Sachin Shah
Partner,
Cross-industry leader specializing in Performance Improvement and Enterprise Technology (IT), with roughly half his time spent in Consumer Products
About Sachin
Expertise
Highlights
- Deeply diverse client portfolio, spanning regions, organizational models and capabilities
- Frequently featured and quoted in leading business and technology publications
- Leader in Business Support Functions operating model and shared services design
- Risk officer for our London office
Sachin Shah is a member of our Consumer Products, Financial Services, Private Equity and Technology industry practices and a leader in our Performance Improvement and Enterprise Technology capability areas.
Sachin joined the firm in 2006 and is an expert in major business transformation programs, performance improvement initiatives, business operating model redesign, IT strategy, outsourcing advisory services and post-merger integration. He has worked across Europe, North America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, and his client portfolio includes multinational corporations, mid-market companies, family-owned business and private equity-owned portfolio companies.
Sachin has authored several industry reports on the business value of technology. His insights and quotes have been published in The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, The Times, The Guardian, CFO Europe, The Economist and The Independent.
Prior to joining the firm, Sachin was a partner in the management consulting practices of two other global organizations. He also held leading roles in European consumer products and retail practices, as well as additional roles in consulting, systems integration and outsourcing.
Sachin holds a B.S. Eng. in computing science from the Imperial College of Science & Technology of the University of London. He also has a diploma from the City & Guilds Institute.
Bain Partner Sachin Shah discusses "The IT integration stopwatch."
Recent Insights
- “Olam Food Ingredients: Pioneering a New Financial Model for Sustainability,” The Visionary CEO’s Guide to Sustainability, September 2024, Report
- “Reduce, Replace, Rethink: Transforming Technology Costs ,” Brief, July 2021
- “Process and Systems Integration: A New Source of Competitive Advantage,” Brief, June 2019
- “Sachin Shah: The IT Integration Stopwatch,” Video, November 2015
- “IT in M&A: Increasing the odds of a successful integration,” Transaction Advisors, October 2014, Article
- “How SaaS Providers Can Use Pricing to Achieve Their Ambitions,” Brief, July 2014
- “IT in M&A: Increasing the Odds of a Successful Integration,” Brief, February 2014
- “Unlocking IT's full potential,” Article, November 2010
- “How to bridge the IT alignment gap,” The Financial Times, November 2010, Article
- “Downturns create an opportunity to strengthen IT,” The Financial Times, June 2009, Article
In the News
- “Companies Without a Tech Plan in M&A Deals Face Higher IT Costs,” The Wall Street Journal, June 2019, The Wall Street Journal
- “For Hewlett Packard, splitting up was a lot of hard work,” Fortune, November 2015, Fortune