Sep 2019 – Jun 2020 · 9 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Phoenix was a US$3b food and agri commodities business spanning the entire value chain with additional interests in mineral trading and consumer brands. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and its related adverse business impact, the group went into liquidation.

Sep 2014 – Present · 11 yrs 6 mos

• A not-for-profit Trust focused at creating a ‘Better Tomorrow’ for people with no or limited access. Our vehicle of choice is Education within which we focus on developing solutions for teacher training and motivation. Other fields of interest are eradication of malnutrition and poverty.

May 2005 – Aug 2019 · 14 yrs 3 mos · Greater Delhi Area

• Fuerst Day Lawson (FDL) India is a leading B2B ingredient and solutions provider to the food & beverage industry.
• Led and established the India business (with a factory
• in 2014); spearheaded the sales program for customised solutions and
• serviced all major food brands across FMCG and QSR
• Managed the Innovation Centre for flavours, nutritional blends and
• condiments (syrups, sauces and fruit preparations)
• Member of the global Operations Board; provided strategic inputs to
• the group on products, key relationships, team building and
• management across commercial, functional and operational spheres

Nov 2001 – Apr 2005 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Greater Delhi Area

• Amira Group was a leading processor and trader of agricultural and food products.
• Managed the trading of a variety of agricultural commodities including long-grain rice, sesame seeds, soybean meal, pulses, etc. Key achievements were the establishment of downstream distribution and barter activities in West Africa and setting up of a greenfield state-of-art sesame processing facility.

Jul 2000 – Oct 2001 · 1 yr 3 mos

• Wyzen is an e-solutions company runs a network of region and country specific e-marketplaces (IndiaTradeZone.com and Go4WorldBusiness.com being the most prominent).
• Key achievements in the short but critical start-up period was multiplying sales through the establishment of the network of web-fronts besides being instrumental in setting up a dozen alliances with the complete spectrum of business/trade facilitation service providers.

Jul 1999 – Jun 2000 · 11 mos

• Managed the supply chain of the sunflower seed and soybean crushing and oil refining unit; besides working on distribution of pulses into the Indian market and assisting ADM Rice in the procurement of rice.

Jun 1996 – Jun 1999 · 3 yrs

• At Continental Grain, prior to its acquisition by Cargill, gained immense exposure in diverse areas from procurement of rice and wheat to distribution of pulses and sugar besides structured trade finance.