Ritika Saxena Email and Phone Number

Group Transformation Head, Building Next-Gen Healthcare at Group Apollo !Listed on the NIFTY 50 Index; Revenue of USD ~2 billion and a market capitalization of USD ~8.5B Apollo Hospitals is the largest hospital chain in India, with a network of 71 owned and managed hospitals. Along with the eponymous hospital chain, the company also operates pharmacies, primary care and diagnostic center's, telehealth clinics, and digital healthcare services among others through its subsidiaries.

UniOps Commercial Experience; the global shared service arm of Unilever provides expertise across Unilever's multiple product functions & categories globally and drives market partnering. I led its strategic business transformation & creation of a long term roadmap, through enhanced innovation, digitization and dynamic business model practices; that range from - Strategic Planning & Initiatives - Joint Business Planning & Objectives - Organization design - Location strategy - Outsourcing Strategy - Transition Strategy - Experience Strategy & Design- Business Performance Re-design- Governance Operating Model- Crisis Management - Pandemic'20 | Invasion'22

Strategy | Entrepreneurship | Ideation to Execution | Funding | Venture Capital | Start-up's | Smart Cities | Sustainable Development | Monetization National Bamboo Mission - Creating an ecosystem for sustainable development of natural bamboo resources of the state- Reviving and Monetizing the bamboo industry; resulting it a 11% decrease in imports for the state- Created a zero-wastage, end to end strategy - from cultivation to product manufacturing & utilization of the bamboo crop - Developing fair trading platforms for farmers in collaboration with industry leaders - Creating skill development and training programs for farmers and manufacturers https://www.nbm.nic.in/

Elevate 100 Accelerator Set-Up | Incubator | Start-up Ecosystem | Ideation | Creation • Ideated, Created and set up a business model for an incubator/accelerator aimed at effectively disbursing state funds to entrepreneurs from the region• Helped evaluate and shortlist business ideas to form a part of the pilot program.• Created a training framework (and trained) to equip entrepreneurs with business skills through continuous guidance and mentorship programs.http://startup.karnataka.gov.in/elevate-100/Bangalore Tech Summit | Core organizing team - Strategised, Ideated and Executed the Venture Capital Zone at the Summit in collaboration with various C-suite external [VC/PE/Angels] and internal stakeholders [government liaisons, NASSCOM] - Enabled, mentored and trained founders for start-up pitching sessions; raising Rs.20 Crores for participating start-ups- Curated panel discussions for 'Smart Cities' and 'Society 5.0' in collaboration with the Japanese trade delegation- Contributed to overall discussion topics, speaker engagements and operations at the Summit. https://www.bengalurutechsummit.com/Cash Pundit | Strategy Manager Fin-Tech Start up | Business & GTM Strategy | Business Optimization | Critical Analysis and Problem Solving | Change Management•Conceptualized and implemented new business and operational strategies focused on the Indian market, aimed at achieving expansion of market share.•Assessed different markets and created an expansion strategy for the firm. Identified market entry strategies and potential partners for the firm to expand into the South East Asian markets.•Refined the business model in India, based on feedback from stakeholders. Managed the business development team to implement the changes and include advanced features and services, achieving targets set by clients and investors.•Optimized the operations and processes to be agile and efficient in rapidly changing conditions.

Business Strategy | Business Optimization | Functional Integration | Critical Analysis and Problem Solving | Brexit▪ Ideated and created a lean management business solution for the project management silo to improve upon the current structure used by the bank▪ Enhanced processes related to demand management, resource planning, procurement and budgeting leading to improved team utilization▪ Organized and led steering committees with senior management to drive and influence decision making▪ Introduced new Project Management Methodologies; integrated and identified synergies with current methods and determined efficiencies to be gained by using new methods

Trading Desk | Business establishment | Transition | Operations Optimization | Team Management | Process Improvement | Optimization• Headed the Global Trading Middle Office and pricing for Interest Rate Swaps and Options ▪ Mentored, trained, established and managed a new six-member team, to transition middle office processes from the London swaps trading desk.▪ Developed team infrastructure, process management and team training protocols; currently used as a convention for the Bangalore office▪ Redesigned processes between Trading, Sales, book runners and settlements directed towards Front to Back process alignment; improving efficiency by 30% thus facilitating seamless trade & risk capture▪ Led numerous cross-functional and cross-regional projects, focused on optimizing Trade Capture and Post Trade processing

Business Integration | Transition | Optimization | Project Management | Cross -Cultural Team ManagementSenior Team Member, Equities & Bond Interest; Prime Brokerage▪ Worked on integrating the newly acquired Bear Sterns prime brokerage business into JPM’s current processes, identifying redundancies, suggesting process improvements and creating client reporting templates▪ Spearheaded projects focused on developing new tools aimed at improving client experiences with the firm▪ Optimized processes within the equities and bonds team, leading to 25% time save and reduction in client queriesTeam Member Equities; Prime Brokerage▪ Worked from the NY office, to gain end to end knowledge of the PB dividend business; portfolio trading & management. Assisted in transitioning the business and was responsible for managing critical PB accounts▪ Conceptualized, developed and implemented a system for better management of dividend reconciliation with an integrated audit trial▪ Facilitated improved risk control measures compliant with the new regulation standards; and was replicated in various areas of the PB business

Middle Office | Trading | Pricing | Crisis Management | Great Recession ▪ Member of the core team handling the trade transfer, risk, valuations and PnL of Shaw's positions; post the collapse of the fund's main Prime Broker – Lehman Brothers▪ Liaised closely with trading groups to handle trade management across a variety of complex asset classes including derivatives credit, rates, Fx, and equities▪ Monitored pricing of OTC products; resolved valuation discrepancies across different OTC instruments & verified the accuracy of counter-party valuation statements