Siddharth Nambiar

Current
  • MBA Student at Oxford University
Past
  • Vice President - Global Strategy at Planman group
  • Vice President - Publications at Planman Consulting
  • Head of the Launch Program, Business & Economy Magazine at Planman Consulting group
Education
  • University of Oxford - Said Business School
  • London School of Economics and Political Science
  • IIPM
  • Modern School, Vasant Vihar
Connections
206 connections
Industry
Management Consulting
Websites

Siddharth Nambiar’s Summary

Set up a publishing business unit from scratch for a diversified business services group in India, recruiting over 250 experienced professionals and building systems and processes. The firm's publications are leaders in their segments, and the business unit has met its profitability targets. Created a global strategy for a diversified business services group, which involved doing business across Europe, North America and SE Asia to set up new offices.

Siddharth Nambiar’s Specialties:

Business planning, competitive analysis, managing creative teams, building organisations, business development


Siddharth Nambiar’s Experience

  • MBA Student

    Oxford University

    (Educational Institution; Management Consulting industry)

    October 2007Present (8 months)

    - Vice President: MBA Consulting Club
    - Pembroke College Rowing Team

  • Vice President - Global Strategy

    Planman group

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    March 2006September 2007 (1 year 7 months)

    - Developed a strategy for the group's key businesses to build international revenues
    - Set up new offices in the US, UK, Dubai and Singapore, and hired the group's first international employees
    - Set up a global back office business development team in India to support international offices
    - This contributed to the ITES and Offshored Financial Services business units growing from scratch into a highly profitable $15 mn within 2 years, employing over 1500 people

  • Vice President - Publications

    Planman Consulting

    (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)

    June 2005March 2006 (10 months)

    Recruited over 250 and led strategy to launch 3 new titles;
    1. 4Ps(2005), which became India’s No.1 (NRS 2006) marketing magazine (Print run 100,000) in 12 months;
    2. The Sunday Indian(2007), a news weekly with 13 editions in regional languages (Print run of 200,000);
    3. PC Magazine(2007), the world’s largest consumer personal computing
    - Won contracts to publish Indian editions for PC Magazine (Ziff Davis) and Foreign Policy (Carnegie Endowment, under negotiation)
    - Negotiated global deals to distribute Planman content with New York Times Syndicate (2000 publications) and with Project Syndicate (200 newspapers)
    - Conceptualized and set up contract publishing revenue stream to increase utilization of human capital assets: Led successful proposals to Unilever India (US $750,000) and Citibank India (US$1 mn, under negotiation)

  • Head of the Launch Program, Business & Economy Magazine

    Planman Consulting group

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)

    January 2004June 2005 (1 year 6 months)

    - During a summer internship, the Planman group MD offered to fund my business plan for a globally-relevant fortnightly business and policy magazine with a budget of US $1.2 mn; and absolute responsibility for the project
    - Recruited, selected and led a experienced team of over 50 professionals to edit, design, market and produce the magazine until launch
    - As a result, in National Readership Survey (NRS 2006), B&E was 2nd in Delhi and 3rd in Mumbai in business magazine segment. Cash-flow break-even within 13 months of launch


Siddharth Nambiar’s Education

  • University of Oxford - Said Business School

    MBA, Business Administration, 20072008 (expected)

    Activities and Societies:
    Vice President: MBA Consulting Club
    Initiated the Power Lunch Series
    Pembroke College Rowing Team
  • London School of Economics and Political Science

    Summer School, Finance, Game theory and Strategy, 20052005

  • IIPM

    20012004

    Activities and Societies:
    Head of the Extra-Curricular Committee
  • Modern School, Vasant Vihar


Additional Information

Siddharth Nambiar’s Websites:

Siddharth Nambiar’s Interests:

Teaching:, Guest lectured at St Stephens college, Delhi University, Harvard University Wordlteach program in Krakow, Poland, Introduction to Management course at IIPM, New Delhi

Siddharth Nambiar’s Groups:

SBS, Management Consulting Club, Oxford MBA

  •    Oxford Business Alumni member
  •    KIVA member
  • LinkedIn UK 1st Million Members member
  •    Private Equity and Venture Capital Group member
  •    Linking India member
  •    The Economist member
  •    India Leadership Network member
  •    Oxford MBA Volunteer Consulting Alumni member

Siddharth Nambiar’s Honors:

Outstanding Contribution for the Year 2004
Numerous awards in college for national-level debates and business plan competitions


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