Zafar Chaugule Email & Phone Number

Dubai, Ae

Dubai, Uae

• Established entities in JAFZA and DMCC.• Regulatory compliance for UAE & Saudi Arabia.

Dubai, Uae

Dubai, Uae

• Regional commercial support for Asia Pacific, Central Europe, MEA & Russia - including forecasting, pricing, sales tracking, monthly P&L monitoring and business reviews.• Cross-functional contact for regional heads for sales process optimization and revenue attainment.• Strategist and advisor to senior executives for strategic planning related to existing operations and new launches.• Consolidated annual revenue planning and product roll-out. • Led end-to-end business integration of Cisco’s Linksys division with Belkin.

Dubai, Uae

• Established the MEA regional office for Siemens Home and Office Communications and set up corporate entities in Dubai, India, Morocco and South Africa. • Managed commercial function from bid preparation through delivery for Etisalat’s UAE $4M phone contract, Telkom South Africa's $3.5M ADSL contract and Saudi Telecom's $5M ADSL contract.• Compliance for FCPA, SOX and export control of sanction countries• SAP implementation for a separate legal entity and acquisition integration during Siemens Home and Office Communications sale to Gigaset.

Dubai, Uae

• Managed regional accounting, finance functions and operations for oil field contracts.• Controlled monthly management accounts and annual statutory accounts for new Middle East regional office including billing, inventory costing, credit policy, audit and MIS reporting. • Procured bulk and specialty chemicals, including supplier audit and review, and implemented consignment purchasing and direct delivery that resulted in an 11% savings in 2003-2005 and an inventory rate hike from 1.8 to 4.3 in 2005.• Managed oil field chemical contracts from tender to completion for major clients i.e. BP Azerbaijan, Maersk Oil Qatar, Occidental Petroleum Qatar, PDO Oman, Hunt Oil Yemen, Al Furat Petroleum Syria, Qatar Petroleum Qatar, ADNOC Abu Dhabi and South Oil Co., Iraq.• Set up country offices in Azerbaijan, Qatar and Oman.• Acquisition integration of Dyno Oilfield Chemicals with Neste Oil and, later, Dynea Oilfield Chemicals with M-I Swaco in the Schlumberger group.

New York, Usa

• Responsible for preparing and monitoring the $275M transportation budget.• Conducted special studies in cost analysis and forecasting. Developed statistical and costing spreadsheets to evaluate internal controls and operating procedures.• Implemented court judgements revising accounts covering nine financial years that led to substantial refunds and reduced tariffs.

New Jersey, Usa

• Assisted in the preparation of resident and non-resident individual and corporate tax returns involving inventory capitalization, passive activity loss limitation, depreciation, fringe benefits and responses to IRS and state tax enquiries.• Involved in the research and writing of opinion letters relating to tax treaties, withholding of foreign entities, fringe benefits and change in accounting methods.