Santhosh Kumar Lakshmi Narayanan, Principal Consultant

Santhosh Kumar Lakshmi Narayanan

Principal Consultant

Chennai Consulting Group

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Diploma, Junior Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers
Experience
23 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :23 years, 9 Months

Principal Consultant at Chennai Consulting Group
  • India - Chennai
  • My current job since July 2010

•Expertise in the entire consulting life cycle starting from expression of interest to implementation.
•Principally offer expertise, solution, information, management and support tools to the clients.
•Practice in BFSI, healthcare, logistics, media, IT/ ITeS, manufacturing, education, HR and training.
•Manage and mentor an expert team of managers and industry consultants.

Achievements:
•Currently implementing market penetration and expansion strategy for the India’s largest non - life insurance company (north and central India)
•Strategic consultant for evaluating the new life insurance product for a multinational insurance company.
•Principal C in stitching INR 130 crore, equity swap for a super specialty hospital in Kerala.
•Key resource in designing new vertical for the second largest battery company in India.
•Lead consultant in the ‘content’ restructuring of the largest regional weekly in Tamil Nadu.
•Key partner for empanelment with Bank of India and Indian overseas bank as TEV consultants

Regional Head-Corporate sales at AVIVA Life Insurance Company (India) Ltd
  • India - Chennai
  • November 2008 to June 2010

Job Profile:
•In-charge of corporate sales, group life insurance products for South India.
•Manage operations including pricing, structuring, banking, claims and product development
•Dotted line responsibility for bancassurance, broking and business associate teams.
•Responsible for design and execution of market approach strategy for South India

Achievements:
•Structured and launched INR 85 crore gratuity portfolios with predominately debt instruments.
•Advised and serviced the single largest client with INR 15 crore fund portfolio.
•Secured the largest single premium deal of INR 85 lakhs.
•Handled the largest microfinance group insurance client.
•Proactive interaction with actuaries leading to better pricing and profitability.
•Instrumental in launching short term debt plan option to curtail losses to clients.
•Key member in launching of student insurance product

AVP-Private Client Group at Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd
  • India
  • October 2007 to July 2008

Job Profile:
•Create a customer base for largest securities company (private client group) - South India.
•Develop and manage a team of relationship managers and deliver expertise to private client group.
•Create a complete backend support system for client interaction and data interpretation.

Achievements:
•Pivotal role in launching customized new investment products like REITS min INR 5 crore size.
•Instrumental in delivering INR 6.5 million life insurance premium.
•Accomplished 110% revenue target

Senior Relationship Manager at ABN AMRO Bank
  • India - Chennai
  • May 2005 to October 2007

Van Gogh Preferred Banking.

Job Profile:
•Acquire and manage corporate and HNWI relationships.
•Compliance with banking regulations including anti-money laundering.

Achievements:
•Accomplished 140% revenue target and achieved insurance penetration to 93% of client base.
•Handled the top corporate and HNWI with portfolio average equity book size of INR 55 crore.
•Award for successful initiation of anti money laundering (CAAML) guidelines.
•Implemented “Suraksha” a strategic tie-up with corporates, generating net premium of INR 43 lakhs

Cluster head – Investment and services at ICICI Bank Ltd
  • India - Chennai
  • June 2000 to May 2005

• ICICI Direct.com; headed product team - South India (largest online share trading platform)
• Regional sales manager (Tamil Nadu) for
- ICICI bank pure gold,
- Reserve bank of India (RBI) bonds and Agent channel management.

Achievements:
• Instrumental in launching ICICI Direct in Tamil Nadu.
• Acknowledged by bank for consecutively leading pan India gold sales.

Education

Diploma, Junior Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers
  • at Indian Institute of banking & finance
  • July 2015

‘Junior Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers’ JAIIB

Master's degree, Specialization: Marketing & Finance
  • at ICFAI Business School- MBA
  • April 2000

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (MBA).

Bachelor's degree, Pharmacy
  • at Dr. MGR medical university
  • October 1998

Specialization: Novel drug delivery system

High school or equivalent, Science
  • at Higher Secondary School Education, Tamilnadu
  • April 1993

Higher Secondary School Education, Tamilnad

Specialties & Skills

Banking
Management
Team Leadership
Sales and Marketing
Business Development
BANKING
CONSULTING
CONTENT MANAGEMENT
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
EQUITIES
HUMAN RESOURCES
INSURANCE
STRATEGIC

Languages

English
Expert
Tamil
Native Speaker
Hindi
Expert
Telugu
Beginner

Memberships

Pondicherry University
  • Member of PG board of studies in ‘Consultancy management
  • June 2014
The Indus entrepreneurs’
  • Member of ‘The Indus entrepreneurs’ (TiE)
  • May 2013
‘Madras management association’ (MMA).
  • Member of Madras management association’ (MMA).
  • November 2014

Training and Certifications

‘Junior Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers’ JAIIB (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2015
Valid Until:
January 9999
‘Research Methodology & Decision Making using statistical tools’ (Training)
Training Institute:
Research and Consulting School
Date Attended:
May 2013
Duration:
60 hours
AMFI – Mutual fund (Distributors) module (Training)
Training Institute:
National Securities Depository Limited
Date Attended:
November 2007
Program on Business consulting (Training)
Training Institute:
Research and Consulting School
Date Attended:
January 2014
Duration:
36 hours
NSDL – Depository operations module (Training)
Training Institute:
National Securities Depository Limited
Date Attended:
January 2004

Hobbies

  • Painting
    General Hobbies