EY’s Turnaround & Restructuring Strategy - Value Creation team helps PE firms, their portfolio companies, and corporate companies realize better returns by unlocking value and accelerating time to money through targeted operational improvements. We rapidly define, quantify and help realize significant incremental and sustainable value through revenue enhancement, cost and margin improvement and working capital reduction.• Supported in realizing annualized value of over $70m by optimizing existing manufacturing operations and increasing throughput, plus consolidating procurement spend and harmonizing raw materials. Sector: Food• Led digital manufacturing assessment to identify value upside and potential performance improvement benefits. Sector: Food• Supported a business in realizing inflation clawback from direct material procurement. Sector: Advance manufacturing

EY is a multinational professional services firm. The UKI Transaction Strategy & Execution team, previously known as Strategy & Operations, is focused on value creation, due diligence, divestment, integration, performance improvement and restructuring areasPrevious role: Senior Executive (Manager)• Performed numerous buy-side and sell-side operational, synergy, separation and integration due diligence and assessment for corporate and private equity clients in the Financial Services, Horticulture, Medical Equipment, Animal Health, Packaging, Pharmaceutical, Electronics, Transportation, Tobacco and Consumer Goods sectors. Transaction values: US$100m to US$2.5b. • Assisted numerous clients in identifying and realising operational upsides across the transaction cycle, including undertaking a review of the synergy benefit case and operations (supply chain) improvements . Sectors: Private Equity, Life Sciences, Animal Health, Pharmaceutical, Airlines, Betting & Gaming, Oil & Gas• Led value creation and portfolio assessments and reviews to evaluate organisational capabilities and realise full value potential, with a specific focus on operations, including manufacturing capabilities and footprint, network and procurement optimisation. Sectors: Private Equity, Professional services, Home furnishing, Automobile, Pharmaceutical, Animal Health• Provided separation or integration support to multiple businesses by defining principles, identifying critical path and evaluating risks. Led the operational integration for one the largest Animal Health company. Sectors: Life Sciences, Animal Health, Pharma, Government, Energy

British American Tobacco is the world’s second largest quoted tobacco group by global market share, with over 200 brands sold in around 180 countries.Previous roles: Procurement Process Excellence Manager, EEMEA and Procurement Business Analyst, EEMEA• Led the delivery tracking and monitoring of annul indirect procurement savings of over GB£100m. • Supported the supplier payment terms optimisation exercise to improve firm’s working capital. • Implemented an integrated supplier management and strategic supplier relationship management approach, by creating the necessary systems and processes.• Streamlined the supplier risk assessment program, by increasing its scope and coverage. Led supplier audit surveys, with a primary objective of identifying and mitigating underlying supplier risks. • Restructured the monthly and quarterly departmental performance reporting metrics, thereby facilitating a more focused and structured decision making.

Intelenet Global Services, currently known as Teleperformance, is a leading third party service provider that delivers business process outsourcing services to Fortune 500 companies.• Successfully managed the end-to-end sell-side process for Intelenet’s acquisition by Serco Plc. Transaction value: US$634m. • Undertook numerous financial and operational due diligences to support the inorganic growth strategy, including acquisition and integration of an Australian outsourcing firm.• Monitored administrative critical success factors for Management, Board of Directors and Blackstone N.A., a private equity investor; thereby enabling replication of best practices across the functions and facilitating prompt decision making.

Welspun Corp Ltd. is one of the largest manufacturers of line pipes in the world. It also has interests in textile, oil , energy and infrastructure sectors.• Managed the post-merger integration activities of a Middle East pipe mill acquisition. • Successfully launched an “e-Auction” facility for procuring port transportation services, with an objective of improving efficiencies, reducing costs and increasing transparency. Initial savings: US$2m or 46% of spend.• Redesigned KPIs, setup operational metrics / SLAs and implemented performance management tools for business verticals to facilitate offering an integrated service to clients and improve functional responsiveness.• Optimised the logistics costs by identifying the most viable transportation technique for transport of finished products, thereby making the business more competitive.

Allcargo Global Logistics Ltd. is one of India's largest publicly owned logistics’ company, offering integrated logistics solutions. • Conducted multiple feasibility analysis, financial modeling and due diligences to acquire stakes in business across the globe. Transaction values: US$1m to US$25m. • Conducted capital budgeting analysis, as part of project feasibility study, for setting up new business verticals, creating logistic infrastructure and procuring specialised logistics and transportation equipment. This also involved post investment performance tracking over the project duration.• Managed the three year business plan preparation process to support future growth strategies. • Member of the core team that raised INR1,000m (US$23.5m) through Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) route and enabled the company to receive a ‘P1+’ rating (highest rating) for its short-term debt.• Assisted in reducing indirect costs globally by centralising spend and realising synergy benefits. Initial savings: US$5m or 20% of spend. • Managed the investor relation function by liaising with various financial institutions and private equity (Blackstone N.A. and New Vernon Capital LLC) investors.

Citigroup Global Services Ltd. (an erstwhile Citi Group entity), currently known as TCS e-Serve Ltd.; is one of the largest providers of business process outsourcing services within the Banking and Financial Services sector.• Acted as a single-point contact for special cases from European Branches of Citibank N.A., to help resolve inter-departmental procedural and system related issues.• Simultaneously managed two business processes that served clients across the globe, with a distinction of having zero attrition over the duration of the employment, when compared to a 40% p.a. attrition rate for the division.• Leveraged diverse perspectives to enhance organisational effectiveness, resulting in productivity gains of over 10% driven by significant decrease in work duplication and working hours.• Streamlined the transportation facility provided to the employees, by undertaking a network optimisation exercise. Initial benefits: Cost reduction of 20% and attrition reduction by 4%.

The National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. is an Indian stock exchange. It provides a range of products for various markets, including equity shares, exchange traded funds, mutual funds, debt instruments, index futures and options, stock futures and options, and currency futures. •Scrutinised and finalised documents relating to listing of equity and debt instruments within the stipulated timeline, thereby facilitating the availability of these financial instruments for trading at the earliest opportunity and benefiting the investors. •Provided consultations to companies regarding various procedures for listing of equity and debt instruments, which reduced procedural errors and resulted in the financial instruments being made available for trading at the earliest.•Informed the members about the issue of new financial instruments for trading, leading to effective price discovery.

E – Serve International Ltd. (an erstwhile Citi Group entity), currently known as TCS e-Serve Ltd.; is one of the largest providers of business process outsourcing services within the Banking and Financial Services sector.• Scrutinise financial trade documents for compliance and adherence to set guidelines

Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Ltd., a Reliance Group Company, is mainly engaged in the business of setting up / operating industrial infrastructure. It owns a 200-millimetre dia twin pipeline system for transporting petroleum products like naphtha and kerosene to Reliance Industries Limited. •Prepared a detailed Standard Operating Procedure for the Purchase Department, that assisted in standardising the purchase function, resulting in reduced ordering time, ordering costs and increased efficiencies.•Assisted in planning and scheduling the utilisation of pipelines for transportation of materials to and fro from plant and port, by mapping the production schedule with the arrival / departure of vessels. This helped reduce the idle waiting hours for the vessels, along with efficiently managing the storage of finished product at the production facility.•Co-ordinated the berthing of vessels, so as to avoid demurrage charges. This involved liaising with internal departments like production, purchase and logistics along with the port authorities, so as to secure the necessary permissions and approvals within timeline.