Sumit Popli

Joining Year: 2026
Specialization: Finance and Accounting
Email: sumitp26@iimb.ac.in
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/poplisumit/
Qualification:
- PGP in Analytical Finance and Strategy, from ISB, 2009
- M.Tech in Computer Chips and VLSI design, from IIT Madras, 2005
- B.Tech in Electrical Engineering, from IIT Madras, 2005
Prior Work Experience:
- 2005 – 2008 | Hardware design engineer at Nvidia Graphics | India, and USA
- 2009 – 2009 | Academic associate at ISB, India
- 2009 – 2026 | Junior associate to Partner at McKinsey and Company | India and South East Asia
Research Interests: Banking and financial intermediation, Asset pricing and capital markets, Behavioural finance
Career and Recent Professional Awards:
- People leadership award given to top 5 partners in Financial Services practice in Asia (McKinsey, 2025)
- Client counseling leadership award given to top Junior Partner in South East Asia (McKinsey, 2016)
- Institute Scholar of Excellence (ISB, 2009)
- Dean’s List, Merit List, Academic Scholarship (ISB, 2009)
- Silver medal for successfully delivering a consulting project for one of the largest consumer companies in India (HUL), which received among the highest client feedback, among ~60 projects, for developing a distri-bution strategy (ISB, 2008)
- Institute Silver medal for academic excellence (IIT Madras, 2004)
