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
Team Members
Advisors & Investors
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.