I head the Marine sales for Jotun Paints in India & Sri Lanka.• P & L responsibility for Jotun Paints India Ltd – Marine segment in India and Sri Lanka.• Ensure business and operations run with the required standards of Safety, Ethics and Compliance.• Designing and driving strategies for long term growth of Marine segment and driving business goals.• Driving the strategy and implementing the actions to achieving the company objectives. • Influencing internal and external stake holders, driving corporate shared service functions, representing the corporation across various forums, regulatory bodies, conclaves etc.• Effectively contributed in strategy, policy making and key decisions as chairing the Local Management team, member of Cross Divisional India Leadership Team and MEIA Leadership team.Key Achievements – • Turned around a loss making business into a profitable business with a double digit EBIT.• Achieved no 1 Market position in India. Actions well defined and in place to consolidate and increase the market share.• Implemented plan for Profitable Growth with an emphasis on selling more premium products. • Conceptualised and implemented 3 year plans to ensure profitable growth.• Realigned the team and built a team with high performance oriented culture delivering strong results.• Realigned the business model to a market leadership position in Maintenance and Repair from a conventional new building business to overcome the decline in the market.• Developed the Retail business to cater to the Coastal segment.• Developed the competence of the team by a well structured Training program on various concepts.

I was heading the company ROL - manufacturing Silka Paints in Nigeria. Also established the Jotun Marine & Protective Coatings in Nigeria.Regency Overseas is one of the oldest Paint manufacturing companies operating in Nigeria since 1962. The company manufactured Decorative, Automotive and Industrial paints under the brand name – Silka Paints. I was heading the company from 2007. We made an agreement with Jotun Paints and were appointed as the Exclusive distributor in Nigeria for Marine & Protective Coatings in Feb 2008.• I headed the company and handled the various verticals of the company reporting to the Share holders.• Responsible for all the functions – Operations, Finance, Sales & Marketing, HR & Admin.• Ensure business and operations run with the required standards of Safety, Ethics and Compliance.• Designing and driving strategy for long term business goals.• Represented the company to the various internal and external stake holders.Key Achievements – • Turned around the company from a loss making company to a reputable company with double digit EBIT.• Single handedly started the Jotun business in Nigeria. Recruited and trained a highly motivated team to gain market share.• Developed a market share of Jotun Marine & PC to 10% in just a period of 3 years.• Attained no 1 position for Jotun Marine paints in Nigeria in 4 years.• Established a well defined network of Dealers for Silka Decorative & Automotive paints to promote the Retail growth • Revived the market for Silka paints with an emphasis on the high end of the Decorative segment• Designed good marketing campaigns to support the Dealers to promote the Retail growth.

I was responsible for developing the Paint Raw Material business in Nigeria and West Africa.Emmyson is the market leader in the supply of raw materials to the Paint, Ink, Adhesive and Rubber industry in Nigeria and West Africa.• Business Development in the Paint and the Ink Industry in Nigeria and West Africa.• Marketing Strategy for the key Raw Materials.• Product development.• Formulation and application know-how of the Decorative Paints.• Formulation and application knowledge of Auto refinishes, Coil coating, Protective coating, Marine coating, OEM and Powder coating.• Technical developments in the Ink & Graphic Art Industry.• Developing the new products for the Nigerian coating industry.• Development of Wood Preservatives – both Marketing and Technical development. • Development of Water based Wood coatings for the Nigerian Paint Industry.• Development of the Water based High Gloss finishes for the Nigerian Paint customers.

I was the Product Manager in Shalimar Paints responsible for the Industrial business.

I was responsible for developing the GI/Automotive business in Maharashtra.