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Gaurav Pathak

Gaurav Pathak

Gurgaon

Summary

Accomplished Senior Manager with over 16 years of experience in strategic consulting, project management, and client engagement across finance and technology sectors. Proven track record at Boston Consulting Group, driving growth and operational excellence in the Asia-Pacific market. Skilled in leading diverse teams to deliver innovative business solutions and enhance client relationships. Outside of work am an avid photographer and nature lover with a passion for conservation. Self-professed Apple fanboy.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate

Work History

Commercial Strategy & Business Development Senior Manager - Asia Pacific Region

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
7 2022 - Current

The Client Team at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is committed to enhancing client relationships and creating value. This is achieved through:

  • Collaborative efforts with internal partners across various departments—including Regions, Practice Areas, People Team, Marketing, Finance, and IT—to foster innovation and implement industry best practices.
  • A strategic focus on three main areas:
  • Client Service Excellence: Enhancing service quality by providing comprehensive training, necessary resources, and cultivating a client-centered culture.
  • Pricing and Revenue Management: Evolving BCG’s business model through coaching teams on sophisticated commercial strategies and pricing arrangements.
  • Investment Services Delivery: Empowering BCG teams to secure key client engagements with competitive, differentiated pricing strategies and thorough strategic analysis.

Commercial Strategy & Business Development Lead - Asia Pacific Region

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
07.2020 - 06.2022
  • Part of the team driving the commercial agenda (Pricing, Revenue Management, Account Management & Investments) and Sales Process Transformation across AP.

Senior Analyst

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
11.2017 - 06.2020
  • Internal management consulting to help bolster business development and commercial agenda.

Program Manager

Knowlarity - Cloud Communications
06.2017 - 11.2017
  • - Formulating & driving go-to-market strategies to reach out to unexplored market segments/customers
  • Preparing Annual Operating Plan
  • Work with different teams to identify issues in program deployment and solve for them
  • Tracking program milestones and developing best practices
  • Do Competitor/Market analysis and develop growth strategy.

Head of Customer Experience

Knowlarity - Cloud Communications
04.2015 - 11.2017
  • Enhanced customer usage by implementing automated self-service tools for onboarding and issue resolution, significantly boosting user engagement across the existing customer base.
  • Introduced a company-wide Net Promoter Score (NPS) system through automation to efficiently manage customer feedback, generating support tickets for detractors and promotional links for advocates.
  • Developed and curated a comprehensive library of self-help materials, facilitating self-service and reducing customer support inquiries.
  • Designed and executed a customer engagement strategy using both automated and manual methods, which tripled median user engagement, enhanced customer satisfaction, decreased customer churn, and improved revenue retention.
  • Streamlined the requirements gathering process with a templated approach, achieving a 40% reduction in change requests.

Manager

Citi
08.2010 - 04.2015
  • - Part of Project Rainbow, undertaken to automate the lead management system for the bank
  • Country spoc for CitiPhone for Project Hello, a global project within Citi aimed at increasing New to Bank (NTB) customers for primary products (Credit Cards, Banking, Personal loans etc) from tele-channels
  • Responsible for conception, launch and growth of credit card sales through the inbound channel leading to business growth from 0 to 500 cards monthly in the first quarter
  • Restructured the variable compensation structure enabling a cost savings of ~20 lacs per month.

Assistant Manager

Citifinancial Consumer Finance India Ltd
05.2006 - 08.2010

• Spearheaded turnaround strategies for non-performing branches, achieving a 93% resolution of pending dues and significantly reducing financial losses.

• Played a pivotal role in the launch and sustainability of Citimax, a pilot sales incentive program that was expanded across Asia-Pacific due to its success.

Education

MBA - Marketing & Systems

Institute of Management Technology
Nagpur, India
01.2004 - 1 2006

Bachelors - Commerce

St. Xavier's College
Kolkata, India
01.2004 -

Personal Finance Mastery -

1% Club
06.2024 - 7 2024

Skills

Strategic Consulting

Certification

Applied Business Analytics

Languages

English (Native or Bilingual)
Hindi (Native or Bilingual)
Punjabi (Native or Bilingual)
Bengali (Native or Bilingual)

Interests

Photography

Music

Quote

I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul
William Ernest Henley
Gaurav Pathak