Asha P Pillai

→ Managed a $4B investment budget for Shell Group's IDT, overseeing a team of 40 and 6 Business IDT FMs. → Delivered organisational reshaping with top quartile SPS scores. → Implemented touch-less MI projects to enhance operational efficiency. → Responded effectively to evolving business support models including IG, RES, and ADC. → Executed the IDT Operating Plan under the new P&T organization amid exponential growth. → Catered to unique planning, performance appraisal, and reporting needs of the IDT organization. →Achieved top quartile performance in a rapidly changing business environment.

✅ Developed and Implemented Operating Framework → Successfully established the Operating Framework for IG (Integrated Gas) and Shell Energy businesses within the first month at Hazira. ✅ Led Joint Venture Transition → Transitioned Joint Venture to a Shell Operated Venture, overseeing acquisition accounting and integration of Shell Energy businesses in Hazira. ✅ Managed Rebranding Initiative → Oversaw the company name change, ensuring seamless integration with Shell's World Class Finance practices, and developed a comprehensive IT and FO transition roadmap. ✅ Drove Cultural Transformation → Spearheaded cultural transformation by implementing Shell Ways of Working, conducting inclusion workshops, and serving as BOM for the open office project completed in Q4 2020. ✅ Ensured Business Continuity During Crisis → Maintained 100% compliance and clean audits while transitioning E2E Finance Operations from manual processes and legacy systems to virtual operations during the Covid-19 lockdown. ✅ Led Community Leadership Initiatives → Built community leadership by driving cultural change and inclusive practices within the organization. ✅ Global Digital Finance Role → Contributed to the Global Digital Finance initiatives, integrating digital solutions with traditional finance operations for enhanced efficiency and effectiveness.

✔️ Developed ‘First Time Right’ systems to manage financials of ~15 digital ventures, including NewMotion, Ionity, Machine Max, and OpenBay. ✔️ Created a strategy to embed data science and analytics in global marketing, optimizing $800M of SP&A spends as Product Owner for Project ‘Sunshine’. ✔️ Sponsored data analytics pilots in the UK, China, and India, enhancing marketing efficiency and effectiveness. ✔️ Participated in the Steer-Co for recruiting “Ekimetrics” for market mix modeling for global commercial businesses. ✔️ Enhanced financial recording and reporting processes for digital ventures incubated by global marketing businesses.

✅ Delivered India Retail Growth Strategy “Ashoka” Established ‘Finance

Primarily a controllership role with an additional responsibility of being the Business Finance Advisor for P&T, Upstream, Asia-Pac, driving business planning and performance appraisals, risk assessments and being a full member of the P&T Upstream, VP's leadership team.

During the period, worked on all Business Finance roles in Shell Retail viz., Retail Site Assurance Advisor and Group Risk Assurance Advisor (Jul 2007 to Jun 2009), Planning and Appraisal Advisor and Economics Analyst (Jun 2009 till Jun 2011). During the time, evaluated and presented an analysis in the industry and shell margin need which is widely used for all strategic discussions regarding profitability and business performance, set up a pricing mechanism to safeguard margins in the volatile fuel environment.