developing a corporate agriculture farm in the cholistan desert with use of Heavy machinery and tractors.Building a new team and organization structure to effectively run this farm.Developing a suitable cropping plan including high value crops and Orchards.

Explore New customers for Samsons Agri Products & ensure marketing to all potential customers in all Gulf Countries especially GCC markets.Establish business relations with all major UAE Dairy Farms & other corporate cattle breeders to explore business opportunities with Samsons Agri FarmsEstablish supply contract with Abu Dhabi Agriculture & Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) for Rhodes Grass supply for their registered farmers /cattle breeders.Manage all stock movement & inventory in UAE.Manage & co-ordinate all UAE Agri business with Samsons Head Office & Samson Agri Farm team for export shipments.Provide guidance to Samsons Agri farm team for type of packing/baling specification based on customers choice & UAE market trends.Manage & co-ordinate all UAE Agri business related activities with Samson General Trading, Dubai office. Explore new sale points & warehouses sites for footprint expansion in UAE market.Conduct periodic business Risk assessment & inform senior Management with recommendation & corrective actions.

Managed all agronomy operations of 5,000-acre commercial farm at Distt. Muzaffargarh, Pakistan. countries. Managed crop nutrition of Central Pivots, planted with Rhodes grass grown on sandy soil with saline water source.Managed land development to utilize maximum land under usage to dilute operation cost.1,450 acres new land developed in less than 6 months.Managed wheat crop on 300 acres on flood irrigation. Fodder crops mainly Alfalfa for in-house cattle & Millet & Sorghum for silage to meet our cattle feeding requirements. Introduction of Mustard crop on farm on flood irrigation for crop diversification. Successfully grown organic wheat crop trial on raised beds with mulch without any chemical fertilizer. Managed all crop feasibility & budget preparation with Finance for crop planning & ROI calculation. Documented job description for all operations team. Introduced cost efficient agronomy practices to reduce crop inputs cost to add cattle manure & sugar mud. Completed successful trial of Tobacco crop which laid foundation for Tobacco as strategic crop on farm for KTC

Leading agronomy crop sustainability team of 56 employees & working with more than 3,800 contracted tobacco growers to achieve crop sustainability targets following sustainable tobacco (STP) production in accordance with AB-Sustain & GAP) Good Agriculture Practices) guidelines. Key achievements include:Transformed Agronomy operating model to bring greater field staff accountability.Secured more than 10,500 MT of tobacco volumes in 2020.Close co-ordination with MS AB-Sustain team to ensure STP guidelines implementation.Close co-ordination with Global organizations like Verite to ensure ALP( Agriculture Labor Practices) code implementation to ensure Social sustainability KPIs.Launched Crop Mechanisation strategy to introduce efficient machinery in crop production at inert-cultivation, fertilizer application & leaf stringing.Achieved over 4,000 MT of leaf exports from Pakistan to other PMI global affiliates.Led crop diversification strategy to enable contracted growers to source alternate income from Innovate & non-traditional crop production( Mushroom production & other food security crops)

Working with PMI global international leaf suppliers ULT (Universal Leaf Tobacco) & AOI (Alliance One International) in Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania & South Africa. Major achievements include:Managed GAP program implementation for PMI Africa leaf through validation of best practices implementation & supplier’s review in all markets.Supported leaf suppliers in Malawi & Mozambique to launch PMI fuel sustainability framework. This helped achieving “full chain of custody” for the fuel used in tobacco curing barns in PMI supply chain.Worked with leaf Suppliers be the 1st continent to achieve elimination of tobacco residues of all toxic pesticides in all markets in 2018 crop. Executed PMI Food crops production strategy to ensure food security in all growing areasLaunched Crop Mechanization strategy to include basic machinery in African marketsManaged PMI ALP (Agricultural Labour Practices) training for government stakeholders in Malawi to promote capacity building activities.Launched WASH projects in Malawi with innovative water supply schemes & low cost pit latrines

Deputed in Pakistan as Head of Agronomy function responsible for grow-ing 22 Mio Kgs FCV from 9,700 contracted growers & 1 Mio Kgs DAC with 600 growers. Major achievements include: Transformed PMPKL Agronomy function to bring-in new roles & Sustainability KPIs. Launched IPS grower scheme in 2014 crop with 2,150 growers in FCV crop, which was foundation for 5,000 MT Tobacco export to other PMI affiliates in 2015-2017.Initiated mass RE-forestation of Fuel wood species in Punjab province to offset deforestation due to Tobacco curing.

Promoted to senior regional role with direct responsibility for 4 direct reports as well as quality and integrity of over 10,000 MT of tobacco leaf purchases annually in Asia. Reporting to the Head of Leaf-Asia, key responsibilities include:Provided intensive agronomy training and guidance to leaf team members in PMI vertically integrated businesses of Philippines, Indonesia and Pakistan. Successfully implemented GAP programs where PMI source tobacco through both domestic and international suppliers in India, Bangladesh, China and Thailand markets.Monitor and guide execution of tobacco growing projects with PMI and third-party suppliers in PMI's Asia region to implement new/improved production practices and to develop new origins.Major Achievements:Provided PMI US$6 Mio saving by introducing agronomic initiatives that improved tobacco quality or improved grower’s profitability.First Asia regional agronomy manager of Asian origin.Successfully implemented PMI GAP to 1,500 Bangladesh growers.Initiated the introduction of Agronomy training centers in Pakistan, Philippines and Indonesia to improve research and development outcomes as well as enhance internal staff and grower tobacco production expertise.

Developing and implementing business strategic, budgets & managing implementation in the with focus on maintaining competitive advantage.Working closely with National Tobacco Board, International Tobacco seed companies and other research and development organizations to support innovative crop growing practices & new varieties.Supporting domestic tobacco purchasing in Pakistan. Key responsibilities included:Purchase of average 2,000 MT Green tobacco from growers annually from 2002-2007.Participate in regular internal meetings with buying stations team to align strategy & buying/internal grading standards.Purchase tobacco according to allotted target/purchase programme and purchase tobacco as per company pricing strategy.

Training on Tobacco agronomy & Tobacco leaf buying & grading