Position: Senior Principal - Mobility & Production
Location: Mumbai, India
Salary: Confidential
Assignment Timescale: 7 weeks
Result: Placement
Challenge
A leading strategy consultancy in India was looking to deepen its presence in Mobility & Production.
The brief wasn’t just about technical expertise, they needed a senior leader with the strategic depth, sector credibility, and commercial instincts to win boardroom trust and drive growth across India and South Asia.
Solution
We identified and secured a candidate with 25+ years of cross-sector leadership, spanning management consulting, P&L ownership, global operations, and M&A. His experience included:
Driving mobility & production strategy across India, Europe, and North America
Leading GTM and engineering transformation programmes for OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers
Building and managing regional teams with a focus on growth, mobility innovation, and resilience
Advisory to CEOs and boards on cross-border transactions and capability building
His ability to move between strategic advisory, deal execution, and operational leadership made him a rare find - and exactly what the client needed to accelerate market positioning.
Result
The hire has transformed the practice’s credibility with both clients and investors, enabling them to:
Secure higher-value mandates in mobility, manufacturing, and supply chain
Strengthen commercial traction with private equity and corporate acquirers
Lead complex transformation and R&D initiatives within the Indian industrial ecosystem
This wasn’t a standard search - it was a precision hire that reshaped the firm’s capabilities and leadership strength in a critical growth area.
How can we help?
Position: Senior Partner
Expertise: Management Consultancies
Geographies: Global
Rakesh founded Consulting Point in 2003 and has led the company’s quest to find and attract the best management consulting talent in the world.
His prior experience in Management Consultancy with PwC & KPMG Consulting combined with over 21 years of search has proved a potent combination and as a result he is now retained by some of the biggest and brightest names in management consultancy to assist with their talent attraction.
Rakesh has been recognised with numerous awards, including being named as the Best Management Consultant Recruiter of the Year for 6 consecutive years by Top Consultant.
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