Sujith Thomas Email & Phone Number

The Department for International Trade (DIT) has responsibility for promoting UK trade across the world and attracting foreign investment to the UK economy. DIT is responsible for negotiating international trade policy, supporting business, as well as delivering an outward-looking trade diplomacy strategy. In India, one of our objectives is to support commercial exports and investment from UK to India. We also assist Indian companies who are looking to procure equipment, interested in joint ventures, technical collaborations, licensing arrangements with UK companies or investing in the UK. The Advanced Engineering Supply Chain (AESC) sector in India covers Automotive, Automotive supply chain, Electric Vehicles, Advanced Manufacturing, Advanced Manufacturing Supply chain, Mining and Maritime.

London, Gb

I have been working with UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), commercial section of the British Deputy High Commission since 2007. UKTI an organisation under the Government of UK is responsible for promoting Trade and Investment between India and the United Kingdom. UKTI’s broad objective is to enable business links between Indian and UK-based companies. Working as a Senior Trade & Investment Adviser, I particularly focus on the Advanced Engineering sector (including Automotive and Advanced Manufacturing sub sectors) and also support innovative and growing Indian companies looking to establish a presence in the UK covering Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry region. My role is to assist UK-based companies succeed in the Indian market, to facilitate Indian companies to invest in the UK and to support companies seeking collaboration, sourcing opportunities, joint venture partnerships, licensing and technology transfers from the UK.As a UKTI Inward Investment specialist, focused on the Advanced Engineering sector and based in Chennai, my role encompasses:• Advisory role to investing companies: Provide an overview of the UK’s business environment and specific guidance about the UK opportunity for the investing company.• Access to private sector service providers: Introduce Indian investing companies to UK based service providers in areas such as accounting, law, real estate etc.• VIP and delegation visits: Manage the programmes of visiting UK VIPs and delegations and enable interactions with Indian investors.• Events: Host and participate in a variety of events so as to communicate the UK opportunity to Indian businesses.• Trade Bodies: Work closely with industry bodies such as CII,MCCI,ACMA,Nasscom etc to build stronger business links between the UK and India.

London, Gb

*Advice and support UK companies seeking to enter the Indian market and assist Indian companies looking to invest in the UK, in the automotive, engineering, aerospace, financial & legal and water & environment and transport sectors.*Undertake market research, compile reports and respond proactively to commercial enquiries from UK companies.

Gurgaon, Haryana, In

*Achieve assigned line wise target as per business plan for the financial year keeping the net earned incurred loss ratio within the limits and working within budgets giving importance to specified lines of business*Act as a single point of contact for the clients such as participating in the renewal process, furnishing quotations with competitive rates, on time delivery of policy documents and settlement of claims*Maintain good relation with clients, servicing them and ensuring retention of the clients business and exploring new channels for development of business*Was a part of the core team selected to set up a new branch office in Chennai which included identifying office space, negotiating with the landlord, deciding on the infrastructure requirements within the allocated budget, identifying and short listing vendors, furnishing work orders. It also included interacting with the placement officers of various colleges, making pre placement presentations, coordinating the entire recruitment process for staff*Developing training modules and conducting soft skills training programmes for new marketing executives for southern India region

Education record

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Marketing And Hr

Post Graduate Diploma In International Business, International Business

Master Of Commerce (M.Com), Entrepreneurship

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Marketing

Ssc, Business/Commerce, General

Executive Education, Senior Leadership Accelerator Program