Swathi Arepalli

Strategy consultant with 11+ years at Accenture Strategy, EY-Parthenon and Deloitte and an INSEAD MBA. Trusted advisor to C-suite and business unit leaders in banking, telco and consumer companies on growth strategy, operating model design, M&A and technology-led transformation. Known for scoping complex problems, driving rigorous analysis and turning insight into executive narratives and execution roadmaps that leaders act on.

Led cross-functional and multi-country teams, coached junior consultants and applied generative AI and automation to reimagine how businesses operate.

Strategy Consultant – Financial Services, Telco & High Tech at Accenture Strategy & Consulting (2024-08 – Present)

• Led high-priority strategy initiatives for financial services, telco and high tech clients across growth, operating model, customer experience and performance improvement.
• Developed the digital banking growth strategy for a regional bank by benchmarking 12 digital-first competitors and prioritising 5 customer segments which shaped a $40M three-year investment roadmap.
• Served as thought partner to the CEO and CFO of a leading regional telco by scoping a 3-year transformation agenda and authoring the executive narrative that secured board sign-off on $25M in run-rate savings.
• Evaluated generative AI, machine learning and automation opportunities across client operations and prioritised 15+ use cases through a value-versus-feasibility framework.
• Directed 6 concurrent workstreams through steering committees and decision logs while managing senior stakeholders across business, technology, finance and risk.
• Led a 6-member cross-functional team and coached consultants and analysts on structured problem solving, analysis and executive communication.

Senior Consultant, Strategy – Consumer Products, Product Strategy & Utilities at EY-Parthenon (2019-04 – 2023-09)

• Developed a 5-year product portfolio strategy for a $3B consumer products company that rationalised 25% of SKUs and prioritised 3 growth platforms behind a +180 bps margin improvement plan.
• Formulated the investment case for a $50M market entry across Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines by modelling demand and channel economics that underpinned the board decision.
• Monitored industry and technology trends for a utility and translated them into a 2035 roadmap with 3 new service lines at $200M projected revenue.

Consultant, Strategy – Banking & Finance, M&A and Due Diligence at Deloitte USI (2017-10 – 2019-04)

• Crafted the digital lending strategy for a retail bank by benchmarking 15 fintech platforms which secured executive committee approval for a $30M technology investment roadmap.
• Engineered the post-merger integration plan for two regional banks across 40+ workstreams and identified $60M in cost synergies through systems and branch consolidation.
• Executed buy-side due diligence on 3 banking and payments transactions valued between $200M and $2B.

Business Analyst – Market Research & Business Analysis at Tata Consultancy Services (2014-01 – 2017-10)

• Delivered 30+ market and competitor studies for Fortune 500 banking and technology clients that informed pricing and launch decisions.

Master of Business Administration in Business Administration – INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France (2023-01 – 2024-12)

B.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering – Bapatla Engineering College, India (2009-01 – 2013-12)