ANKIT LOHIYA Email: aklohiya1988@gmail.

com
Male, 35 years Phone: +91 7972296435

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
Year Degree/Qualification Institute/Board Percentage/CPI
2011-13 PGP/MBA IIM Ahmedabad 3.16/4.0
2006-10 B.Tech Electrical Engineering IIT Kanpur CPI-9.7/10, Rank – 2
2009-10 Research Assistant University of Michigan, USA 4.0/4.0

KEY PROJECTS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Vice President, Business Growth & Strategy, Angel One – India’s 2nd Largest Retail Broking Firm Mar 2022-Current
▪ Leading business growth functions of the firm by strategizing & executing large scale digital platform initiatives
▪ Owning the top-line of 1500+Cr annually, user activation & retention targets of the business across FnO category
▪ Deeply understand customer funnel and define long term/short term requirements for the product roadmap to improve
conversions, user acquisition & retention
▪ Work with product & marketing stakeholders very closely to ideate new initiatives and pilot them for their potential scale
DVP, Business Planning & Strategy, CEO’s office, Angel One – India’s 2nd Largest Retail Broking Firm Jan 2020-Mar 2022
▪ Provided strategic, financial and analytical assistance to CEO, and managed various ad-hoc special projects
▪ Created customer experience team to understand customer problems/needs and driven product and process changes
▪ Analysed business performance, created MIS/dashboards and liaised with CXO level stakeholders in decision making
▪ Partnered with leadership team to set OKRs and track progress regularly to drive successful execution across departments
▪ Supported CFO’s office in preparing pitch decks, and prospectus document towards successful IPO and listing of the firm
▪ Evaluated a mid-sized mutual fund distribution firm for potential acquisition to fuel inorganic growth of the organization
Director, Corporate Strategy and Planning, CEO’s office, MoneyOnMobile – a Mobile Payment Start-up Aug 2018-Jan 2020
▪ Prepared investment memos/pitch decks, build business plan for next 3 years and successfully secured $18mn funding
▪ Launched prepaid card and digital lending product, developed its complete value proposition and product journey
▪ Led strategic partnerships and alliances with industry players like PayTM, Future Group, Axis Bank, OYO Rooms etc
▪ Implemented agile methodologies basis Kanban principle for project management on Trello and Slack throughout the firm
Program Manager, Business Planning & Strategy, CEO’s office, V Resorts – a Leisure Hospitality Start-up Oct 2017-Aug 2018
▪ Supported CEO in planning and overseeing new projects/initiatives across operations by gathering market intelligence
▪ Prepared investment memos/pitch decks, build DCF models & financial plan of next 5 years, and managed investor
relations in successfully securing $10mn funding
▪ Analysed business performance, managed CXO level stakeholders and prepared reports to address improvement areas
Senior Analyst, Strategy & Analytics, CRISIL Sep 2015-Oct 2017
▪ Managed client relationships and undertook business development activities by preparing project / work proposals
▪ Led a 5-member team and managed a $1.5 million project on validation of AML system for a multinational bank
▪ Doubled client’s engagement with CRISIL from its initial commitment
Executive Assistant to COO, Corporate Strategy, CRISIL Apr 2013-Sep 2015
▪ Designed and analysed business and financial MIS after coordinating with various business heads and C-level executives
▪ Conducted market attractive assessment and developed market entry strategy for a new product in India
▪ Identified and evaluated potential acquisition targets (small and mid-sized) in business analytics domain
▪ Strategized “CRISIL Inclusix”, India’s first comprehensive financial inclusion index launched by Finance minister of India
Management Consultant – Intern, Accenture Strategy Mar 2012-Jun 2012
▪ Core member to develop market entry strategy for a leading global smartphone manufacturer
▪ Determined overall smartphone market sale in India and recommended market launch price for client’s Smartphone
▪ Identified client’s target customers and determined distribution structure of major competitors
Cofounder – Nutricia, an ecommerce fresh-cut fruits retailing and delivery Dec 2012-Apr 2013
▪ Cofounded Nutricia, an ecommerce start-up for selling fresh-cut fruits and executed entire supply chain

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Oracle SQL, Teradata, Visual Basics (VBA), Advanced Excel, Lyx, Slack, Trello, Confluence, Miro

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

▪ OPJEMS Scholar: OPJINDAL Scholarship for excellent academics and leadership at IITK 2007-08
Scholarship
▪ Recipient of 3 successive scholarships for excellent academics among 546 students 2007-10
▪ Recipient of Corporate award for Analytical Excellence at CRISIL 2013-14
Awards ▪ Honoured with Proficiency/Gold Medal by Prime Minister of India for best B.Tech project 2010-11
▪ Secured All India Rank (AIR) of 248 among more than 200,000 candidates in IIT JEE 2005-06