Sarath Santhakumar

Manager

Bachelor of Business Management (BBM) Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Sarath is a Manager with GPG based out of our Sydney office. A highly motivated and driven individual, he has worked on multiple procurement advisory engagements for some of the largest clusters in the NSW Government.

Sarath joins Grosvenor after recently completing his MBA from Macquarie Business School, bringing close to 6 years of consulting experience.

After completing his graduate studies in Business Management, Sarath joined KPMG, where he worked extensively with clients across the Telecom, Media, and Technology sectors, leading and executing engagements related to Strategy and Operations, Revenue Assurance and Fraud Management and process optimisation.

Sarath has worked across multiple geographies catering to both local and global clients. He was briefly seconded to South Africa to lead the migration of the Revenue Assurance function on behalf of the largest Telecom operator in Africa. 

"I am passionate about bringing process efficient solutions to complex problems and I am committed to balancing best practice with what is practical and achievable for clients."

 

Key areas of expertise

> Project Management

> Data Analysis

> Process review and optimisation

> Stakeholder management

> Revenue and cost optimisation

 

Highlights

> Led a team for the successful migration of the Revenue Assurance function from an offshore model to a shared services environment in Johannesburg, South Africa for one of the largest Telecom operators in Africa

Key member in delivering a cost-optimisation engagement for a leading broadcast satellite service provider. Working closely with the IT and Customer service verticals, defined current state of their operating model, and then helped identify cost efficiencies

Key member in identifying the current state of spend management across 9 NSW Clusters to then helped design a change management initiative to better manage spend.