Sahil Gohel

AI & Analytics Consultant — Principal Consultant, Kantar

SahilGohel

300+

Users on shipped AI solutions

Weeks → mins

Time to insight

60%

Faster insight delivery

9

Years advising Fortune 50

I help enterprises turn AI and analytics into outcomes people trust.

London, UKsahilgohel91@gmail.comLinkedIn

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01 — Profile

Strategic analytics and consulting leader with nine years of experience advising Fortune 50 and global enterprises across retail, FMCG, technology, and financial services.

I deliver analytics transformations and AI-driven solutions that grow revenue and earn client trust — leading cross-functional teams, advising senior stakeholders, and translating complex data into decisions people act on.

02 — Experience

Kantar

Principal Consultant, Analytics UK

2023 — Present  ·  London

Relocated to Kantar UK via internal transfer, March 2023.

300+users on shipped AI solutions

  • Spearheaded a conversational AI solution integrating brand tracker, panel, ad spend, and sales data — owning it from sales deck and demo tools through client demos and iterative product improvement.
  • Led strategic data initiatives and BI automation, cutting insight delivery time by 60% and raising data adoption across global teams.
  • Provided indirect oversight of 25+ analysts, scientists, designers, researchers, and offshore teams.
  • Won three first-time client accounts (“new logos”) by converting leads and leading proposals, expanding the company’s portfolio and revenue base.
  • Acted as the go-to resource for high-stakes sales conversations, crafting proposals and straw-man solutions for key opportunities.

Kantar

Director — Data Strategy & Engineering

2021 — 2023  ·  India

F50clients advised on data strategy

  • Advised multiple Fortune 50 companies on data strategy, pricing, and resourcing, driving strategic decisions across global brands.
  • Managed diverse analytics portfolios, exceeding revenue targets through innovative, scalable solutions.
  • Led the design and adoption of advanced analytics frameworks, improving operational efficiency and client satisfaction.

Cartesian Consulting

Consultant

2017 — 2021  ·  Mumbai

4industries served as account owner

  • Owned accounts for multi-billion-dollar clients across retail, insurance, FMCG, and automotive, aligning analytics solutions with business goals.
  • Managed analytics teams delivering NPS improvement, demand forecasting, and personalised sales targeting.
  • Optimised inventory for a major electronics retailer and built a Dealer Health Index for a global tractor manufacturer.

03 — Selected Projects

  1. 2025

    Conversational AI solution

    Built and shipped a conversational AI solution over integrated brand tracker, panel, ad spend and sales data. 300+ users across global markets, time-to-insight cut from weeks to minutes, renewed for a further two years.

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  2. 2024

    Connected insights ecosystem

    Linked brand tracker, panel, Nielsen, ad spend, and CSAT data into unified decision-making dashboards.

  3. 2023

    Portfolio optimisation

    Recommended Jobs-To-Be-Done to R&D teams at one of the largest tobacco and vape producers.

  4. 2022

    Hyper-personalised SKU recommendations

    Drove retailer uptake for a global FMCG giant.

  5. 2020

    Marketing mix models

    Optimised marketing spend for a luxury beauty retailer.

  6. 2019

    NLP-driven NPS analysis

    Identified NPS drivers for a leading life insurance provider.

04 — Skills & Stack

What I do, in the order an engagement needs it

Most AI work dies between phases — a good idea nobody can build, or a working build nobody adopts. I cover all three.

Skills

Frame

Working out what is worth building, and what it is worth.

  • AI opportunity assessment
  • Analytics & measurement strategy
  • Business cases and pricing
  • Proposals and sales enablement
  • Scoping and resourcing

Build

Getting a working thing in front of real users.

  • Data harmonisation and governance
  • LLM orchestration and retrieval
  • Evaluation and model testing
  • Prototyping and delivery
  • Security and access review

Land

Making sure it is still used six months later.

  • Solution embedding and adoption
  • Senior stakeholder management
  • Cross-functional team leadership
  • Insights and storytelling
  • Dashboards and BI automation

Stack

Professional tooling I use on client work, and what I build my own projects with.

Professional
Copilot Studio, Claude and OpenAI APIs, RAG and retrieval design, Power Automate, Microsoft Graph, SharePoint, Power BI, SQL, Figma
Personal builds
Astro, React, TypeScript, Supabase, Vercel, Cursor and agentic coding tools, local models (Llama, Gemma, Qwen)

05 — Education

Degrees

Certificates

MBA

Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak, India

2015 — 2017

HBX Core Pre-MBA

Harvard Business School  ·  2015

B.Sc. Business Economics

University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2011 — 2014

Big Data Research

London School of Economics  ·  2015

Languages

EnglishNativeHindiNativeGujaratiNativeFrenchElementary

06 — Contact

Let’s talk

I’m currently open to AI consulting and AI transformation roles in London. The best way to reach me is by email — I reply within a day.

sahilgohel91@gmail.com

linkedin.com/in/gohelsahil+44 7778 157299

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