Speakers

Career Highlights:

• Before Frost & Sullivan, worked with working with YES Bank, Ernst & Young LLP, Shapoorji & Pallonji Co. Ltd. and Harrisons Malayalam Limited.

• Directly worked with several leading companies and several other MNCs and large corporates in Agriculture, Food & Nutrition Sector in India and globally.

• Awarded with Most Influential Food Industry Professionals at the 2nd edition of Asia Food Congress and Awards 2020 in Mumbai.

Education:

• Post Graduate Diploma in Food & Agribusiness Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India - 2009

• B. Sc. (Agriculture) from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Visvavidyalaya (BCKV), West Bengal, India - 2006

Functional Expertise:

More than 14 years of experience in Food & Agribusiness sector within South Asia, Africa and Middle East with multiple stakeholder’s including the Government, Multilaterals, Impact Funds and PE VC Funds active in Agri, Food & Sustainability space. Particular areas of expertise include:

• Policy Advocacy & Industry Research

• Techno-Economic Feasibility Studies

• Market Landscape and Opportunity Evaluation

• Value Chain Assessment Studies

• Advisory on Geographic expansion and New product development – including Go To Market strategy

Industry Expertise:

Experience base covering broad range of sectors, with leading industry participants & Senior Executives

– Agriculture Inputs including seeds, fertilizers & agrichemicals

– Animal Protein (Dairy, Poultry, Meat & Aquaculture)

– Processed Foods

– Animal Feed

– Food Quality and Safety

– Agri-tech/Food-tech

– Large Scale Commercial Farming

• Led projects in the GCC region particularly in KSA, Oman & UAE advising prominent public and private sector organizations on Food security initiatives and opportunity mapping in the Food & Nutrition sector

Experience in Strategic Advisory & Management Consulting, Project Management, Market Research, Due Diligence of Food & Agribusiness Companies, Economic & Impact Assessment Studies, Market Assessment and Agriculture Value Chain Analysis framework

• Extensive experience with Private sector in India and projects with multilaterals and development funds

• Key Speaker and Panelists at Key Food events in GCC including Gulfoods 2023 and Saudi Food Show 2023 & GPCA Agri Nutrient Conference in the GCC Region