Shiva Lakshmanan

H-110/10 7th Avenue Besant Nagar, Chennai 600090 India

Ph: +91 9840875827 e-mail: shivalakshmanan@yahoo.com

Leadership through Insight

In my 8 years at work, I have strived at inspiring people with a through rigorous technical analytics and insights. This has emanated from a passion for work and a strong belief in my capabilities.

 

Qualifications

FINANCE

·         Analyzing Investment Risk through income modeling, scenario analysis and Monte- Carlo simulation

·         Detailed Financial analysis of Greenfield & Brown field projects to evaluate viability including estimation of cash flows and complete project value

·         Investment returns analysis using Real Options, CAPM & NPV methods

 

RESEARCH & CONSULTING

·         Detailed Market studies & feasibility solutions in the Real Estate and Health care verticals

·         Review Market dynamics, Demand potential and Competition scan to establish strategies that would outline the Optimal Product & Quantum Mix

·         Formulation of development mix, phasing strategy, positioning, pricing and other relevant variables

 

PLANNING & MANAGEMENT

·         Negotiate with investors, financial institutions, Vendors to achieve optimal conditions & rates

·         communicate with the stake holders at various stages in a project to achieve results

·         Initiate processes & allocate resources while working to achieve targets

·         Develop appropriate metrics to assess & monitor functional unit performance

 

Track Record

Manager, Research & Advisory services at Cushman & Wakefield., at Chennai, India 2006

Industry: Real Estate Consultancy

 

Work Profile:

v      Research & advisory services forms a key value addition for clients looking to invest in new ventures/ evaluate financial & market performance of existing businesses

v      Business development and cross- selling involving involvement of Capital markets & Client services teams within the company

 

Responsibilities:

v      Establishing a base for Research & advisory services in southern region and ramping up business to achieve growth targets.

 

Achievements:

v      Created a framework for analyzing investment risk in boom markets and realize a better returns estimate.

v      Kick-started Macro and micro market monitoring modules to support market demand assessment.

v      Achieved 200% revenue growth over pervious quarter through fast track execution of assignments.

v      Explored new- market potential with overseas venture into Colombo, Sri Lanka.

 

Management Intern at AF Ferguson & Co., at Chennai, India 2005

Industry: Management Consultancy

 

Work Profile:

v      Management Consultant to the clients on Insurance & Finance

v      Part of a Team providing services to other businesses

 

Achievements:

v      Identified key market drivers & evolved KSF for the sector analysis as part of Pre-feasibility study for a Non-Life Insurance provider looking to enter Indian market

v      Financial Modeling based on Capital line date to identify and benchmark poor performance in industries as part of business development

v      Approach paper on Micro-Insurance as part of report for GoTN (a State in the union of India)

 

Manager at STS Holdings Ltd., working at Dhaka, Bangladesh 2003-2004

Industry: Healthcare

 

Work Profile:

v      Technical Consultant to the client on issues of Project finances, Program & Planning

v      Team up to manage the Project business unit

v      Establish protocols to micro manage consultants on the project

 

Responsibilities:

v      In charge of an office team of 10 people & processing 25 different functional units

v      Monthly assessment & reporting involving stakeholders viz., directors, financial institutions, functional heads & consultants

 

Achievements:

v      Fine tuned the planning parameters for the Greenfield project in Dhaka – Budget USD 250 million

v      Successfully resolved a no. of crises involving the functional units to drum up their performance and achieve on time completion.

v      Provided risk mitigation reports to support an equity restructuring and allow for continued support from the Financial investors

 

Consultant at Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd., working at Colombo and New Delhi 1998-2003

Industry: Health Care consultancy

Work Profile:

v      Consultant on healthcare facility Planning, Management & financial assessment as part of a Company Managing 6000 hospital beds and growing at 8% per annum

v      Project head for USD300 million facility at Colombo and USD 250 million at Dhaka in charge of key deliverables and reporting to Business unit head on Project performance

v      Deputed to on-site management and reporting to promoters on functional head performance

 

Key Responsibilities

v      Perform Market analysis and Report on project feasibility and model cash flows

v      Project sector demand pattern and assess risk factors

v      Capital Budget heads allocation

v      Monitor functional unit performance, and optimize resource allocation for timely project completion

Achievements

v      Analyzed south Asian markets to identify key areas to help achieve target top-line growth for Apollo hospitals group. The projects at Colombo, Delhi and Dhaka have added sizable revenues to the company

v      Identified growth parameters to model optimal capacity and develop functional roll out plan. In the first 5 years of operations, the facility of Colombo has grown close to my projections

v      Part of the analysis team working on the USD150 million syndicated loan agreement with IFC and local banks. I had drafted the risk mitigation reports for the promoters in line with the FI norms

v      Fine tuned budget subheads on the project EPC to align it with changing services requisites during project lifetime. This was presented as part of monthly reporting to promoters

v      Evolved appropriate metrics for periodic progress reports on functional units to enable loan disbursements

 

Education

MBA, International Business
Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand & IIM Bangalore, India 2004-06

Finance and International Business

·         GPA 3.81/4, AIT Fellowship awardee

 

B.Arch., Engineering & Design
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, India 1992-97

·         GPA 3.67/4, Convener, NASA: RECT chapter

 

IT & Other Skills

·         Econometric tools: SPSS, E-Views, @Risk

·         Business/ office Software like MS Office, Adobe suite and CADD software

·         Operating systems: Win 98/2000/XP, Rh Linux 9.0 & Versatility in Internet and related utilities

·         Familiarity with US/South Asia GAAP

 

Interests & Other Details

Literary Criticism, Philosophy & Non fiction mostly expressed in the form of readings and discussions

Languages Known Tamil, Hindi, English - Business/ Working Knowledge

French, Bangla - Superficial Knowledge

 

References:

 

v      Mr. Cherukuri Sasidhar, Managing Director, AICPL Pvt. Ltd.

New delhi, India Ph: +91 9811171439

v      Prof. Michel Henry Bouchet, Director MScIF, Head Global Fianace Chair,

CERAM Sophia Antipolis www.globalfinance.org

v      Mr. Sandeep Trivedi, Regional Manager, Cushman & Wakefield India Ltd.

Ph: +91 9880869209