Sharad Verma is a core member of Boston Consulting Group's People & Organization practice and a member of BCG U's leadership team. BCG U is the firm's learning solution designed for high performance upskilling at scale to drive true business impact.

Sharad's work in the industrial goods and automotive industries covers portfolio and growth strategy, organization development, turnaround, and profit improvement. He has years of experience working with leading Indian family businesses on defining aspirations, the role of the corporate center, and cultural transformation. He has led projects covering product topics including market concept development, product planning and design, variant management, and market launch. He is a topic expert on the subject of M&A and joint ventures, having worked with several multinational corporation and local clients on these issues. 

Sharad has co-authored the BCG report series on Global Challengers and the recent Capital Goods policy released by the Government of India. He has also worked actively with industry and government bodies including CII, AIMA, Department of Heavy Industries (Government of India), and the Steel Ministry on topics related to national policy formulation.

EDUCATION

  • MBA, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
  • BA, chemical engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur