Aakash Chugh · Product strategy and operations
Turning ambiguity into outcomes.
I'm a product strategy and operations leader. I work out what is worth pursuing and why, then build the operating model, tooling and AI capability that turn it into results.
MBA, London Business School | MS, Carnegie Mellon | 11+ years across fintech, data and sustainability
I evaluate a problem with five big questions
- Purpose
Which customer problem am I solving for?
- Value
What value will the customer walk away with if the problem is addressed?
- Right to win
Why am I, my team or my organisation best suited to solve this?
- Timing
Why now?
- Risk
What could go wrong, and what is my plan for addressing it?
Then I stay close to delivery: the processes, tools and teams that turn the answer into results.
Where that has paid off
Selected numbers- £50M+EU payments efficiency opportunity validated
- $4.5Bglobal expansion opportunity identified, markets ranked by ROI
- $15M+revenue from a new software suite
Latest
WorkTurning a year of customer calls into a roadmap
Used AI on 12 months of customer transcripts to map an emissions data portfolio, and to recommend pausing new build until the existing work sold.
Read more →Work · AISizing a £50M+ opportunity
Market sizing with the market strategists unearthed a £50M+ opportunity and shaped the product roadmap to go after it.
Read more →Work · StrategyTurning customer discovery into business cases
15+ customer discoveries with top-tier financial institutions informed several business cases worth £1M–£2M+ in total.
Read more →Work · Innovation
Latest
Journal
Stockholm, Sweden
Aug 2026
Valladolid, Spain
Aug 2026
The Composite Problem: How Aviation's Greenest Aircraft Could Become Its Next Waste Challenge
May 2026
Writing on climate and sustainability
My Substack covers climate change and the shift to a sustainable economy.
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If you're looking for a strategic operator to address some of your toughest challenges, please reach out.
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