Anand Narasimhan
Anand has had an eventful career of around twenty years providing leadership in multi-national corporations across various functional domains. He brings a blend of managerial, technical, functional skills backed by a proven record in people management, developing strategy, business partnering and resource optimization.
He joined Merck as the as the regional controller in 2014 where he provided financial stewardship to the APAC business and guided the team to deliver aggressive growth and profitability expectations. His team set up robust systems & processes, analytical rigor, cross functional collaboration, strategic and functional thought leadership and has been instrumental in setting up processes to help monitor and drive the business. He has also worked on significant value creation and change management activities and on creating a diverse and strong finance community. At Merck he has been a key influencer for the adoption of the IBP processes, and also led the digital transformation agenda for the APAC commercial organization.
In his past mandate, he worked at Novartis as the Head of Business Planning for the International Region (Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific, 2011-14), and as the Head BPA India (2008-11) where he was instrumental in turning around the fledgling India OTC business. At Novartis he has rotated through roles in finance, strategy, and has also done a stint in sales. Prior to Novartis he worked in the advisory space with PwC and with Mahindra Satyam BPO where he headed finance and was a member of the management team that achieved a robust 90%+ year-on-year growth. He has also been an entrepreneur and headed his startup company.
Anand is an Associate Chartered Accountant from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He holds an MBA in Analytical Finance, Strategy & Leadership from Indian School of Business and an Executive MBA in General Management from IMD School of Business. He is passionate about developing people and building winning teams.