Akshay is President and Head of Commercial Excellence at Ayna, where he advises industrial, semiconductor, and private equity clients on strategic and commercially led value creation. He leads through-cycle transformations focused on strategy, diagnostics, planning, organization design, M&A, and implementation.
At Ayna, Akshay has led engagements across margin expansion, strategy, and execution. His work includes leading a carve-out, long-term strategy, business planning, and go-to-market setup for a metal packaging business, positioning it for 4–5× topline growth over five years. He has also supported the transformation of a solar EPC player, driving cash management and margin discipline to stabilize the business ahead of a period of rapid acquisition and integration.
Akshay is the author of several Ayna publications, including The Advent of the Augmented Commercial Team in Industrials and How Can Industrials Thrive during Epochal Change? He has also published with McKinsey, including Value Creation in Industrials (Nov 2022) and Flow Control: A Sector at a Crossroads (Jul 2019).
Akshay was the Chief Transformation Officer at Dabico Airport Solutions, where he led planning, a go-to market redesign, and established the sales war-room.
Previously, Akshay was an Associate Partner and leader in the Advanced Industrials Practice at McKinsey. In his decade long career at McKinsey, starting in the Mumbai and then Chicago office, he advised clients on margin improvement and growth strategy —with focus on pricing, commercial excellence, and product development.
Akshay began his career in syndicated loans and debt capital markets at DBS Bank in Singapore. He holds an MBA from the Indian School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Nanyang Technological University. He is currently based in Chicago.
Akshay is President and Head of Commercial Excellence at Ayna, where he advises industrial, semiconductor, and private equity clients on strategic and commercially led value creation. He leads through-cycle transformations focused on strategy, diagnostics, planning, organization design, M&A, and implementation.
At Ayna, Akshay has led engagements across margin expansion, strategy, and execution. His work includes leading a carve-out, long-term strategy, business planning, and go-to-market setup for a metal packaging business, positioning it for 4–5× topline growth over five years. He has also supported the transformation of a solar EPC player, driving cash management and margin discipline to stabilize the business ahead of a period of rapid acquisition and integration.
Akshay is the author of several Ayna publications, including The Advent of the Augmented Commercial Team in Industrials and How Can Industrials Thrive during Epochal Change? He has also published with McKinsey, including Value Creation in Industrials (Nov 2022) and Flow Control: A Sector at a Crossroads (Jul 2019).
Akshay was the Chief Transformation Officer at Dabico Airport Solutions, where he led planning, a go-to market redesign, and established the sales war-room.
Previously, Akshay was an Associate Partner and leader in the Advanced Industrials Practice at McKinsey. In his decade long career at McKinsey, starting in the Mumbai and then Chicago office, he advised clients on margin improvement and growth strategy —with focus on pricing, commercial excellence, and product development.
Akshay began his career in syndicated loans and debt capital markets at DBS Bank in Singapore. He holds an MBA from the Indian School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Nanyang Technological University. He is currently based in Chicago.
