Samad Mehdi
I turn leadership strategy into execution through planning, governance and data-led decisions.
Chief Manager, Corporate Strategy & Planning at Muthoot Fincorp. Gurugram, India.
About
I work in corporate strategy and planning in financial services. At Muthoot Fincorp, I support the leadership team on business strategy, annual planning, performance governance and enterprise-wide initiatives for the Secured and Unsecured Lending Business.
My work is to take strategy into execution: long-range planning, CEO and leadership reviews, project governance, performance monitoring and AI-enabled transformation. I like turning data into insight and building frameworks that improve decisions, productivity and sustainable growth.
Before this I spent three years at TVS Credit across corporate strategy and product management, including post-merger integration and product development. My MBA in Business Design (Design Thinking) and B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering let me pair analytical rigour with a design-led approach to problems.
What I do
Corporate strategy and planning
Long-range and annual business plans, leadership reviews and strategic initiatives.
Transformation and PMO
Project and program governance, post-merger integration and cross-functional delivery.
Product management
Customer-centric product development, including a co-branded credit card programme.
Performance and KPIs
Business performance monitoring and executive and board-level reporting.
Digital and AI initiatives
Digitisation, automation and AI-enabled transformation in lending.
Data and business intelligence
Analysis and dashboards that turn data into decisions.
Skills
Strategy
- Corporate strategy
- Growth strategies
- Market analysis
- Competitor analysis
- Business planning
Delivery
- Program management
- Project management
- PMO and governance
- Product management
- Stakeholder management
Data tools
- SQL
- PL/SQL
- Power BI
- Tableau
- Advanced Excel
Languages
- English (professional working)
- Hindi (native)
Experience
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Chief Manager, Corporate Strategy & Planning
Muthoot FincorpSupporting leadership on strategy, annual business planning, performance governance and strategic initiatives for the Secured and Unsecured Lending Business.
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Deputy Manager, Corporate Strategy
TVS Credit- Long-range and annual planning
- Project management across the organisation
- Digitisation and automation
- New initiatives, market and competitor analysis
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Management Trainee, InstaCard
TVS Credit- Managed and onboarded existing customers for TVS Credit InstaCard
- Resolved customer issues in the card business
- Led project management for the co-branded credit card
- Prepared monthly reports and decks for CEO and Board review
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Earlier roles
Social Media Coordinator at Wenture (Weschool Bangalore); Team Member at BlackFiskers; Sales and Marketing at Outlook Publishing; Business Development Executive at M.A Electricals and Steel Work; Intern at Spatez Technology.
Education and certifications
MBA, Business Design & Innovation
B.Tech, Electronics and Communications Engineering
- Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC)
- Excel: Advanced Formulas and Functions (2022)
- Information Systems Auditing, Controls and Assurance
- PL/SQL Training
- Wow award
Let’s connect
Open to connecting with people working on strategy, innovation, digital transformation and financial services.
samadmehdi95@gmail.com