Kunal Rana

Current

Engagement Manager at Strategic Decisions Group

Past

Consultant at Strategic Decisions Group
Consultant at KPMG Advisory Services
Asst. Manager, Product Development at ITC

Asst. Manager, Sales (under training) at ITC
Summer Trainee at Britannia

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Education

Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
ESADE Business School
Visvesvaraya Technological University

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Kunal Rana’s Summary

I am a consultant with Strategic Decisions Group, currently working on developing business strategies in the Energy industry.

I have worked on engagements in the areas of Corporate Strategy, Competitive/Business Strategy and Business Performance Measurement in Retail, Consumer Goods, Infrastructure, Processing and Energy industries.

Before starting my consulting career I had been working in Fast Moving Consumer Goods industry in India in the areas of channel management, brand management and product development.

Kunal Rana’s Specialties:

Strategy Development, Decision Analysis, Risk Management, Valuation, Value based Management & Maximizing Shareholder Value, Applied / Strategic Corporate Finance, Financial Modeling, Balanced Scorecard / Performance Metrics, Marketing

Industries: Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, Retail, Consumer Goods, Agri Commodities & Hospitality

Kunal Rana’s Experience

Engagement Manager

Strategic Decisions Group

(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

October 2008 — Present (10 months)

Currently advising a client on developing a world-class Refinery and Petrochemicals complex in India.

Also evaluating business opportunities in unconventional hydrocarbons.
Consultant

Strategic Decisions Group

(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

March 2008 — September 2008 (7 months)

Currently advising a client in developing their Business Strategy for their entry into Oil & Gas industry.

Recently helped one of the largest Infrastructure companies in India develop their Business plan for international foray. Developed financial models, helped the corporate decide the appropriate discount rates for analyzing international investments and advised on the corporate financing strategy.
Consultant

KPMG Advisory Services

(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

March 2007 — February 2008 (1 year)

Worked as a generalist consultant with KPMG Advisory services.

Worked with a Diversified Indian Group on developing their Corporate Portfolio Strategy and introduced the group to Value based management.

While at KPMG I also worked in the areas of competitive strategy and business performance measurement in Retail and Consumer Goods industry.
Asst. Manager, Product Development

ITC

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ITC; Consumer Goods industry)

April 2006 — March 2007 (1 year)

Worked on line extensions, new product branding and competitive brand strategies.

Project management for new product ideas, new packaging concepts and ongoing improvements in the product portfolio.

I have also assisted in implementation of Project Management tool for the new product development process at ITC as program manager.
Asst. Manager, Sales (under training)

ITC

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ITC; Consumer Goods industry)

June 2005 — April 2006 (11 months)

Trained at Coimbatore branch. Worked extensively in South TN market, learnt Tamil, training salesmen, channel management and product launches.
Designed goods delivery and merchandising innovations.
Summer Trainee

Britannia

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

April 2005 — May 2005 (2 months)

Test marketed Britannia Premium Bake Rusk in 4 cities across Uttar Pradesh. Managed the outdoor advertising, logistics,sales effort and buzz for the launch.

Kunal Rana’s Education

Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

PGDM , Marketing, Operations , 2003 — 2005
ESADE Business School

MBA (Student Exchange Programme) , 2004 — 2004
Visvesvaraya Technological University

B.E. , Electronics & Communications , 1999 — 2003