Who We Are
With the advantages of 24 hour operations in New York, London and India, SMARTANALYST is a pioneer in providing corporate decision makers and investment professionals with reliable, affordable, and timely business research and analytics.
Staffed with teams of professional analysts and market experts, we partner with clients who need our range of services to support their decision making process. We specialize in Consumer Healthcare, Consumer Packaged Goods, Finance and Pharmaceutical.
We take a collaborative approach to every project so your research receives a level of customization that reflects a deep understanding of your business and gives you the information you need to move it forward. Our clients include management at the Top 10 Global Pharmaceutical companies, Top 5 Global Consumer Healthcare companies and the Top 5 Global Biotech companies as well as Advertising agencies; Banking Institutions and Investment Firms; Global consumer products companies; Hedge Funds and Marketing consultancies.
Management
- Manu Bammi, Founder and CEO
- Steve Girling, Managing Director, Sales & Marketing
- Ritu Kishwar, Vice President Research Operations
- Marc Rovner, Managing Director
- Ranjit Shastri, Director
Board of Directors
Manu Bammi
Patrick Spain
Martin Kahn
Chris Sugden
Todd Pietri
Mark Brosso
Ranjit Shastri
Manu Bammi, Founder and CEO
Manu Bammi is Co-Founder and CEO of SMARTANALYST. Prior to founding SMARTANALYST, Manu co-founded PSi, a consulting and advisory firm based in New York and New Delhi, in 1989 and managed PSi's New York Office. Manu has over 17 years of research and consulting experience, and more than 12 years of experience with US-India market, trade, and financial issues. Prior to founding PSi, Manu worked for several years as a management consultant with APM, a New York based management consulting firm which has since been acquired by Computer Sciences Corporation.
Manu has been featured in Forbes, Crain's New York Business, and on CNN with Lou Dobbs; he has been quoted in InformationWeek, BusinessWeek, Fortune and the Financial Times. Manu is a regular participant at meetings of the US-India Business Council and The Indus Entrepreneurs.
Manu graduated cum laude from Yale University with a distinction in Economics.
Steve Girling, Managing Director, Sales & Marketing
Steve leads Global Sales, Business Development and Marketing teams for SmartAnalyst and is based in New York City. Prior to joining SMARTANALYST, Steve's tenure in London with Barclays Capital and Mobil Oil as a technical analyst was followed by operational management roles at Fii Group Plc. handling logistics, procurement and merchandising. Steve was tapped by Gideon Gartner to lead the development of the Giga Information Group's UK sales efforts, and over a three year period grew revenues to $20M. He made the transition to Giga's US headquarters in 1999 to lead sales efforts across North America, concentrating on Business Development with strategic customers.
Mr. Girling leveraged strong client relationships to transform the user experience of Giga’s products and services. He successfully led the Eastern region sales team and supported Giga's acquisition and subsequent integration by Forrester Research in 2002. He recently led Sales & Marketing for MaxQ Technologies, a Microsoft business applications partner and Evalubase Research, a benchmarking company. Steve holds a BS in Information Systems Management with Honors from Bournemouth University in England. Steve is an accomplished sailor and has competed at an international level, around the globe over the last fifteen years.
Ritu Kishwar, Vice President Research Operations
Ritu joined SMARTANALYST as Vice President Research Operations. Prior to joining SMARTANALYST, Ritu was Director and Co-Head of the consulting practice (Southern Region) for AF Ferguson & Company, a top 10 management consulting and accounting firm in India. She has over 20 years experience in management consulting and corporate finance.
Ritu is a certified Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants, India, and also holds a BA from Delhi University.
Marc Rovner, Managing Director
Marc Rovner leads the company research and consulting efforts ex-India, including product management and development. Mr. Rovner will also be responsible for strategic operating and technology platforms.
Mr. Rovner joins SMARTANALYST as an experienced senior executive with a global track record of success with both Fortune 100 companies and entrepreneurial businesses. Most recently, he was the vice president of global new markets in Pfizer’s Consumer Healthcare Division, where he served as a strategic and innovative leader. Prior to that, he worked for Unilever, International Paper, Reckitt Benckiser and Renaissance Cosmetics. Mr. Rovner received a bachelors degree, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania and a masters from the University of Chicago.
Ranjit Shastri, Director
Ranjit is a Director of SMARTANALYST and the Managing Director of PSi, Inc. Ranjit has served a broad range of clients in developing corporate strategies, forging cross-border alliances, and improving competitiveness. He has helped major international corporations determine the most appropriate strategy to take advantage of global opportunities in an era of reduced import duties, increased international competition, and domestic deregulation. Prior to founding PSi, Ranjit spent several years as a management consultant with McKinsey & Co. in New York, and Bain & Co. in Boston.
Ranjit has an interest in game theory and competitive strategies. He also enjoys writing, and has published in numerous publications, including Business Today, The Economic Times, Business Standard, Business World, Asian Insurance Review, and the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Ranjit holds an MBA with honors from Wharton Business School and a BSc with honors in Applied Mathematics from Yale University.
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