Akash Joshi

Aditya Birla Health Insurance is a JV between Aditya Birla Group (conglomerate, League of Fortune 500) and MMI Holdings, South Africa. Established as a Go-to-Market and turn-around specialist. Founded/turned-around five B2B/B2C channels Led sales teams of up to 80 managers, turned-around Digital Alliances division, formulated strategy and implemented technology for portfolio of € 120 Mn (1/3 of total revenue). Currently, founding new channel to acquire business from 2 of 3 biggest private banks in India

LinenClub is a premium, sustainable and a linen fashion brand of Grasim, first to be CELC Certified - Global Trademark for Authentic European Linen Launched LinenClub Studio, a ready-to-wear, premium men’s brand with a multi-channel distribution. Headed P&L, generated revenue of € 3,0 Mn through 35 trade shows. Formulated and executed go-to-market strategy Achievements: established presence over 350 stores, led partnership with a leading designer, launched an online store with 2 biggest e-commerce portal

Joined as Leadership Associate with Aditya Birla Group Leadership Program. Was amongst 4 from my Business School and 21 from across India to be chosen for Leadership Program. Executed projects across different geographies, functions and industries [1] Go-to market strategy for apparel business [2] Improve Sales for a Hypermarket [3] Rationalize inventory of Critical Spare Parts at a plant in South Korea [4] Improve sales effectiveness by digitizing tracking of field sales in telecom

Alshaya Group is one of the world’s leading brand franchise operators, offering 80 international brands to customers across MENA, Turkey and Europe Member of Business Solutions Group. Developed an accurate and self-updating activity-based retail supply-chain costing model mitigating risk of $ 2 Bn to the bottom-line

Novellus Systems (now LAM Research), manufactures advanced semiconductor equipment for leading chipmakers Executed projects on production and quality improvement on client’s site such as Intel, Samsung across Singapore, South Korea, US, France. Youngest promoted to “overseas support”, 1st Internal ISO Auditor for Regional HQ. Amongst 20 chosen worldwide for Intel US Ramp-up Project: Improved productivity of equipment worth $ 10 Mn. Led a multicultural team of 8 engineers, achieved cost-savings of $ 1.5 Mn

Initiated two novel Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) related research projects on micro-motors and micropumps

A 6-week online course on FinTech on [a] examination of maturing FinTech industry, understanding technologies set to shape the future of finance [b] insight into who is currently driving innovation, partnerships between incumbents, start-ups and investors [c] exploring complex real-world problems and how FinTech can be used to find solutions

Indian Institute of Management Lucknow was ranked 3 in India for Masters in Management by Financial Times. Secured a 99.1 percentile from amongst 170.000 candidates for Common Admission Test for admission into premier B-schools in India Specialization: Marketing, Finance, Strategy Internship: Business Solutions Group, Alshaya, Kuwait

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay was ranked 1st amongst Engineering School in India by QS World University. Secured an all India Rank of 498 from amongst 150.000 candidates at Joint Entrance Exam for admission into prestigious engineering schools in India - Indian Institute of Technology Internship: Research Assistant, Seoul National University, South Korea