Akash Singhal

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 6 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 10 years in quick-commerce and banking sectors.
  • Expert in driving business growth and managing P&L.
  • Proven track record in building client relationships.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in quick-commerce and financial services.

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Skills

Core Skills

Strategic PlanningTeam LeadershipDemand PlanningInventory ManagementBusiness StrategyCross-functional InitiativesP&l ManagementStakeholder ManagementKey Client RelationshipsBusiness Analytics

Other Skills

Cost ReductionBusiness PlanningReplenishmentAssortment strategyProcess AutomationBusiness AnalysisSupply Chain OptimizationCorporate SalesFinancial Risk ManagementFX HedgingFX DerivativesForeign Exchange (FX) OptionsPlanningStrategyTeam Management

About

With 10+ years of experience in quick-commerce start-ups & a global bank, responsible for driving business growth, managing P&L, and building robust client relationships. Adept at solving complex business problems & fostering cross-functional collaborations in fast-paced environment.

Experience

11 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 5 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 9 mos
Current Experience

Zepto

2 roles

Senior Vice President - Planning

Promoted

Oct 2025Present · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Strategic PlanningTeam LeadershipCost ReductionBusiness Planning

Vice President - Special Projects

Jul 2024Sep 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Demand PlanningInventory ManagementReplenishmentAssortment strategyProcess Automation

Blinkit

Vice President - Category Management

Jun 2022Jul 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Business StrategyCross-functional InitiativesTeam LeadershipBusiness AnalysisCost ReductionInventory Management+1

Citibank

5 roles

Vice President - FX Markets

Promoted

Jan 2021Jun 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

P&L ManagementStakeholder ManagementCorporate SalesFinancial Risk Management

Assistant Vice President

Jan 2019Dec 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos

Key Client RelationshipsBusiness AnalyticsFX HedgingFX DerivativesForeign Exchange (FX) Options

Associate

Jan 2018Dec 2018 · 11 mos

Analyst

Apr 2016Dec 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos

Summer Intern

Apr 2015May 2015 · 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Awarded a Pre-Placement Offer (PPO) based on the performance during the internship
  • Identified $10 billion business opportunity for FX desk in E-commerce & other new age industries
  • Performed back-testing of 34 hedging strategies over past 5 years USD/INR spot & forward data
  • Calculated VaR & standard deviation to identify least volatile strategies for importers & exporters

Intaglio - iim calcutta international b-school meet

Overall Coordinator

Feb 2015Feb 2016 · 1 yr · Greater Kolkata Area

  • Led a 2-tier 190 member team to organize IIM Calcutta’s international B-school summit, Intaglio 2016
  • Garnered record breaking sponsorship worth INR 54 Lakhs with 35 corporate partners, 116% increase in the amount over previous year. The corporate partners included the first time sponsors like The Boston Consulting Group, Brand Capital and Star Sports. Negotiated with BCG to offer PPIs to the winners of Consulting Knights.
  • Achieved record 16,500+ participation, reached out to 579 B-schools globally - Highest across all B-schools in India
  • Organized 25 events under 9 different business domains namely, finance, strategy marketing, operations and others, awarding 15 Lakhs worth prizes and 6 PPIs
  • Planned 4 Keynote Speakers and a Panel discussion with 3 eminent speakers in Reverberations - one of the best speaker’s line-up in Intaglio
  • Organized the first ever IIMC Model United Nations and received a participation from 150+ students

Tata steel

2 roles

Management Trainee

Jul 2013May 2014 · 10 mos

  • Worked across 5 locations and divisions in coal, iron ore and chromite opencast & underground mines of up to 650m depth
  • Studied staggering process at an opencast coal mine for 41 rear dumpers to reduce the diesel wastage and equipment availability time loss
  • Identified process gaps capable to increase annual excavation by 4% & dumper availability time by 5%

Summer Intern

May 2012Jun 2012 · 1 mo

  • Awarded a Pre-Placement Offer (PPO) based on the performance
  • Project: To ensure alternate measures for dust suppression on haul roads of an opencast iron ore mine to reduce water usage in sprinkling
  • Performed 34 variables based cost benefit & feasibility analysis of 5 alternative measures
  • Formulated a 5x5 decision matrix and identified multiple combinations of the alternatives to gain the combined benefits on the fixed and temporary roads together
  • Reduced cost by INR 13 million and achieved 77% savings in water consumption

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Jan 2014Jan 2016

Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad

B.Tech — Mining Engineering

Jan 2009Jan 2013

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