Reshma Ramachandran - Chief Transformation Officer and Member of the Executive Committee

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Wettingen, Switzerland

Experience

Oct 2023 - Jun 2025

1 year 9 months

Chief Transformation Officer and Member of the Executive Committee

APCOA

Launched and executed a comprehensive Value Creation Plan (VCP), delivering 16% EBITDA growth in Year 1, outperforming the historic 10–12% trajectory.
Achieved €80 million topline growth and a successful country divestment at a 17x EBITDA multiple, significantly enhancing shareholder returns.
Accelerated digital transformation, consolidating operations onto a single platform and adding 1.3 million new users, scaling customer engagement and data monetization.
Led operating model redesign in Year 2 to realize €5 million additional cost savings, embedding continuous improvement across the organization.
Delivered a 60% uplift in fair market valuation within the first year, with the value creation roadmap fully institutionalized and on track for further upside

Jan 2023 - Present

3 years 1 month

Senior Advisor, Transform Practice

Boston Consulting Group

Jan 2023 - Present

3 years 1 month

Non-Executive Director

ISS A/S

Jan 2022 - Dec 2024

3 years

Non-Executive Director

Oxford Instruments Plc

Jan 2021 - Jan 2023

2 years 1 month

Chief Transformation Officer

The Adecco Group

Drove transformation areas including data & digital, business model innovation, go-to-market and customer experience.
Reported to the CEO and board of directors to drive digital transformation and overall portfolio management.
Developed and executed a value creation plan that included strategic positioning through the creation of 3 strong brands, reducing from 46 disconnected brands.
Accelerated growth through pricing and advanced analytics, launching data as an asset and achieving €230 million top line growth in two years.
Drove a purpose-driven portfolio with a People First principle.
Achieved €70 million EBITA increase through dynamic pricing, 10% increase in digital sales (zero touch) and €90 million incremental revenue leveraging candidate data use cases, overachieving financial benefits by 20% in Year 2.
Trained 4,000 employees on AI and digital through micro learnings and launched NewCo (now r.potential) with Salesforce to leverage data for customer value and generate a new revenue stream.

Oct 2018 - Dec 2020

2 years 3 months

Switzerland

Group Vice President & Head of Engineering

ABB Group

Headed the Power up Transformation Program for the divestment of the Power Grids business, increasing EBITA from 2.3% to 9.8% against a target of 11% and driving €800 million topline growth in two years.
Created a new service business line leveraging installed base data, generating USD 400 million in revenue.
Leveraged data to reduce cost of sales by 10% using design to value.
Dual role heading engineering of a USD 3.2 billion business and transformation of an USD 11 billion division.

Jan 2017 - Sep 2018

1 year 9 months

Switzerland

Group Vice President, Product Development

ABB Group

Managed all products within the business including execution engineering, R&D and service engineering.
Developed and implemented strategy and business operating model through data analytics and product insights.
Created go-to-market strategies for existing products and generated new products.

Nov 2015 - Dec 2016

1 year 2 months

Sweden

Global Head Project Management & Engineering Grid Systems

ABB Group

Operationally responsible for large value projects (>USD 300 million) and functionally responsible for creating and developing a new function focused on operational excellence.
Turned around two large value loss-making projects and was recognized as a top performer for setting up the new function.
Transformed a large loss-making project business worth USD 1 billion.

Feb 2013 - Feb 2015

2 years 1 month

Switzerland

Director Project Management

General Electric/Alstom Power

Operationally responsible for large value projects (>USD 300 million) and functionally responsible for the project management function.
Achieved break-even of loss-making projects with cash conversion of 1:1.
Led business process optimizations and internal efficiency improvements across 36 countries.

Jul 2008 - Feb 2012

3 years 8 months

Management Consultant & Entrepreneur

Management Consulting

Led transformation projects for British Petroleum in the Asia Pacific region and provided strategy consulting to Norwegian Rail and China Rail.
Founded an entrepreneurial venture enabling new mothers to return to flexible working.

Jul 2001 - Jun 2008

7 years

India

Project Director, Business Transformation

Larsen & Toubro Ltd

Joined as a management trainee in an accelerated leadership development program, including two-year rotations across businesses and functions.
Served as Chief of Staff to the CEO for 18 months and joined the business transformation team.
Managed projects including a 1,050 MW combined cycle power plant with Siemens and the world’s largest greenfield airport project.

Summary

I have 24 years of corporate experience working in multi-cultural teams and geographies. I bring a wealth of experience in business transformation, wherein I have managed businesses operating at massive scale and helped steer the transformation of traditional businesses. I have a track record of leadership in a high-scale environment and a proficiency in strategic transformation with a strong focus at the intersection of digital technologies and people & culture. I am a leader who has run industry-leading leviathans but also gets excited about enabling brand-new technologies and the yet-to-be invented products. I am Certified Six Sigma master black belt & Agile Practitioner.

Consistent success in diverse businesses including consumer services, manufacturing, talent advisory, technology, power & energy, oil & gas and transportation with a record of achievement leveraging divestiture, large and small international M&A, digital technologies and entering new markets to generate revenues and profits that exceed market rates.
Defining and steering the strategic business shift of the world’s largest staffing company unlocking the power of data & cloud technology with a strong focus on people & culture.
Proven people leader in strategy development and translating the strategy in execution to deliver value to all stakeholders. Strong focus on execution excellence and driving outcomes with early problem solving skills.
Building & leading teams across segments, geographies and industry verticals, driving innovation, scalability, and disruptive processes & organization structure to deliver value at a Group level including restructuring & divestments.
Over $1 Bn USD manufacturing business turnaround within ABB and setting up new functions by going above and beyond as top performer. TSR of ABB was increased by over 100% following the transformation.
Successfully led Euro 25 billion & USD 11 Billion transformations, facilitated decision making and supported long term strategic planning across geographies, including strategic M&A and divestments with focus on unlocking the power of data.

Languages

German

Native

French

Native

Italian

Native

Romansh

Native

English

Advanced

Education

Oct 2005 - Jun 2007

SPJAIN Institute of Management & Research

Master of Business Administration, General Management · Business Administration in General Management · India

Oct 2000 - Jun 2001

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT)

Master's Degree, Technology Management · Technology Management · India

Certifications & licenses

Agile Practitioner

Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt

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Summary

Languages

Education

SPJAIN Institute of Management & Research

Master of Business Administration, General Management · Business Administration in General Management · India

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT)

Master's Degree, Technology Management · Technology Management · India

Certifications & licenses

Agile Practitioner

Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt

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