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Professional journey spanning 30 +yrs in K12 Pvt | Govt schools services | BFSI | KPO | FMCG through multiple C Suite roles across general management. Also an experienced Sales &, business, operations & Channel Management expert. Delivered value to diverse industries & has served organizations in the FMCG industry ( VIP Industries, Blow Plast) , BFSI Sector such as ABN AMRO Bank, Bajaj Capital & Fullerton India across the spectrum of the consumer finance products in various senior management capacities before shifting to the Education Sector. Formerly, the CEO with AMPERSAND group, i am now focussed on contributing to reforms in the school education sector through ARISE, an education body apart from providing advisory roles to leading education institutions & service providers. Over the last decade, been involved extensively in various aspects that add value to the K12 Ecosystem including exposure to Learning Spaces Design, Academics & Pedagogy Delivery, Technology & Innovation, Content Development & delivery, Teacher Recruitments, Training, Student Enrolments & marketing both in private school set up from scratch & transformation of government schools. Co Created & built AMPERSAND group, a multi faceted education institution founded by Mr Rustom Kerawalla that runs the well-known “VIBGYOR” chain of schools. Also co founded the Government services vertical within AMPERSAND group and has been instrumental in foraying mutually beneficial associations with many a state government to enhance the quality of outcomes of their schools and preschools. I am also a writer, a speaker & often delivers keynotes or chairing panel discussions at conferences & seminars. My thoughts, views & opinions have featured in many leading print, digital and visual media platforms. i also mentor young entrepreneurs pro bono and looks for opportunities to foster and enable mutually beneficial strategic alliances between synergy aligned firms / professional enterprises. i have been a jury member for Business World’s 40Under 40 initiative in Year 2017 & Year 2018 to seek identify and recognize budding entrepreneurs.
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Director General And CeoAriseGurugram, Hr, In
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Director General & CeoArise Oct 2024 - PresentNew Delhi, Delhi, InARISE is an independent body that brings together some of the country’s most progressive and intellectual School promoters & leaders who remain committed & focussed on serving as a beacon for change within the diverse and dynamic landscape of India's school education system. With ‘Student First’ as its motto, ARISE recognizes the complexity & unique challenges faced by both independent private schools & government schools & will continue to play an important role to be a collaborative platform to bring together forward-thinking school founders, educators policy makers, think tanks, educationists, civil society experts and technical experts to collaborate and work together to solve the challenges that tend to slow down the progress in India’s school education reforms in India where the school education system is one of the largest and most complex in the world. ARISE aims to foster healthy and progressive relations with ministry of education at both the centre and states along with key policy makers to help meet its objectives. ARISE was originally founded in Year 2016 by a group of reputed School Leaders and educationists under the aegis of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) with an aim to unify the sectors' voice to create a meaningful impact on regulators at state and central level. Over the last 7 years, FICCI ARISE has created the much-needed impact in the sector and has been instrumental in enabling path breaking reforms in key policy initiatives and has also published many research papers that cover key challenges faced by k12 schools including sensitive areas such as child safety and security, quality accreditation among others. ARISE will now continue this journey as an independent body in the realm of School K12 Education in collaboration with industry chambers like FICCI across policy advocacy, reliable knowledge bank, impact partnerships, emerging trends in innovation and community connect
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Business MentorConsat Orahi Aug 2024 - PresentGurugram , Haryana , In -
Advisory Board MemberKhaitan Public School Sep 2021 - PresentGhaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, InThis is a pro bono assignment and aimed at contributing as one of the industry thought influencers and advisors to the newly established Khaitan World School board of trustees and directors. To share the space with the legendary Kapil Dev (former World Cup winning captain of the Indian Cricket Team), Mr Manit Jain (Co Founder, Heritage Schools & Chairman, FICCI ARISE) amongst other academic luminaries is indeed a privilege & honor. -
Group AdvisorLighthouse Learning Group Sep 2024 - PresentMumbai, Maharashtra, In -
Co- ChairmanConfederation Of Indian Industry Oct 2023 - PresentNew Delhi, Delhi, InThis is a pro bono role with a leading Indian industry influencing body. CII has recently propelled momentum through the "National School Education Committee" to drive greater contribution to reforms in School Education from pre primary to senior Secondary Schools across the private & public domain. As an active member of the school education fraternity and Co - Chair to the CII NSE committee, i look forward to support this initiative to the best of my ability in collaboration with the industry thought leaders, policy makers, school institution stakeholders and service providers. -
Life Time Donor RepresentativeNexus Of Good Foundation Oct 2019 - PresentNew Delhi, Delhi, InThe Nexus of Good website was launched in Year 2019 by Anil Swarup, a former Secretary in the Government of India. The Nexus of Good is a platform that aims to connect social organizations, philanthropists, and other stakeholders to support social causes. The Nexus of Good is based on the belief that quality comes from the private sector, while scale comes from the public sector. The platform focuses on aspects like political acceptability, social desirability, technological feasibility, and more. The Nexus of Good website features stories of people who have done good in society, such as Aayaan Aggarwal's fight against plastics. People can also submit stories of others who have contributed to society, and have them featured on the website. -
Member, Group LeadershipVibgyor Group Of Schools Jun 2019 - Sep 2024Mumbai, Maharashtra, In -
Chief Executive OfficerAmpersand Group Jun 2017 - Sep 2024Mumbai, Maharashtra, InThe Ampersand Group is a multi-faceted solution provider, with over 18 years’ experience in the Education, Skill Development & Livelihoods, Infrastructure, Technology and Consultancy sectors. We strive to generate powerful on-ground impact, by creating equality of access and opportunity in the education and skilling domains, thus enabling livelihoods for all. Its Flagship Brand, VIBGYOR group of schools gives us pedigreed Subject Matter Expertise and makes us a leading player in the Indian education industry imparting education to more than 45,000 students across 36 schools in 7 states of India.India is growing at an unprecedented pace. She is the 5th largest economy and soon poised to be the 3rd largest in the world. 49% of our population has access to the internet & 90 Million digital transactions get done every year in India. There is a renewed focus on improving the Human Development Index ( HDI) in the country and states. HDI is the composite index of the combined indices of Education, Livelihood & Health. All initiatives of the government are steered in the direction of improving HDI & are encouraging on more models that entail Public – Private – Partnerships and outsourcing of services to Private enterprise experts. The AMPERSAND group has over 2 decades has designed itself to working towards scale without compromising on quality and has invested into Technology & Human resources to bring about a productive bridge between them for amplified outcomes. Partnership with state & central government through Human Development & Social Impact Business Unit to drive structured solutions in the realm of education, Livelihood programs / skill development & emergency Healthcare to contribute to HDI building & meet the UNSDG 2030 Goals was a step in this direction. Since inception of the focus in the government sector, AMPERSAND has made a positive impact to nearly 1 million lives across 100,000 government schools, Skill centres & emergency health services. -
Steering Committee MemberArise Feb 2018 - Aug 2024New Delhi, Delhi, InFICCI ARISE is the school education focused vertical of FICCI and encourages its members to collaborate for betterment of school education in India. FICCI Alliance for Re-Imagining School Education (ARISE) is a collegium of stakeholders who represent different facets of School Education. Members include several high quality and reputed independent schools from across the country, eminent educators, foundations, civil society representatives, think tanks and technical experts. Fundamental vision of FICCI ARISE is to become a catalyst in government and private efforts for raising the quality of learning outcomes across schools and to ensure that no child is left behind.
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Member Of The Management BoardPhd Chamber Of Commerce And Industry Apr 2022 - Mar 2024Delhi, Delhi, InPHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, established in 1905, is a proactive National Apex Chamber working at the grass-root level and with strong national and international linkages.The Chamber acts as a catalyst in the promotion of industry, trade and entrepreneurship. PHD Chamber, through its research-based policy advocacy role, positively impacts the economic growth and development of the nation. AMPERSAND group is part of the chamber to promote education and education related services to build a better India in the coming years -
Chief Executive OfficerGlobal Discovery Schools Jan 2014 - Jun 2017Vadodara, Gujarat, InAs CEO (& COO in Year 2014) , was responsibile to bring scale , enhance shareholder value and execute the vision set by Management Professionals who came together from across the world to create a movement to change the way k-12 education is delivered to the next gen learning hungry children in India. Presently catering to more than 6,000 children in 13 schools located in Punjab, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajashthan, Orissa, Telengana & Tamilnadu, Global Discovery Academy is now poised to take the chain of global DISCOVERY SCHOOLS a step further to deliver cutting edge education through innovation & technological disruption in Learning Spaces, Pedagogy, Standardised processes and higher order Parent engagement & service delivery. BACKGROUND : - Around 7 years back, a team of forward thinking Indian professionals who graduated from the Kellogg school of management - Northwestern University in America nurtured a dream - A dream to make education more meaningful and enjoyable for the children of India. The seeds of this dream gave birth to Global Discovery Academy, a professional chain of K-12 schools with a Blue print that covers Financial Viability to effective Gurkul like Learning Spaces to Recruitment to a paradigm shift in Pedagogy to use of Technology was inspired by Sir Ken Robinson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Robinson_(educationalist) and is weaved around a "Roadmap to Every Child's Dreams"The organisation is a movement enabled by industry professionals including the Kellogg alumni Founder and supported by names of repute like Rajeev Minocha, (IIM A, Stanford, ex Hindustan Lever, Perfetti CEO), Kapil Kapoor, (IIM A, Founder Director Ashoka University, Chairman , Info Edge (Naukri.com) ex Global COO, Timex & MD Timex India,), Arjun Malhotra (co-Founder HCL Technologies), Sanjiv Bikchandani (Founder Naukri.com & co Founder Ashoka University ),and many others. Please visit www.globaldiscoveryacademy.com for details. -
Director & General Manager , India Retail (Sme, Msme Segments)Fullerton India Credit Company Ltd. Jan 2012 - Jun 2014Mumbai, Maharashtra, InThe position formed part of the Extended India Leadership Team of the organization and accountable to revenue, P&L and Portfolio Management of the Retail business segment vertical across unsecured Loans (Personal Loans & Business Loans) and Secured Loans (Mortgage Loans & Two Wheeler Loans). Accountabilities included growth of the asset book, business strategy, Product Management & delivery and E services / marketing with end objective to deliver value to the retail customer. The retail business segment accounted for 70% of the total Asset book of the organization that stood at INR 60,000 Mio as of December 2013. The position operated out of the corporate head office at Mumbai.With a customer base of over a million Retail, SME & Rural, Fullerton India survived the tough environment of 2008-09 & have turned around to deliver significant profits in the following years. They are today poised to scale forward with a clear strategic Plan through their vast distribution network across 300 towns & cities and 12,000 plus villages. Fullerton India Credit Company Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fullerton Financial Holdings Pte. Ltd., which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, Singapore. Fullerton Financial Holdings invests in financial institutions in emerging markets with a focus on Business and Consumer banking. -
Chief Executive Officer (Bcisl) & Evp , Head Retail Disribution (Bcl)Bajaj Capital Ltd 2007 - 2012Gurugram, Haryana, InThe key task was to transition Bajaj Capital, a 45 year old reputed leading firm in the Wealth Distribution space to meeting the demands of the new age young investor. The ever changing market dynamics warranted new initiatives like state of the art Technology enabled Stock Broking & Online Investment Portals, fresh strategy in the operating dynamics of the existing retail distribution systems and innovative ideas to efficiently reach out to wider base of clients. The journey also witnessed the launch of Bajaj Capital's foray into stock broking services through justtrade.in and creation of the first ever " Tele Advisory Cell" to arrest attrition of the mid to lower segment of investors who needed sharper engagement for retention. The role entailed collaborating with the legacy team that steered Bajaj Capital through the difficult initial period and ofcourse creating a Business Model that was designed to address 3 core issues in today's market environment ie. (1) Increase Client Faith in Financial Product Services delivery (2) Lower Cost of acquisition & transaction & (3) Build a Robust process designed for scale & ramp up -
Director & Business Delivery Head - IndiaParsec Interact 2005 - 2007Parsec enabled the first exposure to International Client management. Parsec Interact is a US mortgage company incorporated at Delaware, headquartered at Mountain View, California and backed by PE Firm Barings Asia Pte Ltd. As BU Delivery Head, accountablities included :- Client Acquisition, Delivery & Retention for Offshoring services in the Mortgage Origination Industry for the USA along with P&L management & growth of the India Business Unit - BU India Team comprises of functions across Business Development, Account Management, Business Operations (Internal & External), Data Analytics & Database management, Quality Audit, Training, Finance, HR & Technology – The delivery was effected through a combination of internal teams and external Service Delivery relationships.The global meltdown was envisaged and Parsec had to be wound down nearlly 4 months prior to the crash of Lehman Brothers; the experience in ensuring a smooth transition & psychological management of all employees during the very difficult period of " Forced Lay Offs" was invaluable.
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National Head, Consumer Programs, Corporate SegmentAbn Amro Bank N.V. 1999 - 2005Amsterdam, NlAs an ABN AMROite, Mr Menon has served assignments across the Chennai & Bangalore markets before taking moving into the Country Head Quarters in Gurgaon. His key deliverables have been in the areas of Sales & Revenue generation across CASA, Retail Lending lines of the Bank. He commenced his career in south as Sr Manager , Channel Distribution and progressed into the role of Asst Vice President and then to heading Direct Distribution for Personal Lending products before shifting to Regional Program Managent. His last assignment was accountable for the set up & growth of Revenues across consumer product lines from Key Corporates based in the country as the National Program Head for consumer corporate segment at the Head Office in Gurgaon. -
Frontline Team Leadership - Personal Banking (Sales)Hsbc 1998 - 2000London, GbI was one of the first Team Leaders in the newly set up Outbound Sales Team set up by the Bank for its India Consumer Business. The position involved leading a team of Frontline Sales Professionals to acquire `New To Bank' customers and build the Liability Balance Book of the Bank. The role was accountable to building a customer base, deepening the existing customer base and cross selling other products to the existing customer base and also enabled launch of the Secured Asset product sales (Car Loans & Home Loans) in HSBC Chennai -
Retail Distribution - Moulded Furniture | Institutional Business Mgt - Office Furniture SystemsBlow Plast Ltd 1993 - 1998The career commenced here - One of the finest foundation grounds for sales professionals. The first 3 years was accountable for Channel Sales (Distributor, Dealer, Retailer) management and was responsible for sales of fast moving moulded furniture from primary to secondary tertiary sales. The next 2 years was accountable as a sales leader towards High End institutional sales & Account management of corporates where Blow Plast `Knock Down' Office Furniture systems were set up. The role involved Institutional Sales followed by management of the account from `Blue Print' to Office Set Up. Client Managament, co ordination with high end architects and Billing Management was an integral part of the business. The deal size would average around INR 7 - 20M and the project period would span around 6 - 8 weeks. The Blow Plast experience was a big PLUS in the rest of my career progression.
Vinesh Menon Skills
Business Development
Strategy
Team Management
Management
Banking
Business Strategy
Portfolio Management
Investments
Relationship Management
Wealth Management
Leadership
Retail Banking
Mergers And Acquisitions
Risk Management
Financial Markets
Team Leadership
Capital Markets
Distribution Strategies
Investment Banking
Vinesh Menon Education Details
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Indian Institute Of Management, CalcuttaGeneral -
Fatimas, Mumbai, D G Vaishnav, Univ Of Tn, Icwa (I)Commerce & Cost Accountancy
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