Corporate Strategy of the organization when I-Phone was introduced by a venture between O2 & Apple. Worked on organizational goals & strategy to prevent cannibalization of company's market share. Led process improvement by internal control assessment covering key processes like inventory management. Worked with SME clients and framed pricing strategies that entailed skimming and penetration pricing at different levels of the industry & achieved good results by gaining 148% of the target in the business client department. (Stakeholders include Nokia, Sony, Samsung and other phone manufacturers).Led the team of 12 executives towards achieving team & individual targets by helping the team maintain the team synergies by working closely as well as individually. Facilitated the "The Connected World" workshop by training of 250 executives' by developing and presenting the training. Launched new products including blackberries & I-Phone II, and other information systems.

London with John Lloyd Huck Institute of Management and ResearchLed a successful consulting project named "Exploring Isomorphism in Business-Schools".Researched about the Strategic Intelligence Systems of the Education sector of U.K. & designed a new Business Model explaining the evolution of new modules in Post-Graduate courses in B-Schools.Led a storyboarding session delivering the findings to the School of Management & Deans of the University.Achieved efficiency in the course designing of the School of Management by facilitating a transition plan for the sustainability of the changes made in the department.

Based in India-Global)A sister concern of the Hero Group (largest manufacturers of bicycles in the world). An export unit with global presence (U.S.A, Europe, Canada and India). It's the largest manufacturers of single & multi-speed free wheels in the world.Set up and led a successful major internal financial, budgeting and control project for the firm. Led a multi disciplinary team (Japanese & Indian) from across the business to assess and drive improvements to financial control processes in the US & Canadian manufacturing techniques, sales, logistics and financing.Led Value Propositions for clients including Bombardier and Mercedes & delivered them that resulted in a sustainable long-term relationship with the client. Led an innovative proposition for Caterpillar winning over client and a benefit of 500m to the firm in a year. Facilitated costing and pricing for new clients developed a universal pricing model for fresh clients that led to facilitation of tender pricing on country specific basis. Led a team of 18 executives establishing timelines and procedures to meet the project requirements & timely delivery. Led & delivered projects in adverse conditions overcoming all the adversities.Created a work breakdown structure (WBS) and breaking down large projects into smaller projects to reach the team goals on time & delivered efficiently.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A), International Management

(Scored 2:1; Accredited by AMBA, ESRC

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba