A strategist and change leader, Junaid has worked on executive teams with a focus on defining and leading an analytics-heavy strategy, driving priorities with a sense of urgency and leading cross-functional initiatives. In particular, he is a disruptive leader, experienced in providing thought leadership by leveraging data and technology to drive operational business excellence. Junaid has worked with Private Equity, several Fortune 50 commercial clients in IT, FinTech, Telecom, Media & Entertainment, Banking & Finance, Automotive, Retail, CPG, Supply Chain, Medical Equipment Manufacturing, Diversified Industrial Products space and Private Equity across 5 countries.His creativity, ideas and execution have supported organizations to move quickly to deliver on key transformation objectives, including pivot to analytics as-a-service and digital transformation including moving to cloud. Known to be an enabler, providing data-driven strategic advice to help firms make informed business decisions. He is a strong communicator, well versed in connecting business and technical disciplines. His keynote presentations are a demonstration of his thought leadership and ability to simplify complex concepts. He is regarded as an expert in the enterprise strategy and analytics domain, having successfully consulted to deliver multi-million dollars of value within Fortune 500 companies. Junaid leads with a passion for being customer-obsessed and outcome-focused. A strong people leader, Junaid has driven change management and people initiatives to foster a growth and continuous improvement culture. Junaid is a strong proponent of transparency, diversity, inclusiveness and authentic leadership. Junaid’s primary focus has been in Strategy & Operations within the M&A space, helping clients in both the Buy and the Sell side of transactions, right from Day-0 TSAs to post-merger integration support, end-to-end divestiture & carve-out cycles, value capture & synergy realization, has helped completely overhaul working capital strategies, helped reshape & optimize supply chain processes, helped devise robust change management programs, helped with Cash-flow management (OTC), helped mitigate overhead risks and costs while increasing revenue and profitability, thereby also helping expand global footprint.