Niharika Sachdeva Email & Phone Number

United States

Washington, D.C., Us

Competitively selected to lead and support investment operations while shaping programmatic approaches to scale energy transition-based financing.

Washington, D.C., Us

Promoted to lead process optimization and content development for the flagship "Strategy and Business Outlook" cycle of the world's largest development finance institution (in terms of investments) focusing on corporate firms in emerging markets - a $5bn turnover organization.

Washington, D.C., Us

Competitively selected for a 1-year Development Assignment (internal secondment) to the Corporate Strategy team.- Delivering expert guidance based on relevant analytics to WBG Senior Management and IFC Operations on the formulation and execution of corporate strategy. - Functioning as a special projects team for senior leadership working on high-impact, high-profile engagements and interfacing with the Board of Directors.- Specifically, leading on the optimization of the Corporate Strategy Dashboard, contributing to strategic sector-level deep dive assessments, and managing a cadence of engagement with critical internal stakeholders.

Washington, D.C., Us

Building data-driven business strategies for IFC senior management in the emerging Europe & Central Asia (ECA) region. Applying quantitative macroeconomic analysis to create country-level outlooks and leveraging identified business climate challenges to structure medium-term strategy for private sector development in middle-income countries. Managing the business development budget as the task team lead for a major diagnostic effort in the ECA region; to identify high-impact sectors for investment by the WBG, other DFIs, and private players. Leading an effort to re-structure the WBG Digital Economy framework from a private sector lens, in a global team, to streamline digital and other disruptive technology related sector assessments at the country-level. Prioritizing technology trends and use-cases which offer scalability for impact investing in client countries.WBG Product - Member Country coverage; Country Strategy / Country Partnership Framework: Turkey, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan || Country Private Sector Diagnostic: Albania, Azerbaijan || Systematic Country Diagnostic: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina || Country Account Management Support: Poland, Ukraine, Turkey.NB: Youngest staff to be recruited and to be a top quintile performer in the first year of joining at the Private Sector Development and Economics team (400+ staff).

Oxford, Oxfordshire, Gb

Guided University of Oxford students under the ambit of a student-run consulting programme that works with businesses, nonprofits, entrepreneurs, and global consulting companies to solve real-world problems;- Marketing strategy for affordable footwear start-up in Africa- Market entry strategy for a green building initiative in the UK

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Developed the target operating model blueprint for a leading European IT Services player. Worked as part of a large cross-office team in Paris, New York, and Chicago to directly advise senior client stakeholders on a homogenized operations and processes re-design for the group. Built a comprehensive baseline for the Group and leveraged industry benchmarks to arrive at optimal model design as well as potential BU-specific adaptation archetypes.Worked with the IT Ministry of one of the largest emerging markets globally in a World Bank funded project to promote the country's knowledge economy through IT. Developed a deep, macro-level understanding of the country, its value proposition, and its potential to attract investors in the area of IT. Contributed to the creation of a holistic value proposition statement including a rigorous analysis of the cost arbitrage opportunity for the concerned emerging market. Co-led an analyst and investor outreach program to showcase the value proposition. Ran an industry mentorship program with the leading companies in the country to prepare them for investor roadshows. Designed, and initiated implementation of, a global marketing strategy for one among four aluminum VAPs, for an Indian aluminum manufacturer. Carried out market sizing, competitive landscape analysis and customer segmentation in over five potential markets as part of the strategy design. Developed an extremely granular, account-level approach to the marketing effort for aiding future volume and value target achievement. Built the product strategy for an Indian mobile handset player. The strategy functioned as one of the three key levers to achieve the broader case objective of revenue growth and margin improvement for the client. In the diagnostic phase, worked on pieces around market sizing and segmentation. This was followed by a deep-dive into the portfolio mix with recommendations on re-structuring the existing product catalog.

New York, New York, Us

Selected as one of the three undergraduate Investment Banking interns in India for the inaugural Citi Graduate Management Associate Internship programWorked on live sell-side deals across all three major divisions; Equity Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets and M&A. Developed skills in excel modeling through the internship and worked on developing pitch books, roadshow presentations for clients across major industry verticals - FIG, IT and Industrial Goods.

Master Of Science, Financial Economics

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics

Summer Course, International Political Economy

High School, Commerce