Vikram Gupta, Management Consultant in London, United Kingdom
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Vikram Gupta

Verified Expert  in Management Consulting

Management Consulting Expert

London, United Kingdom

Toptal member since October 21, 2022

Bio

Vikram is a highly accomplished strategy and transformation consultant. He has advised some of the world's leading companies in financial services, media, and telecommunications, including HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, British Telecom, Sky Group, Bain Capital, and CVC Capital Partners. Vikram enjoys working on challenging strategic engagements to help clients deliver significant revenue growth and business model transformation.

Career Highlights

Business Consultant
HSBC
Management Consultant
Arthur D Little
Senior Consultant
Capgemini

Education Highlights

Master of Business Administration Degree (MBA)
Indian Institute of Management

Case Studies

Expertise

  • Business Transformation
  • Cost Reduction & Optimization (Cost-down)
  • Digital Transformation
  • Finance
  • M&A Due Diligence (Commercial)
  • Management Consulting
  • Strategy
  • Target Operating Models

Work Experience

Business Consultant

2016 - PRESENT
HSBC
  • Developed a 5-year channel strategy for HSBC's retail bank. Managed a matrix of cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams (10+ markets) to create a globally consistent vision. Presented to the board and secured $400 million in implementation funding.
  • Led CAPEX optimization review leading to a 35% in-year reduction from $263 million to $170 million. Undertook detailed analysis across the top 14 markets to develop key strategic principles. Presented the recommendations to the CEO and secured buy-in across all regions.
  • Managed process and digital transformation and identified opportunities for process simplification leading to digitized operations (RPA, e-forms, scanners), saving 7% OPEX, and improved staff's focus on customer value add activities by over 30%.
  • Envisioned and articulated the digital target operating model.
Focus areas: Strategy, Business Operations, Project Management, Digital Transformation, Target Operating Models, Business Transformation, Operations, Management Consulting, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Finance, Cost Reduction & Optimization (Cost-down), Business Strategy, Business Models, Analysis, Financial Modeling, Business Modeling, DCF Valuation

Management Consultant

2012 - 2016
Arthur D Little
  • Led and delivered over 30 consulting engagements on growth strategy, operations improvement, and commercial due diligence for clients across Europe, the Middle East, and South East Asia.
  • Developed a cost optimization and process automation improvement roadmap leading to an OPEX reduction of USD 50 million for an Eastern European client.
  • Advised a leading Middle Eastern operator for the 4G spectrum auction by creating a spectrum valuation model, benchmarking license costs, and war-gaming workshops under differing market scenarios.
  • Led the commercial due-diligence of a mobile operator based in Eastern Europe. In a deal valued at over $5 billion, the project included extensive business scenario modeling and developing detailed financial models.
Focus areas: Business Operations, Strategy, M&A Strategy, M&A Due Diligence (Commercial), Cost Reduction & Optimization (Cost-down), Finance, Operations, Management Consulting, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Digital Transformation, Target Operating Models, Business Transformation, Business Strategy, Business Models, Analysis, Financial Modeling, Business Modeling, DCF Valuation

Senior Consultant

2008 - 2012
Capgemini
  • Developed the customer experience strategy and formulated the business case for the roll-out of a streaming movie subscription service for a leading UK broadcaster's foray into OTT services.
  • Developed a resource planning model that improved the operational delivery capability of a leading UK telecommunications operator by mitigating key delivery bottlenecks and improving on-time delivery from 88% to 96%.
  • Led a team of six offshore business analysts to rationalize the IT infrastructure under the Office of Communications (Ofcom) undertakings. This involved the development of a system separation roadmap and a financial model to estimate separation and rationalization costs for over 350 IT systems.
Focus areas: Management Consulting, Strategy, Operations, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, M&A Due Diligence (Commercial), Cost Reduction & Optimization (Cost-down), Target Operating Models, Business Transformation, Business Strategy, Business Models, Financial Modeling, Business Modeling, DCF Valuation

Education

2003 - 2005

Master of Business Administration Degree (MBA) in Strategy, Operations, Finance

Indian Institute of Management - Lucknow, India

1997 - 2001

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Punjab Technical University - Jalandhar, India

Skills

Finance

Cost Reduction & Optimization (Cost-down), Financial Modeling, DCF Valuation

Output Software

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word

Other

Strategy, Operations, Business Operations, Target Operating Models, Business Transformation, Management Consulting, Business Strategy, Finance, M&A Strategy, M&A Due Diligence (Commercial), Digital Transformation, Business Models, Analysis, Business Modeling, Project Management, Financials, Engineering, Electrical Engineering

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