Sep 2009 – Apr 2013 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Chandigarh Area, India

• Founded an herbal products manufacturing firm in 2009; Exited the business in 2012 and handed control to family to assume a corporate position
• Scaled business to 8 product lines, with 83% CAGR sales growth and 36% average gross margins
• Established client base in 13 countries across Asia, Africa & South America with 64% revenue from exports
• Developed private labels with xx products and set up pan-India sales network with 19 distributors in 14 states, contributing 20% to total revenues
• Business Revival & Divestment: Talson Pharmaceuticals
• Turned around loss making family-owned pharmaceutical contract manufacturing unit from being sold off at a loss in 2009 to selling it at 80% higher valuation in 2012
• Improved utilization to 70% (from 40%) through 4 loan-licenses and 20% contract labor
• Re-structured debt; 15% reduction in bad debts and 27% lesser interest payments with 10% incremental FCF
• Led the M&A transaction, from business valuation to deal structuring, with a team of 2 CAs and 3 M&A lawyers

Jul 2008 – Jul 2009 · 1 yr · Gurgaon, India

• Part of 6-membered team, offered customized Equity & Credit research to $700M New York based Hedge Fund. Equity recommendation a $30M portfolio investment with 19.26% CAGR return between Oct’08 till Dec’10