Our TEAM

Cerenti works through a network of consultants and executives with diverse industry backgrounds and expertise. Most Cerenti executives have MBA’s or other advanced degrees from the top twenty business schools worldwide and over ten years of experience as line managers in consumer facing industries or as consultants in leading strategy services firms. However, we bring only those few with exceptional talent, leadership experience and a passion for client service to our engagements.

Here are some typical profiles of our consultants:

innovative growth strategies

Leads firm’s healthcare and branding practice. 20 plus years of experience with some of the world’s largest companies, including Abbott, Pfizer, Baxter, Banco Santander, HSBC and MasterCard, Visa and others. Industry thought leader and has helped build and launch some of the world’s largest brands. Functional expertise includes strategic planning, branding, behavioral consumer science, product launch management, pricing, portfolio optimization and game theory. Previously CMO for the Zyman Group, Associate Principal for McKinsey & Co. and Principal for Booz Allen (now Strategy&).
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M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management and a BE (Hons) degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science.

Senior Director

20 years of experience with clients ranging from well established Fortune 100 multi-nationals to technology start-ups. Focused on two areas: all aspects of the M&A process (from strategic assessment to valuation and negotiation to integration) and organic growth that marries market-back assessments of customers’ needs with fact-based evaluations of a business’s capabilities to determine what markets offer the highest chance of success.
Previously with Booz Allen (now Strategy&) and Director of Business Development at Eaton Corporation where he led all aspects of numerous acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures both domestically and internationally.
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B.S. in Physics from Haverford College and an M.B.A. and J.D. from the University of Chicago.

Vice President

Extensive experience in leading growth transformations in highly competitive industries. Recognized for leading insights functions to create advanced marketing and sales capabilities to deliver sharper brand positioning, breakthrough innovations, omnichannel marketing, and effective pricing and promotion strategies. Industry experience in pharmaceuticals, health and wellness, consumer products.

Previously Partner at McKinsey, and senior leader at Kraft, Mondelez, and ConAgra, with a track record of sustainable growth and creating industry leading best practices.
M.B.A. from University of South Carolina, Bachelor of Technology in Material Sciences from Indian Institute of Technology. Patents for predictive analytics for identifying demand landscape and simulating strategies.

Director

With the firm’s healthcare and branding practice for 4 years. 7+ years of global strategy consulting experience across healthcare, consumer goods, telecommunications and aerospace & defense. Extensive experience in market research, marketing strategy, operations design and project management.

Worked previously with Booz & Co (now Strategy&).
S.B in Aerospace Engineering, with a focus on numerical methods, from MIT and J.D. in International Law from the University Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor.