Experience at the intersection of strategy, finance and execution.
Vikas Tawani is a business-focused finance and management professional with more than 20 years of experience, including over 15 years in leadership roles. His experience spans financial services, diversified groups, manufacturing, healthcare, media, retail and distribution, and technology businesses.
His work encompasses corporate strategy, business transformation, general management, corporate development, treasury, mergers and strategic alliances, turnaround management and business restructuring.
As Co-Founder and Director of Velocity Advisors, he has helped build a boutique advisory practice focused on corporate strategy, business transformation and turnaround, and corporate finance.
From boardroom decisions to operational delivery.
Business transformation & healthcare
At Medstar Healthcare LLC, he led an asset acquisition and subsequently joined the management team to stabilise, build and grow a day surgery centre into a specialty hospital. His work included strengthening the clinical team, improving business performance, building partnerships and developing brand and marketing strategy. He later served on the executive board.
Strategic growth & governance
At Data Direct Group, he led strategic initiatives related to expansion and divestment, supported group governance development and worked on business efficiency improvements.
Turnaround & divestment
As interim CEO and board member of RPG Cellucom India, he led a business turnaround before its sale to strategic investors. The business had approximately AED 200 million in revenue and more than 700 employees during the period described in his professional profile.
Finance leadership & expansion
As CFO of Cellucom's Middle East and Africa telecom retail and distribution business, he supported expansion from the UAE into the GCC, Africa and India. The business had revenues exceeding AED 1.5 billion and approximately 500 employees during the period described in his profile.
Financial services & transactions
As CEO of IL&FS Global Financial Services (ME) Ltd, he established and developed Middle East operations in the Dubai International Financial Centre, working across debt syndication, M&A, structured finance and cross-border transactions.
Consulting & operational strategy
At Copenhagen Consulting Company / Qvartz+Co, he worked on operational strategy, organisation development, restructuring, turnaround, cost and process optimisation, alongside transaction and advisory engagements.