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PRASHANTH VASU
(phone: +919873415430, email: prashanthvasu@gmail.com)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Ramco Group, President, Strategy 2021- current
●USD 1.1 bn group with interests across Cement, Building Materials, Textiles, IT Products. Lead Strategy with a current focus on Cements.
McKinsey & Company, Partner (Worked across London, Mumbai, Chennai) 2002- 2020
●Led Transformation journeys across sectors, primarily pharmaceutical and healthcare, also Financial Services and Industrials. Worked across topics such as operations, strategy, M&A and leadership development, organizational change, top team alignment.
●Pharmaceutical: Led 15+ transformation journeys, 10+ clients (India, Overseas)
—Created the R&D service line in India for Generic Pharmacos. Served 5+ clients on R&D strategy, productivity, product launch, R&D-Manufacturing interface
—Led major cost transformation programs for three major Indian generics pharmacos
—Led growth and partnership strategy for MNC pharmacos in India
—Led diligences and post-merger management for 2 major deals in India
●Broader Healthcare: Led programs across healthcare – public health to payor/provider
—Part of the founding team that created the Public Health Foundation of India
—Led a strategy, operations, commercial transformation for a large provider in India
—Led the margin transformation of one of the large pharmacy chains in India
—Led public health work for foundations on maternal & child health, immunization etc.
●Expertise and formally certified in Leadership, Top Team & Organisational Development
—Led top team development efforts across pharmacos, logistics, automotive, chemicals
—Touched over 100 leaders across clients, sectors on their personal transformations
●Led select operational transformations for clients in financial services, automotive, chemicals
Sanmar Engineering, Operations Manager (California, India), 1997-2001
●Core member of the founding team that set-up Sanmar-PTI Filters as a JV in India. Rated among the top 7% of young talent identified by the group Chairman
EDUCATION
Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India – MBA, Founding Batch (2001-02)
●Member of the Dean’s List (top 10% of class), 1 of 3 selected into McKinsey & Company
Texas A&M University, USA – Masters in Industrial Engineering, (1994-96)
●Graduated top of the class with 4.0 GPA
Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India – B. Tech Mechanical Engg. (1990-94)
●Top 10% of class, recipient of Governor’s Gold Medal for All-Round Proficiency
EXTRA CURRICULAR INTERESTS
●Keen spiritual seeker- Practitioner (24 years) & Trainer (8 years) of Heartfulness Meditation (support individuals and conduct programs for corporates, colleges and so on)
●Tennis (was a nationally ranked Tennis player as a teenager) and Classical Music enthusiast (play the flute and learn vocal music)
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