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Ankit Agarwal

PartnerBengaluru

Leads marketing-led growth in India and is a core leader in McKinsey’s High Tech, Media, Telecommunications, and Consumer Packaged Goods Practices

An entrepreneurial leader with a strong track record of delivering transformational impact, Ankit has served a range of clients in the technology, media, and telecommunications space, helping them with growth and go-to-market strategies and driving integrated margin improvement. He also serves clients across the consumer space, leveraging his deep expertise in consumer journeys and customer experience to help them accelerate sales, reduce costs, and build capabilities. In addition to his client work, he serves as managing partner for the Bengaluru office.

Key examples of Ankit’s recent impact include a 2-year cost transformation for a bellwether Indian IT-services company, a rebranding effort for one of India's largest auto-ancillary companies, and a commercial transformation program for India's leading B2B telecommunications company. He has also led the end-to-end transformation for a prominent consumer-durables company.

Ankit’s focus on consumer-insights led sales transformations has created a significant pull for him as a marketing and sales (M&S) practitioner in various sectors, including the consumer space, allowing him to create opportunities as a client entrepreneur. He has built new capabilities for the M&S Practice and convenes the M&S Practice in India and forums with industry practitioners.

Ankit has authored a paper on the shopping behavior of Indian consumers, focusing on consumer durables and auto industries. Prior to joining McKinsey, Ankit worked with a multinational investment bank and financial-services company.

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
MBA, Gold Medalist

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
BTech, biotechnology engineering