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Harish Deshpande

AVP & Head of Enterprise Sales & GTM | 16 yrs scaling B2B revenue across Fintech, Mobility & EV | Key Accounts & Partnerships | Ex-Ola, JioBP, Mahindra, HT Media

Bengaluru

5+ years of work experience

Various Companies
Sep 20251 yr 2 mosPresent

Working with early and growth-stage startups as an operating advisor, helping founders scale across business strategy, GTM, revenue, and growth. Currently partnering with a logistics startup on GTM, monetisation, and expansion, alongside consumer internet businesses in mobility, EV, and energy.
HT Media Group
Jan 20259 mosSep 2025

Bengaluru

Ola
Aug 20239 mosApr 2024

Bengaluru

• Led strategic partnerships and corporate sales operations for Ola in India and international markets, driving revenue growth from diverse industry verticals. • Developed key relationships with online and offline ecosystems, including OTAs, Airlines, Banks, and more, to facilitate inorganic growth and enhance payment experiences. • Conceptualized and executed multiple partnerships by collaborating with product and tech teams to capture untapped markets.
Ola
Jan 20239 mosSep 2023

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Owned and managed institutional Sales (B2B sales), targeting key market segments and use cases. Built strategies to increase market penetration and large contracts closures.
Ola
Nov 20211 yr 2 mosDec 2022

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Owned PnL and new business development through launching and managing product portfolios.
May 20216 mosOct 2021

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Jio-bp (Reliance BP Mobility Limited)
Oct 20208 mosMay 2021

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Education

SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)

PGDM, Business Administration, Management and Operations

SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)

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Headline

AVP & Head of Enterprise Sales & GTM | 16 yrs scaling B2B revenue across Fintech, Mobility & EV | Key Accounts & Partnerships | Ex-Ola, JioBP, Mahindra, HT Media

About

Enterprise sales & GTM leader with 16 years across mobility, EV and financial services at OLA, JioBP & Mahindra Electric. My work has consistently sat where a business has proven something works and now needs it to work at scale. That has meant building commercial functions that did not previously exist: defining the account strategy, standing up the sales motion, hiring and leading the team, and owning the commercial outcome end to end. At OLA Electric, I established the institutional sales function from the ground up & led the national expansion of the EV charging network, shifting the growth model from adding sites to aggregating demand. At JioBP, the Reliance BP joint venture, I built the demand side of India's battery-swapping network from zero, converting India's largest delivery fleets from ICE to electric through enterprise partnerships. Across OLA's corporate mobility vertical, I carried full P&L ownership, pricing, discount governance & cost-to-serve alongside the revenue line. I am at my best in new categories, regulated or operationally complex, where no playbook exists, buyer education is part of the sale, & the commercial model is still being defined. Core strengths: enterprise sales leadership, key account management, go-to-market strategy, strategic partnerships, B2B business development, revenue growth, P&L ownership & sales team building.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

gemini

openai

Figma Make

FLUX

Gamma

Work experience

Strategic Operating Advisor at Various Companies, Sep 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos, Working with early and growth-stage startups as an operating advisor, helping founders scale across business strategy, GTM, revenue, and growth. Currently partnering with a logistics startup on GTM, monetisation, and expansion, alongside consumer internet businesses in mobility, EV, and energy.

AVP @ HT Media at HT Media Group, Jan 2025 - Sep 2025 · 9 mos, Bengaluru

Head - Partnerships and Distribution at Ola, Aug 2023 - Apr 2024 · 9 mos, Bengaluru, • Led strategic partnerships and corporate sales operations for Ola in India and international markets, driving revenue growth from diverse industry verticals. • Developed key relationships with online and offline ecosystems, including OTAs, Airlines, Banks, and more, to facilitate inorganic growth and enhance payment experiences. • Conceptualized and executed multiple partnerships by collaborating with product and tech teams to capture untapped markets.

Head - Institutional Sales (OLA Electric) at Ola, Jan 2023 - Sep 2023 · 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Owned and managed institutional Sales (B2B sales), targeting key market segments and use cases. Built strategies to increase market penetration and large contracts closures.

Director - Avail Finance (OLA Financial Services) at Ola, Nov 2021 - Dec 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Owned PnL and new business development through launching and managing product portfolios.

Director - Business Development at Unibook, May 2021 - Oct 2021 · 6 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

DGM - EV Business Development | Growth & Partnerships at Jio-bp (Reliance BP Mobility Limited), Oct 2020 - May 2021 · 8 mos

Education

PGDM, Business Administration, Management and Operations, SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)