Madhavan Sekar — CEO
Madhavan is an seasoned business and marketing leader with over 18 years of experience driving transformation across India's retail and consumer ecosystem. With stints across food, fashion , fintech across companies like Amazon , Reliance Retail , Britannnia Industries, TCS, Coats pls , Madhavan has led initiatives that have scaled new businesses , revatilized legacy brands and digitalized traditional retail at national scale. accomplished.Currently building Amazon Pay in India. Built a deep foundation in brand stewardship and consumer behaviour having led some of India's most loved brands such as Good day , Tiger, Treat, Bourbon at Britannia , delivering category-leading growth and innovation. Expertise in building Digital 1st brands across Reliance Retail with creation of 60+ digital fashion brands to refined the value ecommerce play and spearhead the digital transformation of small retailers through the AJIO business and Jio Mart fashion platform - scaling the initiative from pilot phase to over 2500 Cr+ in turnover. Spearheaded the creation of the biggest Omni-channel play in Fashion & Lifestyle with Jio Mart Fashion retail stores and Built an Ecommerce start-up in Fashion & lifestyle from 0 to 1 to 10 to 100 and onwards to Mega scale. Expertise in un-locking price-pack architecture to drive channel pack strategy across Quick commerce, GT , MT as well as nnovation approach to drive share gain, new brand portfolio creation in cluttered markets. Madhavan's leadership blends commercial acumen, consumer 1st approach , digital led strategy and purpose driven inclusive approach by empowering people for impact. Well versed with sales, marketing , supply chain and technology actions across the organization to deliver outsized business and brand outcomes.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in Fintech and E-Commerce with a strong focus on brand strategy and digital transformation.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 18 yrs 1 mo
Skills
- Board Governance
Career Highlights
- Over 18 years of experience in retail and consumer ecosystem.
- Led digital transformation initiatives across multiple sectors.
- Expert in building and scaling digital-first brands.
Work Experience
Amazon
Head of Marketing - Amazon Pay (10 mos)
Category Leader UPI @Amazon Pay (1 yr 2 mos)
SAJ Food Products (P) Ltd - Bisk Farm
Sr Vice President - Head of Mktng (1 mo)
Reliance Retail
Ass. Vice President - Fashion & Lifestyle, New commerce ( Reliance Retail) (2 yrs 3 mos)
General Manager - Head of Marketing at AJIO Business (2 yrs 5 mos)
Britannia Industries Limited
Group Product Manager - Premium Creams & Chocolate Innovations (1 yr 2 mos)
Group Product Manager - Britannia Good Day (1 yr 6 mos)
Product Mgr - Britannia Good day (1 yr 4 mos)
Product Manager (1 yr 7 mos)
Area Sales Manager (1 yr)
Area Sales Manager (1 yr 3 mos)
Madura Coats
Area Sales Mgr (1 yr 9 mos)
Ashoka Foundation
Pro bono | Board representative on Digital initiatives (2 mos)
Saint-Gobain
Summer Intern (1 mo)
Tata Consultancy Services
Assistant Systems Engineer (1 yr 10 mos)
Santhani financial services
Board Member (18 yrs 11 mos)
Education
Certificate course at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
MBA at SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)
Engineering at National Institute of Technology Karnataka
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