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Shankar Chandrasekaran

PartnerDoha

Builds the firm’s value proposition on digital and analytics in capital projects and advises companies on strategy, performance transformation, and cost-reduction programs

Shankar is a partner in our Middle East office and a leader in our Engineering, Construction & Building Materials (ECB) Practice. With over 15 years of experience, he advises real estate developers, contractors, building materials suppliers, and public-sector entities on strategy, capital-project delivery, and large-scale transformations.

Examples of his recent client work include the following:

  • advising a Middle East real estate megaproject on end-to-end delivery, including building materials partnership strategies, innovative execution methods (e.g., modular construction), and a comprehensive blueprint for digitizing project assurance
  • guiding a top-20 global engineering and construction (E&C) company through a digital transformation program, value engineering, procurement excellence, and strategic business development
  • supporting a leading Middle East sovereign wealth fund with key interventions to secure supply chains and localize the production of building materials over the next five to ten years
  • developing a comprehensive real estate sector strategy for a major Middle Eastern economy.

PAST EXPERIENCE

Unilever
Plant manager

EDUCATION

Indian School of Business
MBA

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
BTech, mechanical engineering