Ashwani Singh Email & Phone Number

Thônex, Genève

Founded Apex Consulting Services (private partnership listed in the Swiss Company Registry (Registre du commerce); in particular offered services to the following client organizations in the field of IT, organization and strategy: International Labour Office (ILO), Clariant, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Geneva Cantonal Government, the Swiss Federal Government, Toyobo, Trevira, Dystar and others. Helped the US-based company Apex Data Services (ADS) set up data conversion units in India; represented the Indian company Satyam in the Swiss market. Services include: management of large IT projects; finding and screening potential joint venture partners; consultancy in the area of outsourcing of IT and ITES services

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Member of a committee that's consulted on energy and environmental issues by the state and federal Government in Geneva and Switzerland in the process of drafting laws and regulations.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Advancing public policies aimed at promoting and defending the interests of apartment owners in the Canon of Geneva,Switzerland

Genève

Thônex, Switzerland

Memeber of several committees (finance, urban development, transport and mobility) and President of the works and construction (travaux et bâtiments) commission from 2015 to 2020

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Senior Consultant, then later Principal in the Technology Management Consulting practice of the Battelle Memorial Institute, specialized on one hand in strategic consulting for industrial clients, and on the other hand in the evaluation of technological options for clients in all sectors; participated in over 30 projects, of which 20 as project manager; projects consisted of developing strategic plans, evaluating acquisition candidates, evaluating technology options and evaluating technology-related intangible assets for clients including: Amoco, Asahi Chemical, Courtauld, DSM, Elf-Atochem, EMS Chemie, ENI, Finmecanica (Aeritalia, Italy), Hoechst, Honda, ICI, Kereskedelmi és Hitelbank (Hungary), Kymenne-Repola (Finland), Ministério da Economia (Portugal), Nissan, Peugeot, Renault, Sabanci Group (Turkey), Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC, Saudi Arabia), Sommer-Allibert, Teijin, Tenneco and Vétrotex-Saint-Gobain; travelled frequently across Europe, but also in the Middle-East (Saudi Arabia, Israel, Iran, United Arab Emirates), in Asia (India, Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea) and in the United States.

Sales Representative, then later Product Manager and finally Marketing Manager for a group of chemicals including fine chemicals and pharmaceutical chemical intermediates; set up a distribution system in Europe, the Middle-East and Africa comprised of 12 sales agents in the major market areas; participated in the evaluation of a French acquisition candidate company in the pharmaceutical intermediates business, later successfully absorbed by Stauffer. Direct reports comprised two sales engineers and two administrative assistants in Geneva, and had operational responsibility for Stauffer's sales personnel based in the various regional offices; travelled an average of 100 days per year (mainly in Western Europe, but also in the United States, the (then) USSR, Eastern Europe and the Middle East).

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Research Engineer, then later Senior Research Engineer in the "Industrial Fibres" division: Developed laboratory- and pilot-scale processes for the production and processing of polyester and polypropylene fibres; worked in close coordination with Du Pont production units in Germany and Luxembourg; travelled frequently to visit clients across Europe to provide technical assistance during new roll-outs with Du Pont products; involved in technical assistance during the preparatory phases of a Du Pont joint venture for a petrochemical complex and for the production of polyester and acrylic plastics and fibers in Iran, requiring frequent travel to that country.

Certificate, Corporate Strategy

Corporate Strategy

Bespoke Programme For Stauffer Chemical Company, Mergers And Acquisitions

Mergers and Acquisitions

Certificate, Finance And Accounting

Finance and Accounting Principles

Ms, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Certificat de mathématiques spéciales 1967-68; Diplôme d'ingénieur, section chimie: 1968-72 MS in chemical.

Baccalaureat, Sciences And Languages, First Division

GCE (baccalaureate)

Indian School Certificate, Science Section, First Division

Indian School Certificate