AKIRA ADVISORY
Founder
Provides advisory, mentoring, board, training and keynote services.
Prakash Wakankar.
International Business, Retail & Board Leadership.
Corporate leader with roughly four decades of multi-disciplinary experience across international operations, retail, consumer businesses, finance and advisory work; founder of AKIRA ADVISORY.
DAM DEPLOYMENT ROLE
International Business & Board Strategy Advisor
Functional domain: International Business / Retail / Strategy / Board Advisory
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Pune District, Maharashtra, India
This designation is a DAM-facing deployment role and does not replace the person's external professional identity.
EXPERTISE
International OperationsRetail StrategyBusiness StrategyBoard AdvisoryLeadership & Mentoring
TOP SKILLS
Business Strategy
Retail
Marketing Strategy
EXPERIENCE
Mahindra Rise
Head of International Operations (FES) & CEO 2 Wheeler Business
Led international farm-equipment operations and two-wheeler business.
Mahindra Rise
CEO - 2 Wheeler Business
Led Mahindra's two-wheeler business.
Mahindra Retail
Chief Executive Officer
Led the retail business.
Mahindra
Senior Advisor
Senior advisory role.
Pema Resorts
CEO
Led resort operations.
Perfetti Van Melle
Managing Director
Managed the India business.
The Coca-Cola Company
Various country & regional roles, last as President of the CBU, CCI
Held country and regional leadership roles.
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
MBA, Finance, SIBM University of Poona, 1983-1985
B.Com., Advanced Accounting & Audit, Poona University, 1980-1983
Future Leaders Program, IMD Business School and Yale School of Management
Universe Program, Harvard Business School
GROUP RELATIONSHIPS
India · Pune
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PUBLIC PROFILE POLICY
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