Sri Raghav Narasimhan profile photo 1 on Tal

Sri Raghav Narasimhan

Playing at Boldfit | Retail Scale-Up Leader | Multi-Market P&L Owner | Driving Transformations Across India · UAE · KSA

Bengaluru

13+ years of work experience

Boldfit
Jul 20264 mosPresent

Bengaluru

0 to 1 journey. Building offline retail, in pursuit of making Boldfit the most aspirational sports and fitness brand in India.
Lenskart.com
Feb 20251 yr 4 mosMay 2026

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Full country P&L ownership across revenue, profitability, expansion, CX, manpower, pricing and operations. Building Lenskart’s Saudi business into one of the fastest-growing optical formats in the GCC. Key achievements: - 2x Revenue in 10 months - Increased Retail Footprint by 30% with stronger unit economics - Turned around stores to hit profitability - Improved customer metrics scores - Manpower cost optimization through higher productivity - Built the overall leadership org and multi-city expansion strategy - Led pricing architecture revamp, increasing product margins significantly
Lenskart.com
Apr 20231 yr 10 mosJan 2025

Led Central Operations for India’s 1,800+ store offline business — driving revenue, SOPs, productivity, manpower strategy, and CX transformation. Highlights: - Delivered 23% LFL same-store growth (FY 23–24) - Directed a 30-member Central Ops team, building a performance-driven transformation centre - Redesigned manpower model → 5% conversion uplift with zero cost increase - Launched India’s first dynamic retail roster monitoring system - Improved NPS from 65 → 70 - Integrated merchandising, supply chain & VM to ensure frictionless collection rollouts
Lenskart.com
Jan 20221 yr 3 mosMar 2023

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

- Business size of 800 crores with 560+ stores across South. - Growth strategy and expansion (Organic and Inorganic) - Crisis Management - People operations - Ideate and action key strategic initiatives
Apparel Group
Jun 20143 yrs 5 mosOct 2017

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

- Scaled retail network from 6 → 48 stores - Managed USD 52M annual business - Opened 40 profitable stores in 3 years - Built UAE-wide operational excellence frameworks
Reliance Brands Ltd.
Apr 20122 yrs 2 mosMay 2014

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Reliance Brands Ltd.
Apr 20111 yrMar 2012

HTC Global Services
Apr 20101 yr 1 moApr 2011

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

HTC Global Services
Jul 20081 yr 10 mosApr 2010

Malaysia & India

Education

Chennai Business School

Post Graduate Program in Management, Retail Management

Chennai Business School

20071 yr2008
University of Madras

B.Com, Commerce

University of Madras

20043 yrs2007

Join Sri and 10k+ other professionals on

Tal Boss

Tal is the app where bosses meet engineers & builders directly, without middlemen

Download Tal Boss

Sri Raghav Narasimhan on Tal

Headline

Playing at Boldfit | Retail Scale-Up Leader | Multi-Market P&L Owner | Driving Transformations Across India · UAE · KSA

About

Business transformation leader with 16+ years of multi-market experience across India, UAE, KSA and Malaysia — scaling high-velocity retail businesses, turning around underperforming markets, and building teams that deliver sustainable and profitable growth

Location

Bengaluru

Work experience

Senior Vice President & Director of Retail at Boldfit, Jul 2026 - Present · 4 mos, Bengaluru, 0 to 1 journey. Building offline retail, in pursuit of making Boldfit the most aspirational sports and fitness brand in India.

Vice President & Country Head – Lenskart, Saudi Arabia at Lenskart.com, Feb 2025 - May 2026 · 1 yr 4 mos, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Full country P&L ownership across revenue, profitability, expansion, CX, manpower, pricing and operations. Building Lenskart’s Saudi business into one of the fastest-growing optical formats in the GCC. Key achievements: - 2x Revenue in 10 months - Increased Retail Footprint by 30% with stronger unit economics - Turned around stores to hit profitability - Improved customer metrics scores - Manpower cost optimization through higher productivity - Built the overall leadership org and multi-city expansion strategy - Led pricing architecture revamp, increasing product margins significantly

Vice President – Growth (India Offline Business) at Lenskart.com, Apr 2023 - Jan 2025 · 1 yr 10 mos, Led Central Operations for India’s 1,800+ store offline business — driving revenue, SOPs, productivity, manpower strategy, and CX transformation. Highlights: - Delivered 23% LFL same-store growth (FY 23–24) - Directed a 30-member Central Ops team, building a performance-driven transformation centre - Redesigned manpower model → 5% conversion uplift with zero cost increase - Launched India’s first dynamic retail roster monitoring system - Improved NPS from 65 → 70 - Integrated merchandising, supply chain & VM to ensure frictionless collection rollouts

Director of Revenue Growth - South at Lenskart.com, Jan 2022 - Mar 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, - Business size of 800 crores with 560+ stores across South. - Growth strategy and expansion (Organic and Inorganic) - Crisis Management - People operations - Ideate and action key strategic initiatives

Assistant Operations Manager at Apparel Group, Jun 2014 - Oct 2017 · 3 yrs 5 mos, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, - Scaled retail network from 6 → 48 stores - Managed USD 52M annual business - Opened 40 profitable stores in 3 years - Built UAE-wide operational excellence frameworks

Store Director at Reliance Brands Ltd., Apr 2012 - May 2014 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Manager - Store Operations at Reliance Brands Ltd., Apr 2011 - Mar 2012 · 1 yr

Business Development Manager at HTC Global Services, Apr 2010 - Apr 2011 · 1 yr 1 mo, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Business Development Executive at HTC Global Services, Jul 2008 - Apr 2010 · 1 yr 10 mos, Malaysia & India

Education

Post Graduate Program in Management, Retail Management, Chennai Business School

B.Com, Commerce, University of Madras

Sri Raghav Narasimhan - Senior Vice President & Director of Retail in Bengaluru | Tal