Deloitte turns the page as Ritwick Udayan steps in to drive big rewrites

MUMBAI: When growth stories need a rewrite rather than a quick edit, Deloitte has made a decisive hire. The consulting major has appointed Ritwick Udayan as executive director, adding senior firepower to its leadership bench in growth strategy, portfolio transformation and large-scale business turnarounds. The move signals a sharper push towards market-led, experience-based decision-making as clients across tightly regulated sectors look for sustainable performance gains rather than short-term fixes.

In his new role, Udayan will work across sectors such as education management, healthcare and BFSI, focusing on governance, operational discipline and long-term value creation. His mandate centres on helping organisations navigate complexity, improve performance and make decisions rooted in both data and lived customer experience.

Udayan brings more than two decades of leadership experience spanning energy, education, healthcare and financial services. Most recently, he served as global head of HMG business at Husk Power, where he led mini-grid operations across India, Nigeria, Sub-Saharan Africa and the US, managing scale, profitability and cross-market execution. Earlier stints at Timespro and Healthspring saw him oversee P&L responsibilities, digital transformation programmes and customer experience strategy in fast-evolving consumer-facing businesses.

His grounding in financial services runs deep. Over several years with the ICICI Bank Group and Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Udayan worked across retail banking, lending, product and channel management and bancassurance, building a track record in scaling businesses and leading high-performance teams in regulated environments.

At Deloitte, that mix of operational rigour and transformation experience is expected to play a key role as clients rethink portfolios, sharpen governance and recalibrate growth strategies amid tighter scrutiny and shifting market dynamics. In an era where steady hands matter as much as bold ideas, Deloitte’s latest appointment suggests it is betting on both.