Anand currently leads the Consumer Industry for Deloitte in South Asia and is responsible for growing sectors, such as consumer products, retail, warehousing and distribution, transportation, hospitality and services and auto. Additionally, Anand also leads the Consumer Products & Retail sector for Deloitte in Asia Pacific. He serves as the “Future of Food” Leader for Deloitte in South Asia, helping corporate and government clients improve outcomes in nutrition, agricultural productivity and sustainability.
Anand is a Partner in the Technology & Transformation practice at Deloitte South Asia with over 25 years of experience in assisting clients with their business and commercial transformation from a brand, product, sales, channel, distribution, store and commerce standpoint. He has worked on over 100 strategy/transformation engagements focusing on large multi-year transformation programmes enabled by AI, digital and function. He has led initiatives to grow revenues and enhance margins across various sectors, including FMCG, e-commerce, retail, electronics, fashion, agribusiness, life sciences, consumer health care, logistics, hospitality and education. He also advises governments/donor agencies/multilateral institutions from a policy standpoint in the areas of economic development and investor promotion.
Anand is a graduate from BITS Pilani and has completed his MBA from IIM Indore and PhD from IIM Bangalore. Anand started his career with GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare in various sales and marketing roles. Before joining Deloitte, he was part of the management consulting practice at KPMG, where he led the consumer practice for management consulting. Anand led the channel and salesforce effectiveness solution for the practice. He also incubated the FAR (Food, Agribusiness & Retail) COE for the firm and practice at KPMG.
In his spare time, Anand teaches courses in sales and marketing at management schools in India and abroad. He is frequently covered by the press on economic issues related to consumption and consumer behaviour. Anand is also closely associated with industry bodies and is part of various committees across retail, e-commerce, food processing, consumer health and FMCG.