Avinash Acharya

Associate Partner

New Delhi, Delhi, India12 yrs 8 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Over 12 years of consulting and analytics experience.
  • Led impactful CSR initiatives for major corporations.
  • Cornell University Climate Change Fellow.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Social Impact Consultant with expertise in climate change and corporate social responsibility.

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Core Skills

Problem SolvingProject Management

Other Skills

AnalysisAnalyticsBusiness AnalysisBusiness StrategyCorporate FinanceData AnalysisFinancial AnalysisFinancial ModelingJavaScriptManagement ConsultingMarket AnalysisMarket EntryMarket ResearchMarketing StrategyMicrosoft Excel

About

Passionate about making the world a better place to live in by addressing climate change and use of technology. 12+ years of consulting, analytics, and business engagement experience across climate, social sector development and business strategy. A 2016 Graduate from IIM Bangalore, with a stint at McKinsey & Co and a 2019 Cornell University Climate Change Fellow.

Experience

12 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 2 mos
Current Experience

Kpmg

2 roles

Associate Director, Infrastructure and Climate Advisory

Promoted

Oct 2024Present · 1 yr 8 mos · India

Manager, Decarbonization Strategy

Apr 2023Oct 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos · India

Climate group

2 roles

Senior Manager, Energy Transitions

Promoted

Aug 2022Mar 2023 · 7 mos · India

Problem SolvingProject Management

Manager, Energy Transitions

Jul 2020Aug 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo · India

Problem SolvingProject Management

Cornell university

Online Climate Change Fellow

Sep 2019Dec 2019 · 3 mos

  • Identified, discussed, implemented, and assessed greenhouse gas mitigation actions taken locally and within the social networks of fellows; Executed a live project with 25 urban working professionals through a campaign called “Climate Save November” aimed at reducing/avoiding 5 tons of CO2 collectively in 4 weeks through behavioral changes.

Goodera

2 roles

Manager

Apr 2019Jun 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Oversaw CSR impact of 8 clients with INR 200 Cr+ annual investment; led a small cross-functional team of leads & associates from India’s top engineering institutes; worked closely in a cross-functional role engaging with sales, marketing, research and product teams to lead client delivery
  • Led Goodera’s CSR Impact 360 service-line, an offering for mid-market companies. Engineered partnerships with 15+ best-in-class NGOs in India, reviewed programs, budgets and set up reporting process. Developed appropriate legal and financial constructs to make offering viable. Led pre-sales conversations with potential clients
  • Spearheaded key strategic steps on internal organization realignment and transition from “consulting delivery” oriented model to “Center of Excellence (CoE)” model. Led effort on setting up goals, objectives, and career pathways for CoE teams
Problem SolvingProject Management

Consulting Lead

Feb 2018Apr 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • WIth Amazon: Managed end-to-end CSR across 20+ projects/partners with focus on Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) of community development projects in education, women empowerment, livelihood, health and environment. Strategized and executed roadmap for Amazon’s “Gift A Smile” program; Co-developed a disaster response enablement process leading to global recognition for Amazon on its efforts during natural disasters in India
  • With Dell: Drove M&E of Dell “Legacy of Good” program in APJ region implemented through 10+ NGO partners. Consulted Dell India on transitioning to Dell Global’s “Vision 2030”. Led expansion of Goodera’s business to Dell Global and the global platform roll-out process
  • With Lenovo: Co-developed CSR strategy, conceptualized shared-value project on skilling; oversaw M&E and execution
  • With Mondelez: Designed a 3-year CSR strategic roadmap – reviewing past CSR work and exploring focus areas around nutrition, plastic recycling, agriculture, sports and community development to set up a 2022 vision aligned with Indian govt missions
  • Designed the IPL 2018 RCB Green Campaign - digital marketing and on-ground execution in collaboration with Diageo team
Problem SolvingProject Management

Gep worldwide

Senior Consultant

Jun 2016Jan 2018 · 1 yr 7 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Led strategic procurement for a Fortune 500 company with spend of $30 MM; Rationalized Material Handling Fleet; Executed procurement strategy for production to delivery of Point-Of-Sale Material; Strategized roadmap to evaluate & award business partner to devise Chinese E-commerce market entry strategy for Organic Baby Food brand.

Sportscafe

Intern

Apr 2016May 2016 · 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Devised channel strategy for online marketing; implementation led to 20% followership rise on twitter & 65% rise on Instagram in 2 months
  • Led the branding effort for Sportscafe from scratch; arrived at brand proposition; devised strategy and implemented brand communication for 2 weeks; Laid implementation roadmap for next 2 months
Problem SolvingProject Management

Gep worldwide

Intern

Apr 2015May 2015 · 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Identified savings opportunities for US pharma company in indirect spend, specifically in MRO through
  • o Consolidating suppliers under one umbrella integrator; verifying baseline based on contracts
  • o Evaluating compliance of integrator to identify transactions, where monetary value can be recovered
  • o Identifying a high-spend category under MRO & sensing mkt potential for lower cost of procurement

Mckinsey & company

2 roles

Analyst

Jan 2013May 2014 · 1 yr 4 mos · Greater Chennai Area

  • Corporate Banking: Estimated volumes & wallet sizes of 900 corporates, presented in int'l conference
  • Corporate Banking: Streamlined profitability measurement process, 2 clients, staffed onsite SE Asia
  • Insurance: Designed micro-market strategy, improved sales force productivity by 20%, 10 Indian mrkts
  • NBFC, India: Designed 1st in market agent allocation process using google maps, savings INR 15 Cr
  • Pharma: Modelled supply schedule across 20 brands, & geographies, supported key business decisions

Junior Analyst

May 2011Dec 2012 · 1 yr 7 mos · Greater Chennai Area

  • Oil & Gas: Ensured milestone adherence; 20+ teams, 100+ initiatives, improved productivity of client
  • Social sector: Set up performance assessment system, 150 schools, Mumbai School Excellence Program
  • In-house: Drafted PnL simulator to optimize HR process, supported McK mgmt to devise 5 year strategy
Problem Solving

Education

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

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

Jan 2014Jan 2016

Vellore Institute of Technology

Bachelor's degree — Information Technology

Jan 2007Jan 2011

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