Summary
Akshay Shekhawat is a consumer goods leader with 11 years of cross-functional experience building and scaling beauty and personal care businesses across India and Southeast Asia. Currently Senior Manager for South East Asia at Minimalist, he has led market entry and GTM operations across multiple APAC markets after founding and scaling mCaffeine’s international business from scratch. His strengths include P&L ownership, performance marketing, distributor onboarding, regulatory approvals (including US FDA and EU CPNP) and inventory/production planning. An operator with startup grit, he co-founded a student-focused marketplace that achieved strong early traction and revenue, demonstrating both growth and operational discipline. Based in Jaipur, he blends analytical rigor from an IIT (ISM) Dhanbad engineering background with a pragmatic, hands-on approach to expansion in regulated markets. Outside work he’s a foodie and gamer who balances commercial strategy with a genuine curiosity for tech and animals.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Petroleum Engineering, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Petroleum Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad
Seedling Schools Jaipur
St. Anne's School Jodhpur
Mayoor School, Ajmer (A Mayo College General Council School)
AISCE 2012, PCM, 91.6%, AISCE 2012, PCM, 91.6% at Step By Step High School, Jaipur
AISSCE 2010, 91.2%, AISSCE 2010, 91.2% at Alwar Public School, Alwar