Vignesh Chandran

Celeredge is an Agentic Operating System purpose-built for Consulting and Services. It is a SaaS platform that enables Enterprises to deliver outstanding margins and growth by deploying agentic workflows that go over and beyond LLM Chat apps widely used.

Arca Blanca is an integrated consulting and data company, supporting business leaders on resolving complex growth and profitability challenges. Our teams bring years of business transformation expertise together with advanced data science to provide fresh, exciting and practical insight into businesses to deliver real top and bottom-line results. In Dec 2022, Arca Blanca was acquired by Artefact, a Global PE-backed Data Consultancy.

• Designed a cost transformation program with a cumulative targeted savings of £600m for the maintenance operations of one of UK’s largest public transport organizations. • Led the organisation and operating model design of a leading university, enabling it to grow outside its core-proposition and reducing the cost base significantly. • Managed the design and benefits tracking for the post-merger integration of a FTSE 100 Electrical retail giant, delivering £15m in annualised cost synergies. • Transformed the category planning process of a PE-owned value retailer through a lean review and re-design to simplify its processes and deliver significant operational improvements. • Set-up the transformation office and portfolio plan to triple the size of a PE-owned European medical services provider and grow through M&A into a €1bn organisation. • Managed the risk mitigation work stream for the digital transformation of cheque clearance (Image clearing system) in the UK, cutting down cheque clearing times from 6 days to 1 day. • Designed the change plan and operating model for a process-led drug discovery department in a Big Pharma organisation. • Designed the group operating model for a large retail Co-operative with a diversified portfolio of businesses in its group operations. NB: KPMG Boxwood was acquired by KPMG UK in 2015

• Developed the go-to-market plan for India including a marketing plan, user acquisition strategy, business partnerships and the annual operating plan

A $5.5 billion global information and measurement company; BASES (Booz Allen Sales Estimation System) is a leader in new product development evaluation, helping clients grow through innovation. • Ideate, consult and evaluate the innovation pipeline for a leading $1bn surface care Powerbrand of a £9.5bn FTSE Top 15 FMCG major – Evaluated more than 150 concepts & 7 product tests. • Advisory on 2 key product launches, with net revenue exceeding $50 million each, through concept qualification, product testing, in-market sustainability and net revenue projection for year 1 sales. • Improving forecasting practices for new product evaluations of 19 Powerbrands in key markets. • Mentor regional BASES teams in Japan, China, India and US on best practices and brand footprint. • Champion of the global BASES quality system and leading UK through ISO 20252 certification.

$125 million global growth consulting company – Advisory in growth, innovation and leadership • Started-up a new practice in Automotive Strategy & Innovation and managed a team, spread across Poland, India and the USA; The team contributed to 15% of revenues in the first year of its inception. • Advisory for the CEO of a leading Norwegian electric vehicle manufacturer on new market entry. • Go-to-market advisory for a €10 billion Tier-1 French Auto supplier into a €3.0 billion front-end modules market with business case, profitability and capability gaps analysis. • Market, technology & competition analysis of safety technologies for the largest Korean auto supplier. • Drove new business penetration through road shows with Directors of the Top 10 global auto suppliers. • Sought after speaker on industry mega-trends in CNBC, Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg and France 24.

$125 million global growth consulting company – Syndicated research and ad hoc technology consulting • Pioneered work on a 360 degree CEO vision report with a short issue-based analysis of mega-trends; the report methodology was launched as a new offering across all business units in the company. • Developed a bottom-up forecast methodology for global passenger car vehicle sales and production, which was used by more than 50 associates in the automotive business practice around the world. • Led our first global project on low-cost car markets, encompassing analysis across 25 countries and working in close co-ordination with a team of 4 analysts in China, Mexico, Russia and the US. • Published articles and interviewed by publications including The Financial Times and Business Week.

Outsourced Software Product Development firm

MBA from Cambridge Judge Business School Top 5 business school in the World - Rated by FT MBA Rankings 2017