Nitesh Malethia
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Nitesh Malethia

Consultant ยท MBA from HHL Leipzig
Work Experience
Think-Cell
MBA Intern (Corporate Strategy)
Software company boosting productivity & charting in PowerPoint
Sep 2025 โ€“ Feb 2026
๐Ÿ“ Berlin, Germany
  • Led think-cell's Global Case Competition end-to-end, scaling participation to 1600+ & achieving 2x YoY growth
  • Mapped 50+ European partners covering 20M+ students; built partnership thesis prioritizing 15+ institutions for pilot rollout
  • Standardized GTM and partnership playbooks across academic program, cutting partner onboarding time by 40%
GTM StrategyPartnership DevelopmentMarket MappingPlaybook DesignAcademic Relations
SpinLab & AOK Plus
Student Consultant
Startup incubator & health insurer partnership advisory
Mar 2025 โ€“ Jun 2025
๐Ÿ“ Leipzig, Germany
  • Led 5-person team advising AOK PLUS on why partnerships between health insurers and eHealth startups consistently fail
  • Identified 12-18 month contracting cycles as the main barrier, exposing capital-constrained startups to runway risk before closure
  • Designed Digital Partnership Unit operating model (team, workflows, KPIs) projected to reduce contracting cycles by 6-8 months
Operating Model DesignHealthcare StrategyStakeholder ResearchProcess DesignKPI Development
Telus Digital AI
Program Manager โ†’ Business Consultant (Promoted 4ร— in 3 years)
Global AI data solutions provider
May 2021 โ€“ Jul 2024
๐Ÿ“ Bengaluru, India
  • Advised C-suite on GenAI training-data market entry; built GTM strategy and competitive positioning that the firm launched as a new business line and strategic growth priority
  • Consulted LG to structure basic ADAS specs into end-to-end program (sensors, taxonomy, service model), winning $5M contract
  • Led cross-functional team of 6 to deliver $7M portfolio of autonomous vehicles projects: resolved tech, ops & quality issues across pipelines to drive >96% contract renewal
  • Owned end-to-end delivery of $8M program for ZF-TRW group via resource planning, process optimization & C-suite reporting
GTM StrategyGenAIProgram ManagementC-suite ReportingPre-salesP&L Management
CarDekho Group
Business Analyst
India's leading online automotive platform
May 2020 โ€“ Apr 2021
๐Ÿ“ Gurugram, India
  • Identified trends of over 30M+ users to optimise digital lead generation, leading to ~20% increase in annual revenue
  • Forecast lead generation for 50+ vehicles across India to support marketing & product strategy decisions
Data AnalysisLead GenerationDigital MarketingProduct StrategyRevenue Analytics
Sophos Group PLC
Business Analyst
Leading British cybersecurity software & hardware company
Sep 2019 โ€“ Apr 2020
๐Ÿ“ Ahmedabad, India
  • Created dashboards to track progress of order processing, team's productivity & turn-around-time on deliverables
  • Prepared 15+ training materials for the sales team to enhance their knowledge of cybersecurity products
Dashboard DesignProcess TrackingSales EnablementDocumentationCybersecurity
Education
HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management
Presentation made at the end of a marketing simulation course where our team stood 1st in the class
Master of Business Administration
Sep 2024 โ€“ Feb 2026
๐Ÿ“ Leipzig, Germany
Corporate StrategyFinance & ValuationEntrepreneurshipDigital Transformation
The LNM Institute of Information Technology
B.Tech ยท Electronics and Communication Engineering
Jul 2014 โ€“ Jun 2018
๐Ÿ“ Jaipur, India
ElectronicsSignal ProcessingCommunication SystemsProgramming
Extracurricular Activities
Venture Capital Investment Cup
Finalist
Due diligence, valuation & fund strategy for B2B and Green Tech startups
Jun 2025
๐Ÿ“ Leipzig, Germany
  • Led due diligence, financial analysis & valuation (CLV, unit economics, VC method) on startups in B2B & Green Tech space
  • Pitched fund strategy, presented investment thesis & proposed term sheet to LPs
Due DiligenceFinancial AnalysisValuationVC MethodFund StrategyTerm Sheet
Harvard Global Case Competition
Finalist ยท Top 20 of ~400 teams
Top 20 of ~400 teams globally: Ferrari EV strategy & Pirelli M&A thesis
Mar 2025 โ€“ Apr 2025
๐Ÿ“ Cambridge, MA
  • Diagnosed Ferrari's EV transition, competitive, and supply chain risks; built Pirelli acquisition thesis as strategic response
  • Structured โ‚ฌ6.8/share offer via DCF and comparables (โ‚ฌ8.4B EV); quantified โ‚ฌ1.92B NPV synergies across revenue, cost, R&D
Financial ModellingDCF ValuationM&A StrategyCompetitive AnalysisCase Structuring
HHL Consulting Club
Head of Finance
Student consulting club: budget, events & case content
Sep 2024 โ€“ Sep 2025
๐Ÿ“ Leipzig, Germany
  • Managed club budget and sponsorship pipeline; secured โ‚ฌ5000 in sponsorships funding 8 workshops and networking events
  • Co-authored the HHL Consulting Casebook (20 practice cases); adopted as core case-prep material by 50+ master's students
Budget ManagementSponsorship DevelopmentCase WritingCommunity BuildingFinance