LinkedIn: 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

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Education

University of Oxford - Said Business School
London School of Economics and Political Science
IIPM

Modern School, Vasant Vihar

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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 2007 — Present (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 2006 — September 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 2005 — March 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 2004 — June 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, 2007 — 2008 (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, 2005 — 2005
IIPM

2001 — 2004

Activities and Societies:

Head of the Extra-Curricular Committee
Modern School, Vasant Vihar

Additional Information

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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