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Outsized is led by former management consulting and financial services professionals

Our leadership team all have significant management consulting and financial services experience. We know what good looks like and what it takes to succeed

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Directors

Niclas Thelander

Founder & CMO | London

20 years total experience from KPMG Strategy, Strategy Head at Credit Insurer Atradius and Director at insurance PE fund LeapFrog Investments.

In addition to his overall responsibilities, he leads our Talent and Marketing teams. Please contact Niclas for strategic and group-level enquiries via niclas@outsized.com.

Anurag Bhalla

Co Founder & MD | Singapore

10 years at Legal & General across platforms, innovation and key growth areas, 2 years at proposition design consultancy Market Gravity.

Anurag leads our South East Asia operations out of Singapore and can be reached on anurag@outsized.com.

Azeem Zainulbhai

MD | Mumbai

14 years experience, starting in investment banking roles, followed by private equity positions across Asia and Africa. More recently, founder & cofounder of successful start-ups and scale-ups.

Azeem heads our Product & Technology team as well as Data Analytics.

Johann van Niekerk

CEO | Cape Town

18 years as an actuary in the insurance and reinsurance sector in South Africa. Worked for Metropolitan Life, RGA and RGAx in roles including business development, strategy and ventures.

Johann manages our team in Africa, with overall responsibilities for sales and local operations. You can reach him on johann@outsized.com.

Amneet Kaur Sahdra

Associate Director | Delhi

8 years experience in HR, recruitment and performance management. Amneet worked as Senior Executive HR for Future MarketNeworks and later Deputy HR Manager at Skechers.

Vikram Malhotra

MD | Bahrain

19 years of banking and financial management experience in the Middle East and the Indian sub-continent. Previously with Citibank, Vikram leads our MENA operations out of Bahrain.


He can be reached at vikram.malhorta@outsized.com

Team Members

Chinmay Bhagat

Manager

Joe Bobby

Manager

 

Sidni Shankarwar

Marketing Manager

Shelly Goswami

Senior Consultant

Faisal Shah

Senior Consultant

 

Jason Ong

Manager – SEA & MENA

 

Tanya Shankar

Consultant

 

Karabo Mahlakwane

Senior Consultant

 

Palak Yerpudey

Consultant

 

Sushree Pani

Consultant

 

Krispy Christian

Sales Analyst

Alisio Batinti

Data Analyst

Humaira Parveen

Consultant 

 

Tanisha Gandhi

Associate

 

Kressel Noronha

Associate 

 

Daylon Tarentaal

Consultant

 

Aya Nusir

Consultant

 

Nathalene Then

Consultant

 

Nonceba Radebe

Consultant

 

Zainab Zabidi

Consultant

 

Santwana Singh

Intern

 

Lokesh Bohra

Data Analyst

 

Jayati Katyal

Intern

 

Advisors & Investors

Peter Sayburn

Advisory Board

Peter Sayburn is the co-founder and CEO of proposition design consultancy Market Gravity, now part of Deloitte Digital. He has deep international experience from Retail Financial Services, Telecoms and Energy and is a regular speaker on corporate innovation and entrepreneurship. He was previously with Cambridge Technology Partners and a partner with innovation consultancy Edengene.

Gautam Radhakrishnan

Advisory Board

Gautam is a founding partner of Double Prime LLP, a financial service focused investment fund. Prior to this he was partner at Tata Capital where he was responsible for the $600m Opportunities Fund.

David Hobbs

Advisory Board

David Hobbs has worked extensively in financial services for 30 years, he is the current CEO of Rowan Dartington, an investment management firm part of the St. James’s Place Wealth Management Group. Before this he was the Chief Executive at Suffolk Life and then at Cofounds. Prior to this time, he worked for Legal & General Group, where he held various roles including being responsible for Legal & General’s Investor Portfolio Platform Service for the banks and building societies market and leading the award-winning service operation within its workplace division. He is a Fellow of The Pensions Management Institute and a member of the UK Platform Group.

Martyn Mensah

Advisory Board

Martyn Mensah is the former CEO of UT Holdings, a leading Ghanaian FS group. He is Founder and Partner at StratAfrique Consulting and is holding various Board positions in West Africa. He holds an MBA and a diploma from Imperial College, London and is the first African to be elected as a Global Marketer by the worldwide marketing association.

Doug Lacey

Advisory Board

Doug Lacey is a special advisor to the LSAI, the Strategic Managed Account between Prudential Financial Inc and LeapFrog. Prior to this Doug was a Partner at LeapFrog Investments leading deal origination and value creation across Africa. Over 30 years’ experience from emerging markets including – Divisional Chief Executive at African Life and COO of Swiss Re Life and Health Southern Africa..

Gaurav Kumar

Advisory Board

Gaurav Kumar is the Founder and Managing Director at Vivriti Capital which is India’s firsttech enabled credit platform. His firm has led over 300+ Due Diligences and over 500 structured transactions.

Smriti Krishan Singh

Advisory Board

Smriti Krishna Singh is a recognised strategic HR and People leader who, most recently, was the CHRO at Flipkart. She has over two decades of global experience working with Fortune 500 organizations such as GE & Genpact, Sony Pictures Network and NBC Universal.

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