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Aditi Kohli

Aditi Kohli

Summary

Senior Strategic Commercial leader who has built three businesses in APAC with deep industry knowledge across SaaS, MarTech, AdTech & Insights. My best work is across small to medium growth & revenue focused businesses. I have scaled revenue from $0 to $20M ARR and $20M to $90M (Walt Disney, Viacom & CNN) with proven track record of driving business growth, optimizing operations, and delivering results.

Im passionate about product led growth & new technologies. As a People-first leader I have hired & developed 50 high performing commercial and customer management teams in the region.

Recognized as 'Top 40 Women to watch in Asia Pacific in 2018' by Campaign Asia.

Tools expertise: LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Salesforce, Lusha, Cognism, Asana, ZoomInfo, Hubspot, Figma, Lattice etc

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr Managing Director

90 Seconds
03.2024 - Current
  • P&L (Revenue) responsibility of APAC region (USD 14M) + Expanded global responsibility for New Business.
  • Grow revenue 40% Y-o-Y via adding new business & expanding existing business trough upsell/expansion.
  • Maintain NR 70% globally.
  • Recruit best in class enterprise team and continue to deliver compelling solutions.
  • Collaborate with enterprise team globally to built APAC GTM & Strategy reporting to the CEO.
  • Provide input on marketing, including demand gen, sales enablement, ad customer-facing content strategies

Sr VP, APAC

GWI
01.2022 - 03.2024
  • 1st management hire tasked to set up business for GWI Asia-Pacific (SaaS platform providing Insights on digital consumers)
  • Responsibilities include building & delivering on Revenue, Strategy, hiring & customer experience for APAC
  • Grew new business revenue by 3X y-o-y
  • Hired 19 APAC employees contributing to 14% of global revenue in 2023
  • Strong client management skills, client advocacy to drive mutually successful outcomes and retained 89% of customers in 2023
  • Collaborate with Marketing, Product & Tech leads to ensure the perfect branding and product fit for the APAC region
  • Continue to build culture of belonging and growth
  • Key customers: Big Tech, Agencies, Tech Vendors and Enterprise businesses in Asia.

Managing Director, APAC

Foursquare
01.2020 - 01.2022

Business Development & Operations head of APAC reporting to the CRO (Factual/Foursquare: Location Intelligence platform)

  • Built APAC's GTM Strategies for customer acquisition and retention
  • Established several needle moving partnerships including Samsung ($5M ARR) & Amazon Marketplace which reaped strong revenue for the business through upsell and cross-sell
  • Expert in full funnel sales methodology and providing accurate forecasting to exceed revenue goals
  • Collaborated with Marketing, Product & Tech teams for local feature development and product roadmap mapping
  • Set up channel/reseller business with various in-market partners
  • Opened up Japan and Australia business
  • Hired and trained an agile revenue team of 3 sellers & 4 account managers
  • Participated as key speaker in numerous external digital events in APAC.

VP BD & Global Partnerships

Near.co
03.2015 - 02.2020
  • Hired as Head of BD & General Manager to stir the AdTech business for Near (SaaS/Data intelligence platform on people and places)
  • As a Bizdev leader secured key wins with several broad spectrum customers for 'AdSpark'/SaaS platform
  • (MasterCard, Sygic, MoPub, Adobe, Oracle etc) via consultative selling
  • Scaled Near's SaaS business from scratch to seven figure ACV in less than six months of launch
  • Developed and executed customer acquisition and growth strategies with the Exec team to grow Near's business initiatives and enhance revenue
  • Lead a 13 people team responsible for Sales and Account Management.

Head of Business Development

The Walt Disney Company,SEA
01.2015 - 02.2020
  • 1st Digital hire to lead SEA business for The Walt Disney Company
  • Built Disney's apps and social presence in SEA which were the top placed products within various stores
  • Set up www.disney.com websites SEA & generated revenue through advertising
  • Launched new markets with content sales including short form/long form, ringtones, app, games
  • Hired and managed a team of 10 employees including Sales, Producers/Tech & Account management.

Sr Manager, Business Development

Viacom APAC
01.2004 - 12.2006
  • 1st APAC hire to set up Viacom's digital business in APAC
  • 1M revenue achieved within the 1st yr of operations with a 3 employee team
  • Secured substantial local government funding (EDB) for MTV Mobile Singapore
  • Opened up India digital operations and secured various Telco's, developer deals to enhance revenue.

Ad Sales Manager

Turner International (CNN)
01.2001 - 12.2003
  • AD sales Manager selling inventory for CNN, HBO and Cartoon Network(Tv & website) in SEA.

Education

Masters in Business Administration (M.B.A) -

Institute of Management And Technology
India
06.2000

Additional Information

English and Hindi, Yoga & Running, 40 Women to Watch 2018, Tech Thought leader with various articles published in leading journals. Refer to LinkedIn for more details., Active public speaking engagements in several forums through Masterclass/Moderator opportunities.

Timeline

Sr Managing Director

90 Seconds
03.2024 - Current

Sr VP, APAC

GWI
01.2022 - 03.2024

Managing Director, APAC

Foursquare
01.2020 - 01.2022

VP BD & Global Partnerships

Near.co
03.2015 - 02.2020

Head of Business Development

The Walt Disney Company,SEA
01.2015 - 02.2020

Sr Manager, Business Development

Viacom APAC
01.2004 - 12.2006

Ad Sales Manager

Turner International (CNN)
01.2001 - 12.2003

Masters in Business Administration (M.B.A) -

Institute of Management And Technology
Aditi Kohli