Anant Kumar is a senior management consultant with boundless enthusiasm for all things associated with end-to-end supply chains. He advises senior executives on strategies to improve reliability, efficiency and effectiveness in their planning, sourcing, manufacturing and logistics operations. In particular, he assists these companies with organizational and operating models, rapid and sustainable transitions under cost or market pressures, and digitization of processes towards an intelligent enterprise. He has over 20 years of experience in the transformation of operations for large, global companies in the chemicals, electric and gas utilities, semiconductor, and electrical / electronic industries.
Kumar was a Managing Director at Accenture for 9 years within their SC&O Strategy & Consulting Practice with primary focus on the Utility industry. Prior to Accenture, he was at PRTM Consultants and subsequently at PwC for about 10 years in their Semiconductor, Electronics and Power Utilities practices respectively. Kumar graduated in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay, India, did his MBA from IIM Calcutta, India, and then completed his Ph.D. in Operations Management and Information Systems from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.