Established and managing the subsidiary company in Mumbai to serve the Indian market. Staffed it with Business development, technical service and administration professionals.Managing the application development laboratory in Guangzhou, doubled the size and equipped it with relevant instrument and experienced Engineers.Supporting the growth of our business in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa.

Managing 4 global strategic accounts (Akzo Nobel, PPG Industries, Sherwin Williams & Siegwerk) in Asia Pacific. Doubled volume in 2015 from 2011 level, in the region in less than 5 years. Responsible for the sales of UV curable coating raw material in Malaysia, Singapore & Vietnam. Increased volume by 19% in 2016 over 2015. Appointed new channel partners (terminated incumbent ones) in Vietnam and Malaysia to deliver business growth.Managed a global innovation project with resources from R&D in Belgium, application labs in Shanghai, Belgium and Atlanta to deliver high value products. Provided technical support to customers in Australia and New Zealand.

Promoted to Asia Pacific role.Managing the application labs in Shanghai, China & Seremban, Malaysia by recruiting, staffing and developing a competent team of Engineers and Technicians.Managing short term and long term application/product development projects in UV/EB curable coatings.Supporting the technical teams in our JV companies in Japan and Korea.

Managed the Application lab in Seremban, Malaysia which supported the business ($ 15 Million US) in the South East Asia Pacific region.Developed ready to use UV OPV and CD lacquer that helped to gain significant share from Taiwanese competitors ($ ~ 2 Million US).

Selected to move to HQ, Belgium to acquire technical skills, to support the fast developing UV/EB curable coatings business in Asia Pacific.Developed & launched products for UV Inkjet Inks - 1st in the industry and received an application Patent on UV Inkjet Inks.

Established the Chemical sector of the company in India. Doubled business to above $4 US million in 4 years.Identified partners for creating manufacturing Joint Ventures in India and was part of the negotiating team.

Promoted and moved to HQ to take on a Product Management role.Responsible for the profitability of the OEM business in South India in a business development, product introduction and sales support role.

Started career with M/s. Asian Paints India Ltd., as technical sales officer for industrial paints, serving both public and private enterprises in Eastern India. Was selected to independently grow business in the state of Bihar, for 3 years. Achieved breakthrough at M/s. Tata Steel to supply high value protective paints. Increased customer base by 3 times.