Agri-tech innovation can improve value capture, transform ecosystem for India’s small farmers
Smallholders account for 86% of the farmers in India but are economically impoverished, as they are unable to capture commensurate value for their produce.
Over 20 years in leadership roles including CEO and Country Director for businesses across US, Europe and India
• History of rapidly building industry leading businesses, including for turnaround cases, through both organic growth and M&A in sectors such as IT, healthcare, media, and not-for-profit
• Experience in making private equity investments, raising equity and debt funding, acquiring and selling businesses, and exiting investee companies
• Track record of building and managing teams of hundreds of professionals with a high performance and high satisfaction work culture
• Experience creating corporate, turnaround, and expansion strategies for large multinational companies working with their CEO and Board
• Background in building organizational brand for thought leadership by speaking at public forums such as the World Economic Forum’s India Economic Summit, publishing knowledge pieces and commenting in various publications
Interests: analyzing structure and predicting future behavior of industry sectors; running ethical business; protecting the planet; veganism; playing sports; Indian philosophy