Kaushik Sriram Bio

Kaushik Sriram is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Performance Improvement in Singapore. He leads the firm’s private equity pre-deal diligence and operational value creation across portfolio companies and corporates, including digital-led performance improvement in Southeast Asia and Australia. His main areas of concentration include commercial and operational due diligence, carve-outs, post-deal value creation, procurement, manufacturing, supply chain and selling and general and administrative expenses optimization. Mr. Sriram has been involved in operations improvement and digital transformation and has worked across a range of industries, including logistics, technology, industrial goods, infrastructure, automotive and information and communications technology. He has extensive experience across ASEAN, India, China and ANZ as well as over 20 due diligence programs with global and regional private equity firms across technology (artificial intelligence, IoT, Blockchain, e-commerce and robotics), logistics (freight forwarding, port assets and 3PLs), digital infrastructure (data-centers, telecom towers and cloud) and manufacturing (precision engineering, semiconductors and automotive) segments. Notably, Mr. Sriram has led multi-year operational transformation programs for corporate clients, particularly using digital and analytics to drive EBITDA creation. Additionally, he has led projects including, a digital transformation program, driving $300 million EBITDA benefits in a $5 billion Asian-Pacific-headquartered ICT/Enterprise business; a manufacturing and supply chain digitalization program at a large Indonesian FMCG client; and an analytics-driven sales improvement program with an ANZ telecom client. He has also led high-impact performance improvement programs at automotive original equipment manufacturers, tier-1 suppliers, heavy equipment OEMs, infrastructure and telecom providers. Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Sriram led Kearney’s Private Equity and Automotive, Industrial, Transportation practices for ASEAN. He began his career with Goldman Sachs. Mr. Sriram earned a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communication from the National Institute of Technology, Trichy and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore. He is an active speaker and media contributor on digital, mobility and logistics topics.