Professional Advisory Board

Ex -Partner Varbys Advisors, India - Worked at senior positions as Partner- Varbys Advisors; CEO infrastructural development company Oman; and with various Bank Muscat; Global trust Bank; Emirates Bank; Ahli United; National Bank; and provided Advisory services for Fund Mobilization, Debt Syndication, Private Equity and Placements, Acquisition and Merger advisory, Contract and Structured Finance Deals and other Strategic and Management Advisory Services.

Handled corporate accounts across Real Estate and Contracting Sector in addition to Sovereign Accounts and Large Corporate Borrowers.

Overall in charge of a portfolio of accounts and leading and Syndicating Large Value Transactions, Due Diligence of borrowers and Site Visits Preparation of credit proposals, financial appraisal, relationship management and RBI reporting Preparation of credit proposals, financial appraisal, relationship management and RBI reporting.

Ex- VP HSBC India - Worked at senior positions in banks and financial institutions like Standard Chartered; HDFC bank; ICICI Bank; HSBC; IL&FS Invests etc.

Professional with more than 20 years (approx.) of post qualification experience in the field of financial services; marketing of banking and non-banking financial services and products. He has extensive experience in Corporate Finance/Investment and Merchant Banking, Treasury areas of the Finance Industry. His core competency is strategy plus mergers and acquisitions, along with business planning/budgeting and periodic forecast rollovers.

Investment advisor for family offices and assisted in investment advisory of Ultra High Net-worth Individuals (Indian, Non Resident Indian and international clients) and handled their wealth management needs with emphasis on return maximization and capital preservation.

Major areas of concentration are Investment/Merchant consultancy and funding consultancy, in the fields of infrastructure (Railways/ transportation/Oil & Gas/Smart Cities), construction, and real estate – leading entry strategies for foreign investors in India. He has travelled extensively within India and globally to expand businesses and to set up new entities.

Ex- CFO Tiffany Food LLC, Dubai - Over 25 years  international experience (India, U.A.E, Egypt, & East Africa)  in manufacturing FMCG sector and food sector with experience in distribution trading and retail operations.

Having senior level experience of Corporate strategy formulations and corporate decision making, to drive performance across the business.

Solid background in designing and implementing IFRS compliant and appropriate accounting policies & procedures, Costing and Budgetary Control systems ensuring proper financial controls operate effectively throughout the business. Financial evaluation and commercial support to negotiations at all business levels.

Ex- President Corporate Affairs & Finance, Oman - More than 20+ years of work experience in the ME various organization of well repute as President - Corporate affairs & Finance- Al Ansari Group; Oman, Group CFO-AATCO Group Oman; Financial Controller- Shanfari Group etc. , of which the last 10 years in Sr. Management / C level position in large business houses with large annual revenues.

Having professional knowledge in areas of Business Strategy, General management, Business performance, Corporate Finance, Risk management in multi industry operations – Construction, Real estate, FMCG, manufacturing, mining, hospitality, education, & health.

Experience includes project review, study, recommend, implement and arrange project funding thru both equity and debt; negotiate, finalize & manage large size credit facilities of around US$ 200M (includes various kinds and both funded and non-funded facilities); reporting management includes communication with stakeholders for decision making, planning and control; supervise the functions of IA department finalize the various authority manuals for Business, Operations Control, risk management; including HR manuals for company policies

Ex GM –Shanfari Real Estate : A senior real estate professional with a strong lineage to Architecture, Project Management and RE Development Strategy Investment Advisory. A Fellow of the Indian Institute of Architects and an accredited (MRICS) Member of the Royal institution of Chartered Surveyors (UK). A member of Society of Construction Law and served as an adjunct faculty member at various schools of design and architecture and as a research/thesis guide for the UG architecture program.

Co-founded the Design practice of Mathur & Daniel at Lucknow in 1990 and continued to acquire competencies in corporate real estate and to lead two practice areas – Project Management and Real Estate Investment and Development services. A graduate of College of architecture, Lucknow, trained under Sengupta, and went on to lead the Design team at Sterling Resorts. Conceptualized and managed Hotel and Resort projects across the country till he moved to Developer Organizations; led several large Development and Infrastructure projects/ contracts at Embassy, Chaitanya, Shanfari & Izz between India and Oman. In 2006, established the India office for Nelson the 6th largest Design giant based out of Philadelphia PA, (US) with over 35 offices across the globe. Worked with a FDI real estate Company USDPL as Chief Development Officer and established the operational organization.

Currently MD Consulting, a platform for the delivery of end-to-end services to the development community, as an evolution of Mathur & Daniel, design partnership of 25 years, offering complete Architecture and Design services from its studio in India to execute work for projects in residential, retail and institutional sectors, through global alignments and international experts, to serve wider geographies and markets with consultancy in planning, design, construction project life cycle, project and development management providing value added specialized services

Ex Owner SME, India - Member Managing Committee member of Hosur Industries Association for 9 years.

Rotary member since 1993; past President of Rotary Bangalore Koramangala in 2014-2015; Trustee with Rotary Koramangala Public charitable Trust. Hon program Director of Bangalore Division of “ Make A Wish Foundation of India”, since Jan 2008. Business Mentor with National Entrepreneurship Network ( NEN).

Member Advisory Committee of EDP of Symbiosis College of Media and communication, Bangalore. Mentored entrepreneurs  under the ISB Goldman Sachs program for women entrepreneurship.

Ex VP Info line, Oman - Have worked in various multinationals such as Bahwan Group - Oman, Product Direct – UK, HCL, Wiley etc. at senior positions.

Mentoring clients to define and execute Business strategy for both established and start up entities. Develop business plans and customers Management strategy. Assist in defining Financial modeling and Funding options. Plan Customer Life Cycle Management and analyses various critical customer retention and customer service dimensions through Multi-site and Multi-channel Customer Contact Strategy.

Ex- GM Al Hassan, Oman - Electrical engineer, having more than four decade’s experience and knowledge in power equipment, systems and has been associated with PV Solar business for last six years including EPC and Consultancy in the field of PV solar power projects.

Involved in Power projects for Electrical equipment and Systems in gulf with L& T and having in dept detail experience of International practices in Power Projects and privileged to deal with big names such as GE, ENEL, LG, and Siemens to name a few.

Since last more than six years involved in the exciting Solar Industry which is evolving rapidly and is meeting various challenges and benefitted with most contemporary technologies and practices. Visit to shows such as INTERSOLAR Germany have helped in updating my knowledge in this ever changing environment in terms of Technology, Finance, and Engineering and Project Management practices.

Regularly invited to contribute articles, be a speaker in prestigious Conferences etc. and have been associated with PV Solar business for last six years including EPC and Consultancy in the field of PV solar power projects and in a position to respond to variety of issues related to power sector in general.

Ex- Advisor/CEO,Jindal Group, India - More than forty years in Profit Centre Management, Marketing, Operations as well as projects in large Business groups ; with conceptualizing new business strategies and growth prospects; Piloting project proposals through government & financial institutions; Selecting appropriate technology and finalizing foreign collaborations; Overseeing complete implementation of new ventures; Development and implementation of market strategies; Developing Organizational setups,Manning and controls and achieving targeted Profit Centre objectives

Advisor/ Chief Executive in a large business group in PET/OPP Film Business in India , with an annual turnover of over USD 600 Million with specific charge of operations & implementing projects with an outlay of over USD 500 Million. Associated with acquisition of a Major OPP Film producer with operations in Europe/USA and successful assimilation into the Group.

CEO for a large group to conceive and set up a 7500 TPA BOPP film project in the Sultanate of Oman, at a cost of USD 20 Million, in a record time of 13 months with breakeven after 6 months from startup. Market development and product positioning in the Middle East Europe, Far East as well as in the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka and Africa against stiff competition from world leaders.

Executive Vice President of a Rs 4 billion Multi product multi divisional company in one of the largest business groups in India, overseeing all Business Development, Diversification activities, & Oerational performance of various group companies

Guided a large business group in diversification activities to identify and conceptualize growth Areas. Projects handled included a 50000 TPA grass roots High Wet Modulus Fiber project and Debottlenecking of a static project for the manufacture of nitroglycerine based explosives.

Involved in setting up two large projects, including foreign collaboration, Tie ups, Financing and market viability which include a 18000 TPA Polyester staple fibre project in collaboration with Dupont/ Chemtex in Madhya Pradesh and a 30000 TPA Caustic Soda project in collaboration with Asahi Chemicals, Japan, in Andhra Pradesh.

Identified, planned and successfully implemented a BOPP Film Project, one of the first co extrusion processes in the world in Maharashtra, and achieved all profitability objectives

Ex- General Manager ( Intl Marketing ) IFFCO, UAE- Having over 30 years of experience , 15 years of working professionals as senior executive ( Brand manager, Sales manager, Marketing Manager, General Manager-International marketing), out of this  10 years in India with TATA’s and British Multinationals based in their Bombay H.O. and last 5 years with IFFCO group.

Since last 16 years managing own business of FMCG products and trading with many countries in Middle East and African region.

In-depth expertise of entire marketing management  of FMCG products viz. product development, packaging, pricing, markets, logistic solution, sourcing  etc.  in Middle East and African region.

Ex -Director Business Development , IIFCO, UAE - Held positions as Director Business Development IIFCO, UAE, CEO with Gerant in L’appetissante Tunisia; Managing Director-Katakit; VP & CEO - Katakit Syria; and at senior positions with companies such as Tiffany Foods Ltd., U.A.E./ Russia; Tambrands (Procter & Gamble), Moscow, Russia , National Biscuit Industries. (NABIL), Oman

Over 3 decades of extensive General management with techno Commercial, Sales & Marketing experience and expertise in managing entire business operations and Developed markets in GCC, MENA, Africa, Yemen, Malaysia, Indian Sub continent, Russia, Sweden, UK, Italy, Holland, Australia, New Zealand, USA, and Canada

Brands Launched include TIFFANY, QUANTA, ALFA, HAYAT, NABIL, BAKEMAN’S and TAMPAX. Products Launched include

• Food: Biscuits, Chocolates, Confectionery, Pasta, Cakes, Beverages, Snacks, Bread, Oil
• Non Food: Feminine hygiene (Tampax tampons), Detergent, Soaps

Ex-President Emami Group–Sales and Mktg – CEO - Unipex Dairy Products ; GM-Sales & Marketing - Dabur India Limited ; MD – Dalmia Industries Ltd. Over 4 decades of FMCG industry experience having played Key role in creating and launching Fair And Handsome Cream for men (Emami) & London Dairy Ice Cream(Unipex Dairy Products, UAE), which are now world famous brands. Involved in re-surrecting the Chaywanparsh category - which had stagnated for 3 years - by repositioning the Dabur Chywanprash as a builder of  "immunity from within".

Teaching management (MBA) students and associated as Visiting Faculty with the following premium B-schools :

• Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), University of Delhi
• Department of Management Studies (DMS), IIT Delhi
• Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad
• NIILM Centre for Management Studies, Greater Noida

Undertaking consulting assignments with FMCG companies in India and recently led an Emami initiative with world’s largest consulting company to improve performance parameters in critical pillars of business . Handling consulting assignments for mass personal care products company dealing with Deos, Talcum Powders, Perfumes etc.

Ex–VP & CPP- Avaya Global (MNC) & APAC - Having professional experience of more than 38 years spanning across all aspects of Human Resources Management in Manufacturing and Telecom industries and worked with Tata Motors, Eicher, Escorts and headed HR as Vice President & Chief People Officer for Avaya Global Connect ( US MNC) for India and APAC for 18 years and subsequently worked as Executive Director - HR for Krishna Maruti.

An alumni of Michigan University (USA) and XLRI, Jamshedpur, trained at ISB (Hyderabad), TMTC (Pune), and XLRI (Jamshedpur ) apart from attending various HR workshops in Singapore, Bangkok, London, Sydney and India.

Conducted sessions on HR and mentored professionals in Bogota (Colombia) and in India and on the governing board of 2 Indian universities.

Multidimensional exposure to understand people and organization in totality and work as a strategic partner, using HR as a CHANGE AGENT and leverage “Out of Box Thinking” approach.

Setting up HR processes and supporting Manufacturing companies, resultant leading in higher retention of employees, higher productivity, employee friendly HR processes and policies, improved top lie and bottom line.

Area of expertise used for transformation of companies :

Hiring and Induction of “C” level - Organization Structuring and Manpower Planning; Performance Management System -Rewards Framework; Recognition - HR Processes and Policies; Succession Planning - Integration of employees in Merger & Acquisition; Mentoring - Identifying, developing & deploying training programs

Following awards were received by the organization during leadership :

Received Asia’s Best Employer Brand Award for continuous innovation in HR strategy at work in Singapore in 2010.
“Recruitment and Staffing Best in Class” for innovative recruitment practice by World HRD Congress in 2006
“Company having Best HR Practices” by HT Power Jobs in 2004
Tata Quality Management Services conducted a study on “Business Excellence” (based on MalcomBaldridge Award) in Avaya during 2004 and the finding was “HR systems are capable of exciting 100% employees to give more than 100%”
Most Innovative HR Practices Company” by World HRD Congress in 2002

Have carved a niche as a distinguished HR professional over the years and have been awarded with several individual awards including “Hall of Fame” and “Super Achiever Award” and also featured in a book titled “India’s Best HR Professionals”

Ex- Founding Provost GSFC  University, India Previous companies worked Provost- GSFC University ; Director General-GSFC Education Society, Vadodara ; Head of Research Group -Siemens Corporate Research and Technology Bangalore. Product Lead & Program Manager- General Electric, Engineering Center (Aviation), Bangalore ; Manager, Applied CFD Lab -  General Electric Global Research Center, Bangalore ; Head, Technology & Innovation Center- Larsen & Toubro Limited, Baroda; Scientist - Aeronautical Development Agency, Bangalore,

Having specialized experience on 1) Higher Education, (2) Distributed Energy, (3) low-Thermal Sciences, (4) Leadership Development, (5) Leadership Development, (6) HR Processes, (7) Research Strategies and Execution. currently Consultant, Higher Technical Education , Indore

Ex- Group Director Crowe Horwath, Dubai - Worked as Group Director with Crowe-Horwath in Dubai, UAE and Audit Head with BDO in Muscat, Oman. More than 33 years of professional experience in accountancy, audit and assurance practice in India and abroad. Specialist, knowledge and practical experience in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)/ IAS and International Standards on Auditing (ISA).

Associated as a faculty member (Finance) with reputed management business management schools like N.M.I.M.S. Mumbai, N.L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai, and Institute of Management & Technology (I.M.T.), Dubai

Professional trainer in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS), International Standards on Auditing (ISA), Internal Financial Controls (IFC) and Special Audit Techniques. On the panel for IFRS / ISA courses of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Institute of Directors, India.

Author of “Guide Book on IFRS for Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs)”. Written articles in various magazines on audit issues, IFRS, ISA, XBRL etc. Handled more than 500 IFRS based audits per year of various companies including listed, regulated and large companies in middle-east and India.

Teaching and Mentoring Students – Having Indian and Oman residence visa and well qualified in the field of education to assist in selecting education streams and career development guidance for higher education in India and abroad career development guidance for higher education in India and abroad and is a Director of Stralead (India) private Limited.

Retirement counseling for selection of retirement locations, General family counseling including will advisory, and facilitating financial planning to have a stable income for mental and spiritual peace, a good standard of living, medical support, and meet any sudden life contingencies.