Pankaj Rai (He/Him/His)
Group Chief Data and Analytics Officer @ Aditya Birla Group
Aditya Birla Management Corporation Pvt Ltd•Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
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Link to my YouTube channel : https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu4MOXp9aX097JECf151KgoZ2jHL3POUT Diverse portfolio of experiences including consulting, credit, 6 sigma, strategy, analytics and digital across financial services & offshoring and now in one of the largest Indian conglomerate. Started off as a management consultant at Feedback Ventures in Delhi (2 years). Subsequently worked in project financing with ICICI in Delhi (4.5 years). Joined GE Capital's commercial financing business working as a credit underwriter, portfolio manager & 6 sigma leader (4 years). Standard Chartered Bank followed - operating out of Singapore, I was the Business Planning Manager for the Bank's Shared Service Centers located in India and Malaysia (1.5 years). Dell, Bangalore - Strategy Director for the offshore business (2.5 years) and building out the internal Analytics team (8.5 years). Wells Fargo - Global delivery strategy to drive the 3Es ie effectiveness, efficiency and experiences. Key initiatives included establishing the digital capabilities to enable the Bank’s digital channels and an internal consulting team to drive global programs (5.5 years). Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Aditya Birla Group enabling the analytics maturity journey across group companies by solving problems leveraging data science, creating horizontal data platforms as also developing people capabilities. Specialties: Analytics Strategic Planning Risk Management 6 Sigma Operations & Technology
Career Timeline
- Aug 2021–Present· 5 yrs 1 mo
- Chief Data and Analytics Officer, GroupCurrentAug 2021–Present
- 2016–Aug 2021· 5 yrs 7 mos
- Senior Vice President, Strategy2016–Aug 2021
- Mar 2005–2016· 10 yrs 10 mos
- Director, AnalyticsSep 2007–2016
- Director, StrategyMar 2005–Sep 2007
- Apr 2004–Mar 2005· 11 mos
- Manager, Business PlanningApr 2004–Mar 2005
- Oct 2003–Mar 2004· 5 mos
- Head - Program Management OfficeOct 2003–Mar 2004
- Oct 1999–Sep 2003· 3 yrs 11 mos
- Head - 6 Sigma, Operations and TechnologyMar 2002–Sep 2003
- Head of IT Portfolio ManagementMar 2001–Mar 2002
- Head - Regional UnderwritingOct 1999–Mar 2001
- Mar 1995–Sep 1999· 4 yrs 6 mos
- Relationship ManagerMar 1995–Sep 1999
- 1993–1995· 2 yrs
- Senior Manager, Information Technology1993–1995
Education
Diploma
British Chevening Scholarship Program for Indian Bankers
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)MBA
General Management
Indian Institute of Management AhmedabadB Tech
Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, DelhiClass XII
Science
Modern School, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi