Kearney appoints Kaushika Madhavan as India managing partner and country head

KOLKATA: Global management consulting firm Kearney has appointed Kaushika Madhavan as the new Managing Partner and Country Head for its India unit. Taking over from Vikas Kaushal at the beginning of this year, Kaushika will oversee business strategy and operations of Kearney India.

“The India unit has been a key part of Kearney’s success story and I am confident it will continue to deliver against our high expectations going forward”, said Alex Liu, Managing Partner and Chairman of Kearney in a statement. “Kaushika’s proven credentials in delivering breakthrough transformations for clients fit perfectly for the Kearney’s next phase of growth in India”

Kaushika has almost two decades of consulting and industry experience working with leading Indian and global clients across industries, with a focus on consumer products, retail, pharmaceuticals and healthcare. An Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad alumnus, he has been instrumental in enabling several Kearney top-notch clients achieve transformation in areas such as profitability improvement, cost reduction, service-level enhancement, process improvement, organization, and capability augmentation for rapid scale-up.