founder's profile
Abhay Mathur
Abhay has over 24 years of experience in strategic business research & consulting, supply chain management, and operations management across geographies (India, SE Asia, US, UK, and Europe), industries and business functions. His experience spans from strategising and setting up processes to executing business operations, client relationship management, transitions, spin-off and closure of business operations. Over the years, he has worked across diverse business situations that have helped me develop robust project-management skills, an eye for details, the ability to connect the dots and understand the bigger picture to create sustainable plans for business growth. Abhay is an Economics graduate with a management degree in Marketing and Finance with certifications from The University of Tokyo in Sustainability Science for Future Design and by the New York Institute of Finance in Concepts and Theories in M&A.
Having handled responsibilities of Chief Operating Officer (COO), VP, and Director for a USD 20 Mn Research & Consulting MNC headquartered in the US, he started his consulting venture Sammantrya Consulting to cater to the strategic consulting requirements of the Indian market. Over the last couple of years, he has assisted many start-ups and mid-size firms in the area of IT and InfoSec Services, Online Delivery, Adtech Services, Farm to Market and Education Services with strategies, planning and growing their business
Experience across Roles
- Spearheaded the spin-off and setting up of a research and consulting subsidiary for a large global KPO
- Managed cross-functional teams across continents, synergising them for increased business revenue as head of Operations
- As part of the board, developed a customised global growth strategy for the newly formed subsidiary, keeping in mind the clients, the geographies in focus as well as the dynamic business ecosystem
- Strong execution and management of operations, backed by a research and consulting mindset
- Successful execution of high-stake strategies during mergers, transitions, and spin-offs
- Adaptable to existing culture with capability to shape and change it as per business and market requirements
- Ability to understand the significance and benefits of diversity of Human Capital and the capability to leverage its synergies to successful execute projects and manage high profile cross functional teams
- A strong proponent of empowerment for growth by effectively managing accountability and responsibility of team members
- An advocate of innovation and out of box thinking, for internal process improvements, new service offerings or new product developments to address existing client problems and also to cater to new clients. Many service lines and products were developed to reduce time and effort, and provide solutions to a larger base of clients
- Mentor to students, employees and and entrepreneurs for their start-ups and initiatives
- Fractional/Outsourced COO and Consultant for ITES and AdTech Start-ups to streamline and improve their processes and overall operations
Areas of Expertise
- Executive Team Member, Investor & Board Relationship Engagement and Management
- Growth Strategy, Turnaround Strategy, Sustainable Growth, Operations Strategy and Execution Planning
- Merger, Transition, Spin-off, Closure, Consolidations & Integrations, and Start-up,
- Business and Market Research, Strategic Research, Industry Research, Benchmarking, Go-to-Market Strategy, Product and Service Development, and Launch
- Innovation, Out-of-the-box thinking, Ideation, Collaborative and Consultative working, Diligence, Crisis Management, Effective Communication, Empowerment, Coaching & Mentoring, Entrepreneurship, Team Management and Client Expectation management
- Supply Chain Network Optimisation and Network Planning. Mapping Processes, Inventory, Value Chain, Customers and the Market. Creating Frameworks, Business Models, Process Flows, SOPs etc.
- Strategic Capitalisation, Revenue and Cost Management, Budgeting, Cost Control, IT Integration Strategy, InfoSec, GDPR, Quality, and Continuous Improvement
Consulting & Mentoring
- Abhay has provided consulting and advisory services to start-ups in Information Security, Ad Tech, Dairy and Farm to Market Models, and Online Food and Alcohol Delivery.
- Also developed concept documents for an Innovation based University and a Medical College & Hospital; a Tourism development plan for a State government
- Mentored 10 IP University Students on a live client research project
- Mentored 5 Capstone Projects over six months, covering 15 students, at a well-known MBA Institute in Gurgaon