Nikhilesh Mohanty

Strategic Advisor

Nikhilesh (Nik) is the CEO of Arctic Edge Consultants, a strategy and operations consulting firm, and a Strategic Partner to MAR Advisors. He has 20 years of experience in strategy, operations, and financial planning across industries including healthcare, oil & gas, utilities, automotives, and consumer goods. At Össur, a global leader in prosthetics, Nik served as Director of Corporate Strategy and Director of Financial Planning, driving profit margin improvements and developing strategic roadmaps to scale the business from $500m to $1.5b. He also led multi-year finance transformations and supported sales and marketing teams in new market entry and growth strategies.

Previously, Nik was a management consultant at McKinsey & Co. and KPMG in London, delivering service-level and margin improvements in Europe, India, and Australia. He began his career at Micron Technologies, one of the world’s largest semiconductor companies, in manufacturing and engineering roles at their fab near Washington, DC.

Nik holds an MBA from the University of Oxford, a Master’s in Operations Management from Clemson University, and a Bachelor’s in Production Engineering from the University of Mumbai. Nik is also a certified change management professional.