Jugnu Sakuja

Managing Director
18+ years of consulting experience 
Helps clients achieve growth and cost optimization 
Works with multibillion-dollar enterprises as well as medium and small promoter-run enterprises
New Delhi
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Jugnu Sakuja is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s Business Transformation Services in New Delhi. He specializes in driving large-scale business transformation programs focused on margin expansion, leveraging growth as well as cost optimization levers.

With more than 18 years of consulting experience, Mr. Sakuja has worked with automobile original equipment manufacturers, auto suppliers, infrastructure players, apparel and fashion brands and retailers.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Sakuja spent seven years with Accenture Strategy in New Delhi, serving most recently as Managing Director. He recently drove a large-scale cost optimization program for one of India’s largest passenger vehicle players, helped a farm equipment player increase its market share and helped a leading two-wheeler player optimize its logistics and packaging operations.

Previously, Mr. Sakuja served as a Principal in Hong Kong for SDG, a boutique consulting firm.

Mr. Sakuja earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Delhi University and an MBA from IIM Calcutta.

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Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) India has appointed Jugnu Sakuja and Shubhra Goel as Managing Directors in its Business Transformation Services practice. These strategic appointments are central to A&M’s efforts to bolster its leadership team and broaden its presence in India, aligning with the firm’s objective of achieving 5X growth over the next five years.
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April 2026 is set to hit small UK retailers with a fresh wave of cost hikes, pilling pressure onto a sector many say is facing its toughest time since Covid. Rising wage, insurance, sick pay, business rates, energy standing charges, and reduced owner take‑home pay arrive as consumer demand softens and inflation fears persist amid geopolitical tensions. SMEs enter with limited resilience and mounting headwinds—including late payments, crime, and heavier admin/tax burdens—raising the risk of closures or contraction. The piece urges defensive cost control where necessary and, where possible, smarter pricing, operational efficiency, and targeted automation/analytics to protect margins and conserve working capital.