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Tanya Kauchhur

Director, VCA | Ex-Bain
13.5 yrs experienceManagement Consulting
Aug 2025

The move

MoveBain & Company Visa
TitleManager Director, VCA
LocationDubai Dubai
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Native languageEnglish
Years in UAE9.8
Total experience13.5 years
Visa headcount10,001+ employees
Visa industryIT Services and IT Consulting
Visa HQFoster City, California
Visa typePublic Company

Career arc

  1. Director, VCAAug 2025 — Present
    Visa· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
  2. ManagerDec 2023 — Jul 2025
    Bain & Company· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
  3. ConsultantOct 2020 — Nov 2023
    Bain & Company· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
  4. ConsultantApr 2019 — Jul 2020
    PA Consulting· Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  5. Consulting AnalystApr 2017 — Mar 2019
    PA Consulting Group· Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  6. AnalystJan 2016 — Mar 2017
    PA Consulting· Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  7. Rotation Yr. 3 - Senior Business Analyst, Group OperationsSep 2013 — Nov 2014
    Sun Life Financial· Montreal, Canada
  8. Rotation Yr 2 - Group UnderwriterSep 2012 — Aug 2013
    Sun Life Financial· Toronto
  9. Rotational Leadership Development ProgramAug 2011 — May 2015
    Sun Life Financial· Canada
  10. Rotation Yr 1 - Business Project Management SpecialistAug 2011 — Aug 2012
    Sun Life Financial· Toronto

Education

Languages

  • French · Professional working
  • English · Native or bilingual
  • Hindi · Professional working

Top skills

CRMCustomer RelationsTime ManagementCommunicationLeadershipBusiness Process Improvement

About

With a decade of experience in Strategy Consulting, Tanya has a proven track record of shaping and executing high-impact business strategies and transformations across banks & financial services, payments, technology providers and capital-intensive industries (including airlines, mining, aerospace and defense) in the Middle East A results-oriented professional, she specializes in - Corporate strategies & business planning - Target operating model design - Cost optimization & performance improvement - Business & digital transformations, including post-merger integrations Tanya is also an alumni of SunLife Financial’s accelerated leadership program, where she gained cross-functional expertise through 3 strategic roles over 3 years. She holds a Bachelor's in Commerce (with distinction

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