Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos · London to begin with

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos · London

• St George’s House was established by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in 1966. It provides a safe, confidential space for leaders to discuss and explore the compelling leadership issues of our times. Handful of international leaders are admitted in the cohort every few years.

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Looking forward to serve on this next-gen board set up as part of ISB launching its latest flagship program called I-Venture Immersive

Dec 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 6 mos · All over UK mostly right now

• fly.homes helps students find homes in a new city

Apr 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 2 mos · Bombay

• Immigrant Banking Ecosystem for Indians 🇮🇳 & Nigerians 🇳🇬

Jan 2020 – Nov 2023 · 3 yrs 10 mos

• Used to occasionally write tiny cheques to companies I fell in love with. Realised that, a) there is hardly much I can help with, I’m myself on a steep learning curve, b) I am really really really busy with Leverage, so unable to make time mostly, c) it did nothing more than an ego massage to self lol, and I’d kind of passed that point in life, d) there are a lot of other areas I could part my savings for (got way more interested in philanthropy), and hence this era came to an end.
• Between 2020-2023, put small token cheques in about 25 companies, only thesis being “intent of the founder” to do good, not just say but actually play it out. Continue to be invested in everything.

Aug 2017 – Nov 2017 · 3 mos · Greater Delhi Area

• Invited by Hon'ble Prime Minister, as part of Committee formed for #India2022 Policy Building
• Part of Selected Entrepreneurs invited by the Hon'ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for the "Champions of Change - Transforming India through G2B partnership" Initiative, to deliberate and present on policy initiatives for the New India, in areas of Education & Skill Development. The Committee formed continues to work with the Prime Minister's team of Cabinet Minister and Cabinet Secretaries.

Apr 2017 – Present · 9 yrs 2 mos · On a plane 🛫

• Inspired by my parents’ journey as migrants, my time at AIESEC, falling in love with a movie, exposure to the hinterlands, & time as Director @ business school's Student Board — founded Leverage as part of Entrepreneurship course - at first as a career guidance app / community (circa 2014-15), then gradually kept evolving into what it’s finally become today — a 360-degree stack for the young individual who seeks upward mobility 👩🏻‍🎓
• Leverage formally became a company on April 5, 2017, evolved into LeverageEdu.com, a study abroad platform, and eventually into the Leverage.biz ecosystem, which includes Leverage Edu, Fly Finance, Univalley.ai, Fly Homes, Ivy100, Padho India & latest - Leverage Careers!
• We are the trusted platform of choice for tens of thousands of families, and help dreams come true everyday.
• Served with a whole lot of love by 800+ Leveragians across 50+ offices in 27 global cities.

Sep 2016 – Apr 2017 · 7 mos

• Part of the core team (elevated to the 6-member Exec Team that helps run the company in Dec '16) - role cut across: Revenue, Strategic Partnerships, Growth, Communications, Policy and Investor Relations.
• As Head of Partnerships: Hacked and ran multiple partnerships including with - UBER, Google, TrueCaller, Network18, Amazon, Paytm, etc. Key Partnerships Supported with Founder - Facebook SME Council, USAID, FICCI, WorldBank, + on Chatbot Initiatives (with FB Messenger,MSFT Stack)
• Led Public Policy & Government Affairs: Manage our efforts in the policy/govt space, together with COO. Includes constantly working with multiple industry bodies on policy issues. As part of this, partnered with: NSDA, Govt. Of Karnataka, StartupIndia, IndiaPost, etc.
• Outreach, Investor Relations: Help manage our external relationships in the ecosystem, represent the company at multiple industry events; also work with the founders on Investor Relations' matters/capital talks.
• Revenue Growth: Worked with CEO, COO and Board/Investor Representative, led cross-functional efforts to launch New Products. Started from scratch and built a new business unit, called Babajob Marketplace Services:
• Babajob Marketplace is aimed towards matching Babajob's assets to its strategic partners in order to further develop our product portfolio and drive new revenue streams (including SME loans, Bottom-Of-Pyramid Loans, Tax/Compliance Services, Domain Names, Cloud Telephony Solutions, Insurance Payments)
• User Acquisition, Communications, Growth: Run the PR unit, which actively contributes to User Growth, and is mapped to the business (analytics). Work with an internal team and external agencies (in India & Washington DC - Melwood Global). Metrics chased as part of Growth Campaigns: a) User Growth, b) User Engagement. Have also driven growth experiments with engineering and dev teams, working with data scientists to derive insights and growth opportunities (PokemonGo, Next Billion)

Dec 2015 – Apr 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Core Team. Work with founder across the business. Growing the Pie.
• Strategic Partnerships. Revenue Growth. User Acquisition. Investor Relations. PR. Public Policy. Evangelism.

Jul 2015 – Jun 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos · New Delhi, Bangalore

• Time of life when I thought I could ‘advice’ startups. And did for a bit. Realised quickly after starting up myself that nobody deserves to advice without living the journey themselves ;)
• Few upsides: made hell lot of friends, had learnt to self code, understood that “being the Operator” is everything & that’s all I want to do for life, & got a chance to publicly grow in front of the Indian Internet ecosystem (has its moments!).

Jul 2015 – Mar 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bangalore, Delhi

• Working with early stage companies on fundamentals/market positioning, building the first pipeline of customers, growth, partnerships, monetisation, models/metrices, fundraising strategy, etc.

Jun 2015 – Dec 2015 · 6 mos · Gurgaon, India

• Sales & Operations
• Experienced one of the most fascinating events in the country, "Diwali at an Ecommerce Company" - the #SnapdealDiwali. Oversaw a 520% sales growth across 4 months.
• Snapdeal - Uber Deal: built from scratch the Uber-Snapdeal Partnership, resulting in lot of $$, significant customer base add, national branding opportunities
• Omnichannel/Hyperlocal E-commerce Core Team / Michelin-Snapdeal partnership
• Competency Model: worked with Deloitte to help build a Competency Model for Snapdeal across the KAM function

May 2015 – Jun 2015 · 1 mo · Greater New York City Area

• 8-member Core Team working with Consulate of India in NYC, DLabs and ISB

Apr 2015 – Apr 2015 · 0 mo

• • Young Leader Award is awarded to top 1% of the graduating batch at Indian School of Business.

Jun 2014 – Apr 2015 · 10 mos

• As part of this role, I am responsible for all things Brand ISB. I have worked on every single event that has happened at ISB, sometimes leading teams while sometimes being the soldier and executing stuff right off the ground. I am a big believer of this school's vision and consider myself very fortunate to have been given the mandate of serving the school by 550+ students, and I have lived that dream every single day this year.
• Led a team of 10 individuals, who managed mini-portfolios and worked with me on 'Everything ISB':
• driving all marketing/communication/strategy decisions at ISB,
• liaising with school authorities, commercials, media
• bringing to fore new student-led initiatives in the Hyderabad campus (scouting, supporting and then help executing as GSB)
• social media management, leading from scratch multiple successful digital media campaigns
• merchandize development and end-to-end operationability of ISB's e-commerce store
• Conceptualized and built new initiatives: ISB Web 3.0 (for improving our web presence, tech improvement), ISB Brand Brigade (started a volunteer-driven initiative for managing our brand in online channels), Brand Ambassadors' Program (brainchild of my team, which we executed to brilliance, thus helping hundreds of potential students with direct advice)
• Worked with 17 professional and 12 social clubs on their go-to-market strategies and external outreach
• In my individual capacity, worked with the Dean's Office, SEAL on administrative/management decisions

May 2014 – Apr 2015 · 11 mos

• Admissions (AFA) Office was not directly connected to a Graduate Student Board Director till last year. I see 'Admissions' as one of the primary drivers of the school, building the brand via traditional adverts, digital media, analytics and city-to-city outreach - so I changed that this year!
• I actively worked with the very exciting Admissions Team, which welcomed my initiatives, and involved me in their programs, which made me even more passionate for ISB than I was before. Few key things I worked on this year as the Student Director, with AFA, are:
• Post Dean Rangnekar's referral to Munish, worked with him on strategies around smoothening international student intake
• Individually conducted ISB YLP Sessions across Delhi University and AIESEC
• Helped conduct application review sessions, overseeing the same with Sanjay + individually reviewed multiple PGP applications
• Represented the school in GMAC videos, for promoting ISB and extending our internal outreach
• Worked with Neha to bring alive the 'One School. Two Campus' video by coordinating the entire sequence in Hyderabad, working with the core team on ideation, as well as post-release promotion - the video is now used at multiple info sessions around the country/internationally
• Organized "TweetChat with Neeraj Arora" (Vice President, WhatsApp, and an illustrious alum) and interviewed him for the ISB-360 App with Neha - very successful events
• Individually hosted 7 live audio info-sessions before Round 1 and 2 deadlines
• Worked with Munish, Rupesh and Sheetal on ISB's International web-info session, which turned out to be a huge success
• Conceived and set-up ISB Brand Brigade, launched in partnership with Ms. Hima Bindu, Neha and Sanjay - to manage ISB's brand on popular admissions blogs
• As a joint initiative between MCC, Admissions and MarCom, I propelled the growth of Life@ISB video series, and ensured its success - has had a huge branding impact, thus helping in Outreach

Apr 2014 – Apr 2015 · 1 yr

• Democratically elected as a Director, Graduate Student Board; the GSB helps manage all school activities at the Hyderabad Campus; leading a team of 11 individuals across various domains
• Selected among top 7% of the batch for the ISB Advanced Leadership Program
• Represented India at World Economic Forum Young Leaders’ Conference at Astana, Kazakhstan
• Supporting Dean’s Office on business development initiatives, across North India, East Europe and Australia
• Featured in Business Today in July 2014, as part of an M&A debate with IIM-B (E-Commerce)
• Worked towards setting-up ecommerce portal for ISB merchandize (end-to-end planning, multiplayer analysis, launch, execution, and stakeholder management)
• Featured in Financial Express - Budget Feature & on Headlines Today - 'Post Budget Analysis'
• Selected to shadow Deep Kalra, Founder Chairman of Make My Trip as part of Shadow-a-CEO
• Shadowed Rajan Anandan (MD, Google India) for half day, part of ISB Digital Summit '15
• Undertook company treks at PepsiCo HQ, Group M and Facebook
• 3rd of 112 teams at IIM Bangalore’s Public Policy Comp: Waste Management Innovation, Modi Govt. Strategies
• Ideated / initiated an initiative aimed at improving lives of 1000+workforce at campus (via financial literacy)
• Working with two senior professors on a project that impacts political sustainability, governance
• Worked with Hyderabad's Children's Aid Society, & Devnar School for the Blind as part of Bandhan '15
• (continued below in the Education section..)

Apr 2015 – Jun 2015 · 2 mos · Silicon Valley

• Located in Silicon Valley, Draper University of Heroes is the brainchild of Tim Draper, (Founder at Draper Fisher Jurvetson & Investor in Skype, Tesla, Box, Hotmail, Baidu, Yammer, Solar City, SpaceX, etc).
• At Draper U, I went through a world class entrepreneurship bootcamp. Included workshops on vision /future, creativity, agility, evangelism, survival, resource acquisition, incorporation, and pitching.

Sep 2014 – Sep 2014 · 0 mo

• Represented India in the Shape Eurasia 2014 Summit, an initiative by the World Economic Forum where young leaders from around the globe, aka Global Shapers were invited for dialogue
• Over 50 nationalities were represented in the Summit
• Presented innovative model of education that suits well for the 21st Century; and inter-faith and multi-culturalism in today's dynamic world
• Supported by Ministry of Kazakhstan and World Economic Forum

Jun 2014 – Mar 2015 · 9 mos

• Selected as Founding Leader, Hyderabad Hub, World Economic Forum; working closely with Founding Curator Kranthi Vistakula
• Link to my profile on World Economic Forum website: http://www.globalshapers.org/fr/shapers/akshay-chaturvedi
• About: Shapers are highly motivated individuals who have a great potential for future leadership roles in society. They are selected on the basis of their achievements, leadership potential, and commitment to make a difference. Through the Global Shapers Community, Shapers are provided with opportunities to connect with the worldwide network of Global Shapers, to network with other World Economic Forum communities, and to represent the voice of youth at World Economic Forum events. Shapers are united by a common desire to channel the members’ tremendous energy and enthusiasm into building a more peaceful and inclusive world.

Mar 2014 – Apr 2014 · 1 mo · India

• Worked as part of the Narendra Modi Campaign. Engaged in a wide variety of campaign events (mostly digital) plus worked with volunteer sets to drive mobility in different constituencies.

Sep 2013 – Mar 2014 · 6 mos · Greater Delhi Area

• Transfer Pricing for Technology & Telecom companies
• Co-planned and executed operations with Manager and individually managed extensive relationship responsibilities, handling a portfolio of INR 10 Mn.
• Worked on a wide portfolio of clients in the telecom, retail, healthcare and investment advisory space; assisted in multiple business development initiatives
• Advance Pricing Agreement for a global healthcare giant
• Business Model Analysis for global MNCs with presence in India (focused on 10k analysis, extensive client interviews - ably supported by industry studies with research teams)
• Interacted with the top leadership of clients throughout the engagement
• Hands-on litigation experience by way of representing clients in hearings with TPOs, Dispute Resolution Panel and Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
• Gathered intensive valuation experience via day-to-day analysis of 'comparable companies' and 'precedent transactions' for all the clients within my account
• Benchmarking analysis of global telecom major using DCF Valuation
• Awarded a discretionary bonus by Partner, plus promoted to be the only non-CA & non-MBA Consultant in the India Tax practice during 2013

Feb 2012 – Sep 2013 · 1 yr 7 mos · Greater Delhi Area

• Worked on clients in the telecom, management consultancy, investment banking space, thus gaining experience in the entire transfer pricing gamut
• Assisted managers in business advisory projects for M&A clients in close liason with cross-cultural teams
• Engaged in significant client handling, including managing litigation aspects and assisting in Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) with the authorities for multiple clients
• Worked on a large scale project for a telecom major, wherein I undertook international Royalty Payment Analyses' and bench-marking studies
• Worked on complex assessment assignments for clients facing challenging business issues
• Identified possible business opportunities in different sectors and shared with Manager on an ongoing basis; attended industry conferences aimed at building networks that aided the same
• Prepared pan-industry case studies, revenue-cost models and technical memorandums for clients
• Managed the Ernst & Young Corporate Soccer team; have won 'Man of the Match' and 'Golden Ball' awards, accolaed in the firm
• Part of the Ernst & Young Corporate Social Responsibility Team - have led and managed trekking expeditions, won the 'CSR Champion' title, awarded for a clothe donation campaign by EY and Goonj

Apr 2013 – Aug 2013 · 4 mos · Greater Delhi Area

• IndiaIndulge started as an international blog, & later diversified into an online e-commerce store with the aim of helping scale up SMEs across the country.
• I understood little and was too early. Had one odd supplier which was taken away by NDTV Roots (yea they did e-com too) & my full time 16 hr gig at EY plus a soon-starting MBA plus a doesn’t-tug-at-heart led me to close it out.

Jan 2013 – Feb 2013 · 1 mo · Global

• Chosen among the global success stories by LinkedIn team - jointly by US & India offices
• Selected for leading projects in the developmental space, business development and contribution in people growth via extensively networking on LinkedIn.
• Additionally, profile selected as top 1% among 200 million LinkedIn members

Aug 2011 – Feb 2012 · 6 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Analyst in the Gurgaon office of KPMG - ‘Department Extension’ team of the London Office (responsible for Leeds,Birmingham and Manchester offices)
• Industry: Financial Services- Hedge Fund Operations, Investment Valuation and Analyzing financial statements of Global Banks
• Valuation of business & personal relationships of KPMG's Global Clients.
• Analyzing companies' and valuation of transactions using financial databases like Bloomberg, Morning Star and standard KPMG tools
• Selected as ‘Audit Idol’ from among the entire workforce
• Awarded on the ‘Junior Achievement Roll of Honor 2011’ list
• Innovation @ KPMG Award 2012: Recognized and awarded by the 'Senior Management' for innovation at work. Suggestions selected as 'best idea' across the firm and implemented for the entire division.

Jun 2011 – Oct 2011 · 4 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Assisted the MD in building DCF and LBO models, as well as presentations that end-to-end covered significant deals across Venture Capital, Growth Equity, M&A, and Private Equity. These presentations and models were then used as training material for executive coaching sessions at bulge banks, transaction advisory services of deal support teams, and as learning material for finance professionals.
• This was a part-time position, where I devoted hours after wrapping up my day at KPMG's Gurgaon Office, working from the MD's office on weekdays as well as from home on weekends.

Jul 2010 – Oct 2010 · 3 mos

• Did research for a Penguin India book called “Road to Commonwealth Games 2010”. Got a chance to meet a lot of sports people and learn to handle social media.
• The guy running the project was nice. He gave my ₹5k cheque in the hands of my father. And that made me feel great :)

Jun 2010 – Aug 2010 · 2 mos · Greater Delhi Area

• Wrote as part of MUN festivals. Loved the circuit. Gave me a chance to make friends from across the University.

May 2010 – Jul 2010 · 2 mos · Lithuania

• Due diligence stuff and mystery audits. Was paid very well in late teens for this - and loved that part, ha!

Feb 2010 – Dec 2010 · 10 mos · Greater Delhi Area

• Set up B2B merchandize business with my friend Rachit across multiple colleges in Delhi University. Made so much money. Had so much fun. Insane on-the-road hardwork and hustle to make that every little paisa though!

Sep 2009 – Dec 2009 · 3 mos · New Delhi, India

• Part of a bunch of youngsters representing Delhi University in the Audience Cell for Barkha Dutt's popular show - "We The People". Was fun, used to shoot in GK.

Sep 2009 – Sep 2009 · 0 mo · Greater Delhi Area

• I learnt to cold email people, start conversations out of nowhere, and also fell in love with the India Habitat Centre.

Jul 2009 – Jan 2011 · 1 yr 6 mos · Greater Delhi Area

• I loved my undergrad college and really wanted everyone of my peers to be successful. And I loved recruitment. It was one of the best years by job % growth in 2011, and I did my bit.

Jul 2009 – Feb 2010 · 7 mos · Greater Delhi Area

• Organised events from scratch including getting billboards made in Paharganj.

Jul 2009 – Aug 2009 · 1 mo · Greater Delhi Area

• My father devoted three decades to this group, so of course they ended up giving me an internship :)
• Wrote a few published articles
• Research on Company Profiles / business journalism 101
• Investment analysing of Govt funding
• in key national projects - NDPL, TATA etc

Jun 2009 – Aug 2009 · 2 mos

• Revival of an existing unit
• Relationships with existing clients
• Assisted MD on financial modelling, marketing, research on potential sell-side M&A deals

Feb 2009 – Apr 2010 · 1 yr 2 mos · Greater Delhi Area

• Brought in people from around the world to India & helped Indians go out abroad to experience a new world. Operated teams made up of multiple nationalities at 18, which was pretty cool for then.
• Did external comm, branding, partnerships etc etc. This opened a new world for me. Became a part of the Management Body, kind of step up to lead a team. Later went on to start my own thing in college and was fired by another senior student ;)

Sep 2008 – Dec 2009 · 1 yr 3 mos · Greater Delhi Area

• Ran the college magazine for an year. Really enjoyed this!