Building a business in the growing healthy foods and beverages space with the purpose of making India healthier. The team coming together deeply shares the passion and the business is being created on a strong foundation of 'giving back'.

• Leader of the Coca-Cola Company’s business in a portfolio mix of 12 developing and developed countries across South East Europe (Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia and 7 others). Led these countries in complex environments with unstable governments, tough macroeconomic trends as well as category headwinds. • Inspired the team towards building winning strategies and a growth mindset across all countries. Aligned all stakeholders to the same thinking and to partner towards… Show more • Leader of the Coca-Cola Company’s business in a portfolio mix of 12 developing and developed countries across South East Europe (Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia and 7 others). Led these countries in complex environments with unstable governments, tough macroeconomic trends as well as category headwinds. • Inspired the team towards building winning strategies and a growth mindset across all countries. Aligned all stakeholders to the same thinking and to partner towards growth.• Built a new, empowered structure and a transparent, entrepreneurial, engaged team focused on innovation and opportunities rather than macroeconomic barriers. Clocked three solid years of growth in my business. The businesses in my countries grew revenue, profit, share strongly and created a habit of winning.• Launched multiple new products, packages, campaigns; seeded innovation across the value chain as a way of doing business across the team.• Encouraged a proactive, strategic approach to overcoming punitive tax challenges including leveraging comprehensive socio economic impact studies and multi pronged engagement, learning from numerous tax threats from governments across countries in my region. Show less

• Positions of increasing responsibility to become the operating leader of the overall India business.• Developed a shared long term vision, aligned strategic roadmap with stakeholders, and built a culture of strong commercial execution with focus on sharp marketing and promotional activity• Rolled out RED (Right Execution Daily) to measure performance and consistently increased retail outlet coverage with high and increasing execution scores across all… Show more • Positions of increasing responsibility to become the operating leader of the overall India business.• Developed a shared long term vision, aligned strategic roadmap with stakeholders, and built a culture of strong commercial execution with focus on sharp marketing and promotional activity• Rolled out RED (Right Execution Daily) to measure performance and consistently increased retail outlet coverage with high and increasing execution scores across all businesses.• Restructured fragmented business into a regional structure with clear focus on local insights.• Developed a motivated, high quality, values based new team with an entrepreneurial mindset (the team’s engagement and leadership scores measured through an international external partner were 100); built a pipeline of strong General Managers.• Proactively worked with team to engage with government, media to help tide over the India industry crisis and entrenched sustainability/corporate social responsibility as an integral part of doing business (one eg., putting back more water into the ground than we used).• Developed strong rural route to market/distribution to increase penetration of our products.• Quadrupled the business over the period; multiplied profit off a relatively small base and gained market share consistently across categories; innovated and grew juice business at over 30% annually. Show less

• Created a performance based culture in ailing, unionized bottling business losing money. Turned around the business and delivered profit for shareholders after years of losses.• Stabilized the company’s Board which helped in shaping vision/strategy and in building bridges locally.• Reduced fixed costs and created a winning team, including attracting strong external talent.• Changed strategy and brand marketing for Coca-Cola. Achieved market… Show more • Created a performance based culture in ailing, unionized bottling business losing money. Turned around the business and delivered profit for shareholders after years of losses.• Stabilized the company’s Board which helped in shaping vision/strategy and in building bridges locally.• Reduced fixed costs and created a winning team, including attracting strong external talent.• Changed strategy and brand marketing for Coca-Cola. Achieved market leadership.• Exploited the potential of untapped channels and geographies.• Formed industry association and influenced the government to consider lowering excise. Show less

General Management of Northern Indian region business as well as leader of the Maldives business of Coca-Cola.

M&A: Negotiated and acquired Bottling Companies across India as part of the business restructuring of Coca-Cola's business in India.

Economic and Financial Consulting Services for clients in industries such as telecom, automobiles, consumer goods, food and beverages, etc.

Sales positions of increasing responsibility in the technology industry specializing in building key customer relationships.