Kunjan Chauhan

Professional Background

Over 25 years working in Post merger integration (PMI), business transformations, operational carve-outs, turnarounds, information technology incl. 3 startups.
Various management positions up to interim-CEO.
Graduate in BSc(Hons) in Computer Systems, Cardiff University, UK and MBA, IMD, Switzerland.
Primary sectors: Information Technology, Telecoms, FMCG, manufacturing
Native British-Indian with Swiss, UK and Indian citizenships. Fluent English; basic French, Gujarati and Hindi.
Founder Association InnovaKids with aim to introduce thinking skills/programming in schools age 7 onwards.
M&A Skills & Expertise
Define and implement new business models, processes, operations, roles and governance.
Finance: Manage critical near bankruptcy situations. Arrest negative cashflow.
IT: Drive software development and large ERP rollouts.
Sales: Implement the most cost-effective approaches to distribution and sales, new sales structures and operations incl. key account, targets, tools, processes and incentives management.
Marketing: Establish strategies and teams with clear regional/local roles. Streamline product portfolio. Implement improved processes, tools and measures.
SCM/Manufacturing: Develop/optimize warehousing, forecasting and other supply chain processes, tools, organizations etc.

Project Highlights

Eastern Europe – Nestlé, merged three businesses, $250mio rev, 300 employees
ASEAN – Carveouts + 5-way merger. Set up Nestlé confectionary business, >100 SKUs, 21 manf. lines
Indonesia – Turned around business and initiated IT implementation, $160mio rev, 1000+ employees
Nestlé Netherlands – Optimized supply chain operations & refine IT / SAP Strategy, $335mio SCM value flow
Mobsya, Switzerland, Manf. & sale of educational robots (~15,000 robots pa, < $10 mio rev). Turned around and rescued from pre-bankruptcy.
SGI, Computer Manufacturer. Restructured and ran European IT incl. ERP solutions supporting $1bn revenue. Set up worldwide marketing intelligence function, including sales force tracking.
Co-founder 2 IT start-ups (1 sold, 1 failed) and a management training company (sold)
Select companies: Nestlé, SGI, BT, Orange, Cisco, Shell, BTG Group