Jan 2014 – Jun 2022 · 8 yrs 5 mos · Singapore

• 12+ years’ experience across multiple industries in Asia Pacific, India, MENA, and the EU in raising debt and equity capital, M&A, market entry, business development and strategy. Financial communication and investor relations related counsel was critical role for some listed entities as well.
• Omni-channel creation for a retail player in pop culture clothing
• Re-design of a Cloud Computing company’s Asia Pac delivery model
• Market research and financial modelling for a defence industry R&D base in Singapore
• Raised US$ 27 Million of Promoter financing from an AIF

Jun 2011 – Jan 2013 · 1 yr 7 mos · Pune Area, India

• Started up explosive services foray into Australian markets guiding growth to A$ 25 Million
• Successfully streamlined the supply chain improving delivery efficiency by 27% while reducing costs by US$ 12 Million a year
• Managed and led a 5 member strategy planning team serving the various divisions
• Identify and source natural gas,ammonia, downstream petrochemicals and phosphates
• Implement the annual logistics plan for hazardous chemicals and ammonium nitrate
• Co-managed the Australian foray into export of Ammonium Nitrate and blasting services
• Co-lead new business initiatives and business development in the MENA region with collaborations in Algeria, Egypt and Togo

Oct 2007 – Aug 2010 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Singapore

• Sold and leased back 3 bulk carriers raising US$ 11 Million in cash for the company and reducing debt by US$ 8 Million
• Successfully expanded the footprint of the firm across the ASEAN, China and MENA region
• Worked extensively in the MENA and ASEAN region contracting with majors for downstream petrochemicals especially ammonia, urea, phosphates and acids
• Contracted with PNOC, Philippines for a 3 year - 2.8 MT Coal supply
• Contracted 100,000 MT of Urea with SINOFERT, JincHeng Facility at ShanXi
• Sourced and delivered over 4 MT of supply of critical petrochemical raw materials into India
• Traded over 6 MT of high grade coal from Indonesia into India
• Stabilized and grew revenues by 3x to US$300+ Million with profitability in double digits
• Re-branded and redesigned the organisation into a professionally managed team with specialist
• traders across key verticals of fertilisers, trade finance and petrochemicals

Apr 2005 – Sep 2007 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Chennai Area, India

• Sical Logistics is India’s largest bulk and multi-modal logistics service provider
• Hands-on lead in strategy planning for successfully bidding and acquiring logistics and transportation projects worth over US$750 Million in the ports, port berths, Car terminals, inland terminals, container rail services and trucking terminals across India
• Initiated the entry of the company into offshore supply and onshore energy logistics
• Planned, Designed and implemented a India-wide roll out of 3rd Party Logistics solutions for the automotive, bulk chemicals, hazardous chemicals,specialty chemicals, alcohol, beverages, white goods and food and agriculture cold chain bringing in fresh revenues worth US$ 70 Million
• Large organizational restructuring exercise with assistance from KSA Technopak and E&Y
• Initiated and implemented a Section 391 de-merger of logistics and non-logistics asset leading to unlocking of US$100 Million of shareholder value and listing Sicagen Limited on BSE
• Played an internal investment bankers role disposing land banks and non-core assets worth US$49 Million which was used to pare down debt by 30%
• Completed a US$93 Million acquisition of Bergen offshore
• Raised US$ 75 Million in Private equity from IDFC, Macquarie and Old Lane PE funds
• Listed a US$ 75 Million FCCB with Duetsche Bank with listing in SGX

Jun 2004 – Mar 2005 · 9 mos · Greater Chennai Area

• SPIC Group is a $900 Million downstream petrochemical major
• Created the Vice-Chairman’s Secretariat for Mr. Ashwin Muthiah
• Implemented a detailed, structured and centralized MIS system across the entire group consisting of 4 public listed and over 20 unlisted investments owned by the promoters
• Internal Group coordinator for the Group implementing SAP R/3 by SAP India
• Tied up with Degussa for chemical sourcing and contract production using existent facilities
• Negotiated and implemented a US$ 800 Million CDR exercise with 38 banks and ARCIL
• Managed the detailed valuation and due diligence for DB Hedge Fund/ WL Ross India
• Led turn around by raising US$ 450 Mn from disposal of assets and term sheet from Duetsche Bank

Mar 2003 – Jun 2004 · 1 yr 3 mos · Greater New York City Area

• Part of IdenTrust(a JV of Citi, ABN, BNY and Banker’s Trust), providing consulting services for digital security and infrastructure for the multi sector use. Eventually sold to
• CyberTrust which in turn was bought out by Verizon
• Part of a technology Sales and upgrade services team for existent back end databases
• Provide risk management for corporate users working in a digital supply chain environment
• Certification lead approving digital infrastructure for online transactions and reconciliation
• Analyze and design secure online payment services using PKI
• Implementing digital signatures as a third party solution integrator for clients
• Provide technology standardization audit between financial agencies and product vendors
• Provide ethical hacking tests on data centers for security certification through NTA Monitor
• Lead presenter on behalf of GIS to Indian banks and financial institutions on the use of PKI
• Opened markets in India and Asia for Cyber security services with billing worth US$ 7 Million

Jan 2000 – Dec 2002 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• HFCL was part of the $6 Billion Kerry Packer Group from Australia with investments in media, technology services, paging services, telecommunication towers and distributorships
• International business development work to source technology transfer and equipment manufacturing for Marconi PLC, Alcatel, JDS Uniphase, Sonus Networks and Huawei
• Re-structured Motorola Paging India into a CRM Centre for LG, Star TV and Danone generating
• revenues worth US$ 12 Million
• Restructure of e-commerce and exit support strategy for staff
• Closure and wind up management of HFCL 9, a terrestrial satellite entertainment channel

Dec 1998 – Mar 2000 · 1 yr 3 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• BD and operations for digital encryption and ethical hacking services
• Market solutions for hardware and software solution consultancy to banks to manage data security
• Public Key Infrastructure and digital signatures for Globalsign and Verisign

Oct 1997 – Nov 1998 · 1 yr 1 mo · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Business development; Strategic Alliances and Fund raising

Oct 1996 – Aug 1997 · 10 mos

• Assisted the Chairman Mr. Seldon O. Young for India initiatives
• Developed an India sourcing strategy in its animation business conducted multiple trial productions for Nest Entertainment
• Assisted the EVP in the sale of Rich Animation Studio to Crest Communications for US$19.6 Mn