Shirish B.
Finance / Commercial Acumen For Professionals
Professional Value
Shirish , finance trainer who helps non‑finance managers in Indian manufacturing firms build solid financial and commercial acumen. He has delivered more than 300 customised finance programmes for groups such as Cummins and Tata, ranging from two to ten days and incorporating experiential role‑plays, case studies and coaching. His work spans senior‑level teams across the automotive and heavy‑equipment sectors.
Selected Clients
Executive Profile
Shirish is a Mechanical Engineer from Government College of Engineering, Pune, and a post-graduate in management from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, in Marketing and Finance. He has over 18 years of industry experience with very reputed companies like Cummins, Bharat Forge, Thermax group – in different functions like manufacturing, sales and marketing, corporate strategy / planning and financial services.
Presently he is a management consultant, as well as a corporate trainer with some of the best-known consultants and companies in India. Active in corporate training and consulting for over 15 years, he has vast experience in indoor / classroom training as well as outbound / outdoor training programs. He has facilitated and conducted sessions at all management levels in companies on Leadership and Strategic Management, Teamwork, Team Building, Finance, Behavioral skills, Soft skills and other areas, including management and leadership development programs.
Some of the regular clients – in alphabetical order – are:
- ACG Group
- Aditya Birla Group (Ultratech, Hindalco, Grasim)
- Cummins Group
- CG Power
- Crompton Consumer
- Deepak Fertilizers
- Emerson Group
- Garware Wall Ropes
- GMM Pfaudler
- Hyster Yale
- ICICI Bank
- Indo Schottle
- IAC International
- JCB
- John Deere
- Kalash Seeds
- Keetronics
- Kirloskar Group
- Kokoyu Camlin
- Magna Steyr group
- Metal Impregnation India
- Mercedes Benz
- Roquette Group
- Sulzer group
- Tata Autocomp Group
- Tata Communications
- Thermax group
- TMTC
- Varroc
- Visteon Electronics
- Volkswagen
- Volvo Eicher group
Coaching / Mentoring assignments – Adeco – LHH, IMP India, etc. This has been done for many managers at an individual level. Consulting Assignments – GMM Pfaudler, IMP India, 3 SME’s in auto components, 2 startups, others include 5 SME companies.
He is also currently an empanelled trainer with a quite few companies and has access to a wide network of trainers and consultants. All the assignments are customized to the requirements and delivered to the specifications needed and is also trained in psychometric testing with TVRLS. He has also been involved in academics and is associated with the best management colleges for over 14 years, which includes compilation of books for various courses in management. The intervention could also be delivered in Marathi and Hindi.
Programs offered include:
- Finance for Non Finance / Business Acumen / Fundamentals of Finance – over 300 programs completed – also offered as an open program and has been done regularly for over 20 years. Based on the depth – this could be a 2 day to 10 day program with assignments, coaching and consulting
- Finance for Finance has also been done in a few companies
- Managerial / Personal Effectiveness / First Time Managers / Young Managers Program – over 100 programs completed – could be 2 to 5 day program depending on depth and coverage.
- Interpersonal Skills / Interpersonal Effectiveness – over 75 programs completed – could be a 2 to 4 day program depending on depth and coverage
- Managing Teams / Nurturing talent – over 50 programs completed – could be a 2 to 4 day program
- Leadership Skills / Leadership Development / Management Development Program – could be a 2 to 10 day program depending on coverage and depth
- Problem Solving and Decision Making – over 75 programs completed – typically a 2 day program
- Achievement Orientation and Motivation / Passion and Motivation at work – over 100 programs completed – could be 1 to 2 day program.
- Team Building / Team Work / Creating High Performing Teams – could be a 2 to 4 day program
- Time Management – over 75 programs completed – typically a 1 day program.
- Negotiation Skills / Conflict Management – typically a 1 to 3 days program
- Marketing programs – Effective Selling Skills / Marketing and Service Strategy / Market and Territory Mapping / Market and Data Analysis – 2 to 6 days depending on depth and coverage
- Dealer Development Programs – done for dealers of a few companies
- Communication Skills / Presentation Skills – 2 to 4 days depending on depth and coverage
- Planning for Retirement / Personal Financial Planning – half to 1 day program
- Out-Bound Programs – could be 2 to 4 days – Associated with reputed companies for outdoor development / outbound development training programs
Core Competencies
Adult Learning
Shirish applies adult learning techniques, utilizing experiential learning, roleplays, and case studies to facilitate individual and group work.
He encourages debates and discussions, minimizing the use of presentation tools.
Ideal group sizes range from 15 to 25 participants.
Finance, Financial Tools
Shirish has extensive experience in finance, having completed over 300 programs in Finance for Non-Finance, Business Acumen, and Fundamentals of Finance.
He offers customized programs, ranging from 2 to 10 days, with assignments, coaching, and consulting.
Personal Development
Shirish specializes in personal development, offering programs in Managerial Effectiveness, Interpersonal Skills, Leadership Development, and Team Building.
He also covers topics like Time Management, Negotiation Skills, and Communication Skills, with a focus on creating high-performing teams and achieving organizational goals.