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Ashwin MohandasAM

Ashwin Mohandas

Engagement Manager

$1,200/day
Dubai City, AE
8-15 years
Corporate strategy
Turnarounds
Business analysis
Cost Reduction
Business Transformation

Average response time: 1 hour

About Ashwin

Senior Management Consultant with 12+ years of experience advising public and private sector clients across asset-heavy regulated sectors such as Aerospace, Defense, Aviation and Logistics within Middle East region. Proven success in leading high-impact engagements at C-Suite, Board and Ministerial levels with a focus on delivering growth strategies, business transformations, performance improvement, and digital transformation agendas. Consistently recognized for building trusted senior client relationships within complex and multi-stakeholder environments as well as translating strategic mandates into measurable financial and operational outcomes while embedding governance and delivery discipline across cross-functional teams.

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Hindi

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Dubai City (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Freelance
    Advisor
    January 2026 - Today (5 months)
    Dubai City, United Arab Emirates
    Advising ministries, leading organizations, consulting firms, and PE clients on key areas such as due diligence assessments, strategy development, cost optimization, performance improvement, business transformation and operating model enhancements.
    Business Transformation Cost Reduction Business Unit Strategy
  • Kearney
    Senior Manager
    AVIATION AND AEROSPACE
    January 2024 - December 2025 (1 year and 11 months)
    United Arab Emirates
    Selected Project Experience
    • ­Regional Aviation Regulator: Roll out of the AAM strategy, including the successful trial of the first Air Taxi POC in close engagement with the civil aviation regulator, public sector and international operators.
    • Regional Aviation Regulator: Sector-wide GA strategy refresh to reprioritize capital investment pipeline and implementation activation of priority initiatives working in close coordination with civil aviation regulator, public sector entities, and international operators.
    • ­Regional Air Cargo Handler: Transformation office set up and activation of the operational excellence program for a 250Mn USD business, achieving 15% productivity improvement in a 6-month timeframe across core stations.
    • ­Regional LCC Carrier: Cargo strategy development to monetize belly-hold capacity and generate 5% total revenue uplift through network optimization and e-commerce corridor targeting.
  • Accenture
    Strategy Manager
    AVIATION AND AEROSPACE
    January 2020 - January 2024 (4 years)
    United Arab Emirates
    Selected Project Experience:
    • ­Regional Civil Aviation Regulator: Human Capital strategy development for the entire Aviation Sector for one of the fastest growing GCC countries with close collaboration and engagement of multiple stakeholders from ecosystem operators, OEMs, SWFs to Ministries.
    • ­Regional Civil Aviation Academy: Turnaround strategy and corporatization approach to drive 4X growth in revenues and enable profitable operations in 4 years.
    • ­Regional Airports Holding Group: Country-wide digital transformation roadmap across all (28) airports country wide to enable new and innovative services and enhance passenger experiences across airports.
    • ­Regional Air Navigation Service Entity: Business case development for nationwide deployment of digital control towers across the country, identifying 10% savings through centralized operations and enhancing operational efficiency across the network.
    • ­Global Aerospace OEM: Localization study to support new business expansion into a leading GCC country including identification of potential partnership/ JV models aligned to regulatory requirements.
    • ­Leading Saudi Industrial Conglomerate: Corporate turnaround exercise of the ICT portfolio (4 companies totaling 500Mn USD revenues) by identifying new revenue generation and cost optimization opportunities to enable profitable operations in 3 years.
    Turnarounds Corporate strategy
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Education

  • Master of Business Administration
    City, University of London (Bayes Business School)
    2012
    Master of Business Administration
  • Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering
    Anna University
    2008
    Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering
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Skill set

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Target Operating Model
Business Unit Strategy

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