Priyesh Soundararajan
Advisor to the Board and Managing Partner
Experience
Mar 2023 - Oct 2024
1 year 8 months Singapore
Advisor to the Board and Managing Partner
a Singapore-based Family Office
- Project Management of Deals
- Deal Making & Structuring in Europe
- Go to Market (Europe) advisory
Mar 2022 - Dec 2022
10 monthsFreelance Management Consultant
Allianz Risk Consulting at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS SE, now Allianz Commercial)
- Deputy Product Owner for a workstream on a Global Program running on SaFe methodology.
- Management Consultant to the Program Director Transformation.
- Management Consultant to Global Head of Global Business Solutions.
- BA. Transcribing the change of the legacy system into the cloud.
- Feasibility study for new IT tools, including legal requirements of data residency and business requirements.
- Solutioning the integration between legacy systems and legacy systems with new age systems.
- Data Migration planning for integrating legacy systems with new-age systems.
- Defining the division's Operations Strategy for 2023.
- Revision of the SLAs across the regions and Allianz entities.
- Capitalisation of the Program.
- Writing and refining Epics and defining them for the IT teams to write up user stories and develop the product.
Jan 2015 - Dec 2019
3 yearsEntrepreneur, CEO/COO
Various Startups
- Founded startups in Big Data/Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Technology, Behavioural Analytics & Outsourcing Services.
- Business Mentor/Advisor & Venture Growth Partner for Startups and Accelerators.
- Over a decade of e in the startup ecosystem in Europe & India.
- CEO, COO.
- Product Owner.
- Go-To-Market Strategist.
- Pre- Sales and Business Development to Distribution.
Aug 2011 - Dec 2015
4 years 5 monthsBusiness Operations Manager
Allianz Risk Consulting at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS SE, now Allianz Commercial)
- Strategic Consulting – Created Global Operating Models.
- Business Transformation through Digital Automation – Created a global CRM from scratch to centrally capture critical customer insurance data, complete business management from planning to execution for all Lines of Business and Regions.
- IT Solutioning and Change.
- End to End Project Management from Concept to Delivery.
- Business Requirement Analysis and Business Process Improvement.
- Offshoring & Centralizing Operations, including creating & handling KPIs.
- Due Diligence – Vendor selection.
- 5 Million Euros per year saved by Offshoring & Centralizing Operations.
- Service Provider (Allianz Services India) Management – Setup & Managed KPIs of Operation Teams.
- Digital Automation of Business Processes (IT Solutioning and Global Processes).
- Managed Business projects with Global rollouts for Business Change and IT rollouts/upgrades – Across 30 countries.
- Built the legal process for 3rd party contracting. Compliant according to US, German, French, UK and Singapore local Laws & Regulations – 400 third-party contractors onboarded across the world.
- Core Business Process efficiency gains – 1 million euros a year savings.
- Other Global Business processes – 500k euros a year savings.
- Innovation strategy and Management – built the innovation model for the division.
Sep 2008 - Jul 2011
2 years 11 monthsSenior Manager Business Change & Transformation
Allianz Cornhill Information Services (ACIS)
- Led and delivered the Operation's workstream for a large IT Project spanning America, Europe & Asia Pacific.
- The role was to Transform multiple small entities into one Large organisation. This was done by defining & setting up global processes, cutting across different Lines of Business and Regions, Solutioning into application development, ensuring delivery of these processes & applications and incorporating Change, leading to substantial cost benefits with estimated yearly savings at € 10 Million and potential value of 100s of Million.
- Strategic Consulting and Business / Organizational Transformation: Ensure the delivery of Organizational Strategy/ Target Operating Models / Objectives and the smooth transition of Change.
- Business Solutioning – Managing stakeholders from across different Allianz entities in Europe and the US, scoping out work, Solutioning them into projects and offshoring them to BPO or IT ODCs.
- Client Management – Managed distributed IT vendor teams offshore to deliver the tool for AGCS.
- End-to-End Portfolio / Project Management.
- PMO & PSO set up & Management of the Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC).
- Outsourcing, Offshoring and Transitions.
Nov 2005 - Sep 2008
2 years 11 monthsManager Business Change and Migrations
Aviva Global Shared Services (AGSS)
- Aviva Global Shared Services (AGSS) is the governing arm of Aviva Plc. - Norwich Union. Handled its offshore operations across 6 locations and five suppliers.
- Merger – part of the team that sold the entire offshore business for £225 million.
- Structural & Organizational Change – Build Operate Transfer (BOT) Model & Strategic M&A of AGSS.
- Business Change and Portfolio Governance – Managed the entire book of Change, spanning 6 Locations and five vendor partners.
- Client Management – Aviva entities across Europe.
- Customer Management – Internal BPO / IT Vendors.
- Program / Project Management.
- Process Migration and end-to-end Transitions – over 5000+ seats to India.
- Team Management – Lead Huge teams across centres worldwide.
Jan 2003 - Dec 2005
3 yearsCoach
America Online – AOL member services
Jan 2002 - Dec 2004
2 yearsProfit Center Head
PBSC Spectacular Solution Limited
Jan 1999 - Dec 2003
3 yearsRegional Profit Head
Solution Centre Pvt. Ltd.
Jan 1998 - Dec 2000
3 yearsBusiness Manager
Chenasian Consumable Specialties Ltd.
Summary
A respected senior leader with deep expertise in change management, digital transformation, project/program management and outsourcing, having implemented multi-million-dollar projects worldwide. He has created divisions or greenfield centres from scratch and grown them to a 1000(s) plus seater. He is known for his problem-solving and business process abilities to drive organisational decisions and growth while enhancing the customer experience.
Excellent Leadership abilities worked with C-level executives, reputation for High Achievement and integrity, known to Deliver at all times, and proven track record of strategy setting and execution concerning customer journeys, product development, and growth and transformation projects within agile environments.
He has been an entrepreneur in the past. His startups dealt with data-driven behavioural technologies, using the power of Big Data to fulfil their customers' business outcomes.
Languages
Hindi
Native
Tamil
Native
English
Advanced
German
Intermediate
Education
University of Madras
Bachelor of Commerce · Commerce · India
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
Executive MBA · Business Administration · Bengaluru, India
Certifications & licenses
PRINCE 2
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