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Founding Team

Northwest founding team has significant leadership experience at top tier organizations such as McKinsey, Unilever, Future Group, etc. Mohit and Tamhant are Harvard Business School graduates and Maitreyi is a Berkeley-Haas alumna. Please see below for detailed profiles of the Co-Founders.

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Mohit Jain

B.Tech, M. Tech, IIT Delhi; MBA, Harvard Business School

Mohit is a Co-Founder of Northwest.Earlier, Mohit was a senior Engagement Manager at McKinsey and Company, Inc where he led multiple projects within the healthcare sector across US, UK, EU, Middle East and East Asia. At McKinsey, Mohit worked with senior leaderships teams including the CXOs and Senior VPs at clients that included Pharma and Medical Devices companies, Hospitals and Insurers. Previously, he has had stints in sales and marketing with Unilever, Medtronic and Novartis. He completed his B.Tech and M.Tech in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and got his MBA from Harvard Business School where he received second year honours. At HBS, he was the CFO of the HBS Student Association and a Co-President of the HBS Healthcare Club. Mohit is the co-author of ‘Break the MBA Admissions Barrier’, which was published by Pearson Education in 2006 and 2008 in India.

Tamhant Jain

Tamhant Jain

B.Tech, IIT Kanpur; MBA, Harvard Business School

Tamhant is a Co-Founder of Northwest. Earlier,Tamhant built ‘Ivory Tag’ as India’s first complete line of lifestyle fashion accessories and exited the venture with a sale to strategic investors. At Ivory Tag, Tamhant drove product vision, customer experience and retail expansion into major online and offline retailers. Earlier, he was the CEO of Adonis, India’s largest consumer durable services company where he developed Sales, HR & IT capabilities and led charge to get this 1200 people strong company ISO certified. Under his leadership Adonis added several large Indian and MNC clients in new business verticals. He has also served as Chief, Strategic Planning at Future Group, one of the largest retail groups in India. He was responsible for critical business strategy projects apart from leading two services business for the conglomerate. Tamhant had a 5-year stint in US with Tavant Technologies where he was instrumental in scaling up India operations. Tamhant completed his B Tech from IIT Kanpur and published 6 research papers in International conferences on AI and robotics. He was awarded Director’s letter of recognition for research excellence, Dean’s Merit Scholarship & Certificate of Merit for Academic Excellence. He completed his MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School. He served as COO – South Asian Business Association and Co-VP Conferences – Globalization Club.

Maitreyi Singhvi

Maitreyi Singhvi

BA, LLB, GGSIP University; COBE & BEPM, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business

Maitreyi is a Co-Founder of Northwest. Earlier, Maitreyi was a legal officer with Daman Health Insurance Company (a part of Munich Re) in Abu Dhabi focusing on UAE domestic insurance policies and procedures. Maitreyi developed an outstanding legal career in India working with the leading law firm, Tuli and Co (Indian Associate of Kennedys UK) as well as assisting the Additional Solicitor General, Mr. Gourab Banerji in litigation and arbitration, with a focus on the Insurance Industry. Maitreyi is a member of the Bar Council of India and completed her BA and LLB from GGSIP University and her Certificate Of Business Excellence and Berkeley Executive Program in Management from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. She is an alumna of Berkeley-Haas.

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