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Christopher (Kit) Brinkley Founder Director , World Franchise Associates After twelve years managing his own company in the leisure industry, Kit Brinkley went on to launch major public and trade expos in the UK such as the Consumer Electronics Show with News Corp, the Apple Mac Expo, the Skills Show with The Prince’s Trust before spending four years with the National Franchise Exhibition under Express Newspapers. It was here that he gained an invaluable understanding of the international franchise industry. As a franchise consultant he spent three years promoting franchising in Europe as well as organizing a European Franchise Trade Mission to Brussels, Valencia and Milan in 2005. As a founder Director of World Franchise Associates, Kit Brinkley has had the practical experience of successfully running his own comp |
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Jonathon Chadd MA ( Oxon) Solicitor and Notary Public, Partner , LEATHES PRIOR SOLICITORS Jonathan heads the Franchising and IPR Team at Leathes Prior and is widely recognised as one of the leading franchise lawyers in the UK. For over 25 years he has advised a wide range of clients on the expansion of their businesses both nationally and internationally through franchising and licensing. Leathes Prior is one of only a small number of UK law firms affiliated to the British Franchise Association. The Legal 500 and the Chamber's Legal Directory have both rated Jonathan and his team at Leathes Prior as “leaders” in franchising and Jonathan as a “Legal Expert” in Franchising. |
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Paulo C Mauro President, GLOBAL FRANCHISE NET Paulo C. Mauro, is one of the pioneers of the franchising in South América. Started in 1987 through his franchise consulting company PCM FRANCHISE, Paulo has developed more than 200 sucessful franchise systems in Brazil, some of them actually with more than 500 units in several countries . PCM FRANCHISE had the name changed to GLOBAL FRANCHISE in the year 2000. Paulo C. Mauro has published the books, “The Franchisor's Guide” in Brazil (4th edition in 2006), “The Franchisee´s Guide” also in Brazil (1st edition in 2007) and “Be your Own Boss Through Franchising” in Argentina (1996). He has been doing seminars about franchising and retail globally. His former roles have included -President of the Brazilian Franchise Council of the Franchise Chamber of the Brazilian Government, International Director of the Brazilian Franchise Association-ABF amongst many others. |
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Robert C Armstrong CEO RK GLOBAL VENTURES Robert Armstrong, BA, MBA has worked for more than twenty years as manager and venture capitalist in industries ranging from television to education, food to fashion, internet to advertising. He has a professional penchant for start-ups, flexitime and creative branding. He also believes that effective communication is fundamental to doing good business and is glad to be alive in an age in which the means to this end are practically limitless and almost entirely free of charge. Be it as company CEO, investment fund analyst, franchisor or simple franchisee, much of his career has revolved around international franchising, mainly of Italian fashion brands. Over the years he has designed and developed numerous projects from his base in Rome, though these days he can be more easily spotted in the waiting areas (or the bars) of Changi Airport, since he has recently set up offices in Singapore for his Asian start-ups in Italian dining, internet TV & online education. |
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Rod Young Executive Director, DC Strategy and Conference Chairperson, Franchise Knowledge Series Rod Young is a versatile management professional with a broad range and depth of experience establishing a consulting conglomerate developing networks and brands. Rod has over 30 years experience in franchising, licensing and business development in Australia, Europe, China, South East Asia, India and the United States and is considered one of the world’s leading franchise consultants. Rod has been a key advisor to some of Australasia’s leading groups - transforming smaller businesses into national and international chains and steering larger organisations in using franchising or licensing as a management and marketing tool. His business interests have also included roles as both a franchisee and franchisor and he is on the board of several national and international franchise networks including Boost Juice and Cartridge World. A recognised authority in the area of franchising, Rod has contributed extensively to major media including television, radio and press as well as being a regular speaker at franchising seminars and conferences in Australia, the United States, China, India and Asia |
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Severin Zhilinskis Head -Franchising, ADVANCED FRANCHISE Severin heads of the Franchising Department at ADVANCED FRANCHISE consulting company (www.afranchise.lt). His former roles have included - Director of LITHUANIAN FRANCHISE CENTER non-profit organization responsible for development of franchising in the region (www.fransizescentras.lt)amongst others. He is also the Co-author of “Franchise Basics Manual “, the first book about franchising written in Lithuanian language. |
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Tony Fitzpatrick Managing Partner, Franchise Your Business Tony is the managing partner with Franchise Your Business.ie, who provide a complete consultancy service for both start up and established franchisors. The firm has offices in London and Dublin. With many years' experience in growing businesses through franchising, Tony can take a client through the entire process. He advises on everything from franchise agreements to fees and royalties, operations manuals, lead generation, PR and more. He is a member of the Executive Board of the Irish Franchise Association and also serves on the Association's Membership Committee. He speaks at seminars for would-be franchisors and writes articles on the industry for newspapers and magazines. |
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Hemchandra Javeri Executive Director, Forum Synergies & Conference Chairperson, Retail Knowledge Series Hemchandra Javeri is one of India's leading CEO's, with a track record of delivering exceptional growth and profitability, creating enterprise value, and building passionate and effective teams. He is a pioneer with several innovations and successes especially in retail and with brands. He has led and built businesses of brands, retail, lifestyle, sports and FMCG. He has now created his own businesses in private equity, retail, and international brands and is growing them to size and scale. He is Co- Founder and Executive Director of Forum Synergies India PE Fund Managers P Ltd, a unique knowledge and growth capital oriented private equity fund management company. He is President of The Fashion Alliance of India. Earlier, he was Senior Executive President, Madura Garments Lifestyle Brands and Retail (a part of the Aditya Birla group). For over three years before he took charge of this role, he was President, Madura Garments, India's leading branded apparel company, with the largest portfolio of brands and significant retail assets and interests. He successfully led and turned around Madura Garments to value creation and growth. The company delivered the highest revenue growths and profits in his tenure. He also successfully led the transformation of a portfolio of power brands into lifestyle icons, including Louis Philippe, Van Heusen, Allen Solly, Peter England and San Frisco on an international quality and scale. He has driven pioneering and aggressive retail growth and value creation in the retail arena, including aggressive space acquisition. He built a strong and international quality team of passionate people who deliver results. |
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Alok Bharadwaj Senior Vice President Mr. Alok Bharadwaj is the Senior Vice President of Canon in India responsible for sales, marketing, PR, Corporate Communications & business strategy of Canon that has led to the company’s exponential growth & market leadership in India. Alok joined Canon in 2001 and during the last 9 years assumed responsibilities of 7 Business Divisions. With the goal of establishing Canon as a leader in digital imaging industry, Alok has honed Canon’s strategic focus with customer centric approach in all the customer segments of consumer, Large Enterprises, SMB, Govt & commercial markets. His strong belief on execution excellence has improved Canon's operational efficiency, speed and quality of performance in various marketing programs as well as its financial performance from a Rs 110 Cr revenues in 2001 to 1200 Cr in 2010.There has also been increase in market shares and profitability with greater customers’ loyalty. |
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Anjum Malik Co-Founder and Managing Director Anjum Malik has long been a goodwill ambassador between the US, where she has raised a family and lived for more than three decades, and India, to which she maintains strong ties. Anjum serves as the Managing Director of the Alhambra-US Chamber of Commerce. In addition, she is the Vice President of the House of Tutors Learning Centers and its affiliate, the Intensive American English Institute. She possesses extensive expertise within the spheres of franchise and business development, including but not limited to strategic planning, franchise feasibility studies, sales and marketing strategies, branding structure and the development, design and implementation of franchise expansion models. Anjum combines this wealth of experience with her formidable ability to make friends and build relationships in order to create positive change in fields as diverse as education, business and public policy. Anjum is a successful business woman, public relations strategist and educator with a proven record of negotiating and facilitating deals in both the private and public sectors at the national and international levels. She was instrumental in facilitating the successful negotiation of a memorandum of understanding on trade and tourism between the State of Texas and Bulgaria. |
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Anurag Rajpal Vice President “Anurag Rajpal, Vice President – Apparel Brands, Spencer’s Retail is instrumental in creating the Branded Apparel Vertical at Spencer’s Retail which has brands like Beverly Hills Polo Club, Ladybird Kids, Ecko Unltd & Ecko Red. All these brands have been launched in the Indian market & have caught the fancy of trade & consumers alike in this highly competitive space in India. Anurag comes with a rich Retail and Product management experience of having worked with industry pioneers like Madura Garments, Benetton and Reebok India over his career span. Anurag is a Textile Technologist by education and lists innovation as the key driver of professional growth.” |
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Campbell Cave General Manager Campbell Cave is the General Manager for Asia for New Zealand Natural (NZN) which is a franchised is a franchised ice cream brand which is now sold in 23 countries (11 Asian countries) and in over 900 outlets. Over the last six years Campbell has overseen the brand expansion into Vietnam, Thailand, China and will soon do the same in the Philippines when they begin Operations there next year. Campbell has 15 years of retail experience and holds post graduate degrees in Marketing and an MBA. |
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Fazle A. Naqvi Co-Founder Fazle Naqvi co-founded Brand Calculus, a QSR franchising company. As the Chairman and Managing Director of Brand Calculus, Fazle directs the strategy of the company and helps to sharpen its supply chain and marketing. Brand Calculus is the India master franchisee for Booster Juice, the Canadian Smoothies major and Kiwi Kiss Canadian pioneers in global frozen yogurt. They hope to license or master franchise other global QSR brands into India, as well as create its own blockbuster QSR brands. Prior to this Fazle was an Executive Director with the Landmark Group. In 1999, Fazle was one of the 8 co-founders of a new age clothing company, Indus League Clothing Limited. The company created the brands Indigo Nation and Scullers. The Future group bought Indus League in 2004. Fazle played a pivotal role at Madura Garments, in the creation & development of some of the brands that dominate India's clothing brand space today - Louis Philippe, Van Heusen, Allen Solly and Peter England. Fazle began his career as a management trainee with Brooke Bond India Limited, a subsidiary of Hindustan Unilever Ltd. Fazle holds a BA Economics (Honours) from St. Stephen’s College, an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies and a Masters of Management from McGill University. |
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Kelvyn Gardner Managing Director Mr Kelvyn Gardner has been involved in the international licensing business for almost thirty years. After working successfully with an Italian children's publisher, Mr Gardner and three colleagues started Merlin Publishing in 1989 to market licensed stickers and trading cards. The company grew throughout Europe and in just five years annual sales reached US $80 million. Merlin was the UK's fastest-growing private company in 1995. Since 1998 Mr Gardner has worked as a consultant in the licensing industry through his company, Asgard Media. Currently Asgard has significant clients in a variety of merchandise and service disciplines including Topps, Yoplait Dairy Crest, and Finsbury Food Group. Mr Gardner has been named in the 'Top Twenty' most influential people in UK licensing for the last four years. He speaks good Italian, competent French and Spanish, and basic conversational Japanese. In 2006 he became Managing Director of the UK division of LIMA, the Licensing Industry Merchandisers Association. |
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Mana AL Suwaidi Commercial Attache of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Trade. Embassy of UAE - New Delhi. Mana Al suwaidi is a young,dynamic UAE national with over 10 years of experience in the fields of senior management, event management, public relations, research & development, marketing, International Business and technical areas. In his current position as the Commercial Attache of the UAE to India, Mana Al Suwaidi has the responsibility of furthering trade between the UAE and India, a job he is well suited to handle, as he has had long-standing business relations with non-resident Indians (NRIs) as a UAE-based entrepreneur. With experience spanning the government sector and the private sector, Mana belongs to the young breed of Emiratis who are comfortable in dealing with people of different nationalities and communicationg with ease with audiences of all communities. |
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Martin Brochstein SVP, Industry Relations and Information, LIMA USA Martin Brochstein joined LIMA in 2008 after 12 years as Executive Editor of The Licensing Letter, a New York-based newsletter that covers the global licensing business. He also was Editorial Director of the parent publishing company, EPM Communications. In addition to writing and editing the twice-monthly newsletter, he also compiled the publication’s industry numbers and edited EPM’s other licensing-related publications, including the 5th Edition of International Licensing: A Status Report, and the second edition of The Licensing Letter’s Sports Licensing Report, both published earlier this year. Mr. Brochstein was a business journalist for more than 20 years, primarily covering the consumer products and retail industries. Before joining The Licensing Letter, he spent five years as Senior Editor of Television Digest. He is a graduate of Boston University. |
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Michelle Minieri President, Bradford Licensing LLC With a MBA in Business Marketing and Management, as well as an active LIMA member, Michelle delivers cutting edge innovation and leadership to the licensing industry. With her impressive rise to the top over her fruitful 10-year career, Michelle has launched many significant licensing programs over a range of categories, specifically developing and implementing corporate, art, celebrity, fashion, and entertainment properties in the industry. Michelle has acted as the key person in PepsiCo’s exceptional success on the global front, facilitating the international expansion of PepsiCo’s network of 600-plus freestanding sport stores in China and supervising marketing projects related to Pepsi’s new logo launch and design initiatives. Michelle launched the Marilyn by Sam Shaw program from the ground up, which now boasts close to a hundred licensees worldwide. Direct to retail placement has pushed the property to the forefront, such as the recent H&M Collection. With loyal clients such as the City of Beverly Hills, actress Denise Richards, and Happy House, Michelle has been able to combine fresh ideas with core foundations to create highly successful programs around the world. |
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Pawan Jailkhani Executive Vice President Pawan Jailkhani Executive Vice President – Advertising Sales is a veteran in the advertising industry. He joined 9XMedia Advalue Team as a Senior Vice President Ad Sales and played an important role driving the revenue function of the mega Hindi General Entertainment Channel - 9X A Media Sales and Systems Management Post graduate from MICA Pawan holds a vast experience of over 18years in Ad Sales within the Indian television space and is also in charge of new media initiatives including Branding and licensing at 9XMedia Pvt. Ltd Prior to joining 9XMedia he spent more than 12 years with the Zee Group, during which time he gained extensive experience and achieved a number of successes as the channel went through various phases. His hobbies include travelling and reading |
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Peter Morris a.k.a Peter Morris a.k.a. “THE BUSINESS SHRINK” has received multiple degrees from the school of hard knocks along with a genuinesumma cum laude undergraduate degree from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. Morris also graduatedcum laude from Harvard Law School while engaged in studies at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and simultaneously consulted throughout the United States in legislative and public policy matters regarding low and moderate income housing. During his academic career, Morris was the recipient of a number of awards, including but not limited to the Lt. William Larkin Memorial Prize for Best Thesis(combining the fields of public policy and economics), as well as Phi Beta Kappa and University Scholar. Morris hosted a daily radio talk show from 2004-2008 on Sirius Satellite Radio (Channel 114-Lime Network), “The Business Shrink,” centered aroundexpert entrepreneurship, psychology, psychiatry, science, organizational behavior and business with people whose problems he helped to solve with his unique psychological approach. In this show, Morris simplified professional and personal business human interest complications with the most obvious but often unseen solution,uncommon common sense. Morris brought interdisciplinary experience, education, and skills to bear – a complimentary approach of legal, entrepreneurial, financial, and psychological abilities. This approach emphasizes basic psychological tools and self-awareness to solve business problems – be it personal or professional business. |
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Rajiv Sangari CEO Mr Rajiv Sangari began his career more than 17 years ago in sales. His personal areas of expertise include sales & marketing and General Management. Mr Sangari is presently steering Spacetoon towards making it a leading 360 degree model into the areas of Kids TV channel, licensing, merchandising, publication and IP creation. His vision is to make Spacetoon as a leading Edutainment brand name in the minds of 580 million youth of India. Mr Sangari has been with Kids Media India Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of the Spacetoon Media Group from Dubai, since June 2005. Mr Sangari entered the animation industry through Pentamedia in Jan 2001, and then moved on to Padmalaya Studios, then of the Zee Telefilms group. Mr Sangari holds a post graduate degree in Economics from the University of Mumbai. He was also one of the founder-promoters of APAI (Animation Producers Association of India). |
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Shavasb Bohdjalian Founder and CEO Shavasb Bohdjalian is the founder and CEO of Eurivex Ltd., a Cyprus based Investment Firm, regulated and operating in compliance with EU’s MiFID rules, offering Start-up packages for Forex Brokerage ideal for high net-worth individuals as well as support services. Previously, Bohdjalian co-founded the Financial Mirror media group in Cyprus in 1983 and before that he was Chief Dealer and Treasurer at a Cyprus Bank. HIS COMPANY PROFILE Eurivex is a Cyprus Investment Firm offering franchise opportunity for Financial Start-ups for company registrations, tax structures, share and bond trading on global markets. There are no franchise fees charged for joining the Eurivex network. Eurivex also offers a Forex Brokerage start-up package ideal for high net-worth individuals looking to start a new business with high potential income, low cost and low risk. Being regulated and operating in compliance with MiFID rules, the operations of the Forex Brokerage are based on the Eurivex license. |
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Sotiris Yanakakis General manager and Legal Counse Sotiris Yanakakis has been practicing Law since 1984. He is a member of the Piraeus Bar. He has attended the LL.M program of Harvard Law School, Massachusetts, U.S.A and has a master's degree (LL.M. 1984). He has been teaching assistant (1983-1984) for Professor Louis Shon in Harvard Law School in the field of International Law of the Sea. He is also PhD candidate in Franchising Law at the Law School of the Democrition University of Thrace .He is a member of the Maritime Law Association of Greece, the Hellenic Association for European Law, Harvard Law Association of Europe, member of the American Bar Association, the International Bar Association and member of the Board of Directors, General Director and Legal Advisor of the Franchise Association of Greece. He is in charge of the vice-secretariat for the Legal Matters of the World Franchise Counsel, and of the newly formed Mediterranean Franchise Federation. He is also member of the legal committee of The European Franchise Federation. He is recommended Attorney and Provider of the United States Embassy of Athens. |
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Tony White Regional General Manager As Regional GM in Gloria Jean’s Coffees Tony represents one of the fastest growing franchise brands in the world. Tony has been instrumental in the development of the brand across 23 countries in the past 5 years. Tony leads a team that has responsibility for brand representation, master franchise recruitment and new market entry strategies. Tony has been actively involved with 11 Asian markets and recently has taken over responsibility for the development of the brand in the Middle East and Africa where he supports 12 master franchise partners to develop the brand in their market. Tony has lived in India for 8 years and during this time has developed an excellent understanding of the Indian entrepreneur and the needs of the market. Tony has a passion for SME entrepreneurs and is a firm believer in the franchise model for business growth |
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Waltraud Martius Franchise Consultant Waltraud Martius studied business management at the university of Innsbruck and is since 1989 active as franchise-consultants with her enterprise "Syncon International Franchise Consultants". She has accompanied up to now more than 1,200 franchise projects and has strengthened her call as a trendsetter in the franchise scene with lasting effect. Waltraud Martius is active co-founder of the "Austrain Franchise Association"(OFV) and since 1986 in honorary capacity in the board of directors. In 2008 the honorary Presidency was lent her. For 20 years she is a lecturer at universities and advanced colleges in the German-speaking space and has transmitted her experiences in countless talks in Europe as well as in the USA, India and China. She is a co-editor of the book appeared 2003 "Franchising - Die Konigsklasse der Vertriebssysteme (Franchise-The king's class of the distribution systems)" and author of the book "Fairplay Franchising". |
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Shery Christopher Owner / Consultant Shery has been involved extensively in the franchise and business opportunity industry since 1982 working first for a franchisee and then for several franchisers before starting her own franchise in 1985 with 4 partners. Her extensive experience in the franchise and business opportunity sector includes establishing, structuring and supporting new franchisers, re-structuring, training and providing guidance to existing franchisers. Her body of work includes documentation, manuals, trademark work, trade show work, lead generation, management and sales, compliance training, franchisee qualification, training and support for continued growth with a business partner who has over 16 years in franchise sales development. Her clients over the past 20 years exceed 300 and include food (restaurant & fast food), retail (clothing, shoes & beauty products) and service based franchises; many who she still provides consulting, documentation and support to from 19 years to the newest at one week and she is on the board of directors to several of her clients as well as partnering with some. She is well known and respected throughout the industry among show promoters, international trade agencies and her many clients (both in the USA and overseas) for her extensive, encyclopedic knowledge of franchise systems and the legendary attention to detail that has made her the only acceptable route for so many companies looking to franchise their business; as well as international companies looking to expand into the US market, and US companies looking to expand internationally using the franchise model. |
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Federico Fiorentini Managing Director Federico Fiorentini is recently at BRD Consulting as Managing Director (http://www.brdconsulting.it/en.html), he has a career span of over 20 years of activity in the Franchising, Retail, Large-Scale Distribution and Organized Distribution sector, with a career developing at both the managerial and operational levels. His list of accolades include development of national and international plans, developing and managing sales networks, and finance, market trends, opening more than 600 shops, retail centers, supermarkets, hypermarkets. Providing technical lead to project teams, reviewing and coordinating shop drawings and developing and maintaining commercial relationships. He is also University Teacher at International Retail Manager, Europena University – Rome. |
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Anand Dhand Head, Sales & Distribution With more than 13 years of experience in IT & Telecom, Anand Dhand is the personification of the words ‘meticulous’ and ‘resilient’. A self starter in every sense of the word, he gives paramount importance to teamwork and collaboration, and believes that in order to make any initiative successful, it is important that all the associated individuals must work together like clockwork. He has a penchant for leading teams, establishing & enhancing customer relationships, strategic planning and implementation. With his exceptional business acumen, Anand has managed to successfully handle channel sales, direct sales, marketing & product management, and has a proven track record for establishing and growing business across verticals. In his present role, he has been a key contributor to the Nokia Commerce Team, wherein he is responsible for defining market strategies, as well as enhancing growth via new customer acquisitions. He is responsible for building partner eco systems which comprise of ISV, SI, VAR and Operators to drive Nokia services and products. Prior to this, he was associated with Salesforce.com as Director-India, where he led a team of highly skilled professionals in Direct Sales, Tele Sales and Pre-Sales domains. He was the key spokesperson for Salesforce.com in India and the SAARC region, propagating the benefits of Cloud Computing through different collaterals like PR,CXO events, etc. During this period and also in his current role, he has coordinated with government and nodal agencies like CII and NASSCOM to drive advantages of cloud and mobile computing, especially in the SMB segment. He has also worked with Microsoft as Sr. Partner Manager, wherein he was spearheading product and service revenues across Server, Information Worker, and Dynamics through ISV partners. His was instrumental in developing & implementing competitive partner requirement strategies, and driving alignment of engineering roadmaps and release schedules between ISVs and Microsoft. |
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Om Manchanda Chief Executive Officer When Dr. Manchanda joined LPL in 2005, the company had a turnover of a little over Rs 40 crore with only 10 laboratories. Today, he has driven the transformation of the company into one of India’s largest medical diagnostics companies with a 60-strong laboratory network, 50 Patient Service Centres, 1,000 collection centres, and 4,000 pick-up points in more than 500 cities serving in excess of six million patients every year across India. By March 2011, the company is poised to touch a turnover of Rs 240 crore. A Veterinary doctor by training, Dr. Manchanda realized early in his career that his true calling lay with management. An MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad, he made his debut with Hindustan Unilever in 1990. Over the next 10 years, he received in-depth exposure in consumer products sales, distribution, marketing, advertising, brand innovations, et al. Even today, 45-year-old Dr. Manchanda cherishes the memory of how at Hindustan Unilever, as the Senior Brand Manager - Innovation, he had led the designing and launching of a tea-based beverage, which won Unilever's Global Innovation Award. From Hindustan Unilever, Dr. Manchanda moved to the all-American company Monsanto as the head of Marketing and later as head of Sales in 1999. Here, his team successfully test-launched the company’s first ever biotech product Bt-Cotton. At the $8 billion Monsanto, he was responsible for the sales, marketing and strategy functions. While at Monsanto, Manchanda was nominated for Global Leadership Exchange Programme. Dr. Manchanda’s next pit-stop was Ranbaxy in 2003 as Head of Marketing in Consumer Healthcare Division. Later, he led the International & Innovation in the same division. Among other firsts, he was part of the senior management team responsible for launching Ranbaxy’s foray into consumer healthcare. He moved on from Ranbaxy after two-and-a-half years. |
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Vic Ciuffetelli CEO Vic Ciuffetelli has build an extensive and highly successful franchising career during his years in business. Beginning his business career in retail outlets, Vic built a portfolio as a Multi-Site Franchise Owner of 16 outlets. In 1997, continuing his career in Franchising, Vic worked at introducing, developing and establishing several major U.S. franchising concepts into the Australian market.It was from here, in 2001, that Vic joined ActionCOACH. His initial 8 years with ActionCOACH saw him leading the company to massive growth particularly in the US, UK and European markets as the Global CEO. Briefly to pursue private business interests, which saw him launch an online day trading company and a franchise that was involved in educating industrialists in the Lean Principles of Manufacturing, Vic quickly returned to the ActionCOACH Team as the Asia Pacific CEO, to lead the development of the region. |
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Natalie M. Hesse President As the founder, her responsibilities involve looking at growth of the company from start up to $5M of revenue in 2009 and her duties include all aspects of strategic growth and management of the company. Her role is to look into continued development and expansion of new lines of business. Educated in Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana and BA Government, GPA 3.5, Cum Laude, 1985, her past experience include stints in Chartwell, LLC – Part of the Oakwood Healthcare System, Dearborn, MI, Vestax Insurance and Investments, Farmington Hills, MI, Johnson & Johnson – McNeil Division, NY,NY and Eastman Kodak Corporation, Rochester, NY and Farmington Hills, MI. When not working, she loves to indulge in leisure activities related to Health, Fitness, Cooking and Travel. |
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David Sparks Vice President David Sparks is the Vice President of Business Development at FasTracKids International, Ltd. with responsibility for business development, marketing, worldwide operations and sales. Prior to joining FasTracKids, Mr. Sparks worked in executive level positions for Pacific Commercial Services, Cricket Communications, AT&T and UPS. Notable is his 4 years as Vice President for FasTracKids International, an Inc. Magazine top 5000 Franchise and Top 500 Education Franchise Company, where he directed unit sales expansion and country expansion initiatives. Under Mr. Sparks’ leadership, FasTracKids grew from 196 units operating in 35 Countries to 336 units operating in 52 Countries. In his current role, David Sparks leads a team of 13 staff and 31 Area Developers to engage existing unit focus, establish existing market expansion; and develop strategies to establish new Country initiatives. Mr. Sparks lives in Denver Colorado with his wife Angela and their 2 children, Emily and Ethan. When not working, David enjoys golfing, coaching activities in which his children are involved and spending time in the outdoors. |
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Jason Kikot Director Before joining us at Vendmax Jason Kikot, our Marketing Director, travelled to the four corners of the globe. The same adventurous spirit which took him up the Amazon and down the Nile, led Jason to take control of his future by starting his own business in 1989. It is this spirit and independence that makes Jason so successful at Vendmax as well as in life. Jason’s strong corporate and marketing background was built developing and implementing multi-million dollar projects for Fortune 500 companies like American Express and the Royal Bank of Canada. His extensive experience has made him especially adept at recognizing and developing cost effective and marketable business opportunities. With an easy going charm and amiable personality Jason is comfortable at all levels of business, and guides Vendmax’s full force of international agents with ease and dexterity. Despite his familiarity with the wide world, Jason prefers to spend his time at home in Toronto, Canada where he was born, raised, and educated, and where he and his wife Linda are busily raising their two children. Jason is often found in the kitchen, where his love of cooking and prowess in business meld into one philosophy. “Success,” says Jason, “like a delicious dish, is a matter of combining the right ingredients.” Having found the ‘recipe for success,’ Jason generously shares it with others. Whether speaking to capacity crowds in boardrooms or stadiums, overseeing brand awareness campaigns, or engineering new product launches, Jason’s marketing panache is immediately obvious. We are proud to have him as part of our Vendmax team, and we know his skill and motivation will lead you to success. |
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Anand J Mehta Director, Asia Pacific Anand brings with him a collective 17 years of experience within the Asia Pacific region strictly as a retailer rather than an IT solutions provider - often referring to himself as "coming from the buy side not the sell side". He relocated to Singapore from Sydney in 2001 as Group General Manager for one of Australia largest listed retail companies,Harvey Norman after the company made two local acquisitions to enter the Asian market. Three years into this role he also established direct entry into the Malaysian market and holding the regional role for eight years. In line with his goal of gaining management experience in the full breadth of retail formats and product categories, Anand has also had senior level involvement with some of the regions largest leading privately held retailers including Mustafa Centre and Charles & Keith. His intimate operational knowledge of a retail formats, product categories, retail company growth phases and the regional industry wide challenges of inventory management, staffing and real estate make for valuable insight in operating retail businesses both large and small. Wearing a retailers hat in determining technology solutions serves Anand his goal of aligning IT infrastructure as an enabler of business goals of increasing throughput and maximizing productivity in the flow of goods, processes and information. |
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William Le Sante CFE Managing Director & CEO Le Sante International, a global franchise development firm, represents a number of companies with their international expansion efforts. Our list of clients rate among the top brands in their respective segments, franchising from fast food to business services. Prior to establishing our firm in the year 2000, Mr. Le Sante held executive positions with several international franchisors. He last served as Vice President of International Development for Metromedia Restaurant Group, successfully increasing the chains international exposure of their brands. Metromedia operates more than 1000 Restaurants in 17 countries under the brand names of Bennigan’s, Ponderosa Steakhouse, Bonanza Steakhouse and Steak & Ale. Prior to this, he served as Vice President, International Development for Tutor Time Learning Systems where he negotiated Master License Agreements in Europe and Asia. He has also served as Group Vice President of International Franchise Services for Blimpie International, Inc. (AMEX symbol BLM) primarily responsible for their international franchise expansion and development into a record 28 countries. His international development experience goes back to 1985, and to date, he has been involved in negotiating international agreements in 64 countries. Mr. Le Sante is a frequent speaker at franchise and business conferences throughout the world and has been featured on CNN en Español. He has published articles on franchise expansion in several international publications and has contributed as a franchise expert for The New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal. He has received various key awards related to his contributions with international franchise development and continues to educate future franchise candidates through US Department of State programs in emerging countries. He is a graduate of the IFA’s Educational Foundation “Certified Franchise Executive” program. Mr. Le Sante is a member of the IFA’s International Affairs Committee and served as Chairman of the organization’s International Matchmaker Task Force. He served as Vice Chairman of the IFA’s Global Marketing Committee. In 2002, Mr. Le Sante was appointed by the Secretary of Commerce to serve a four-year term on the Florida District Export Council. In 2006 he was appointed to a second term. Mr. Le Sante has served on the IFA’s Supplier Forum Board of Directors. |
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Bio - John Bowen Vice President John Bowen re-joined the company in 2008 as Vice President of Business Development and International Operations. He first started working for Sir Speedy in the early 1980s as Assistant to then President, Don Lowe, and was Managing Director of the Sir Speedy master license in the U.K. prior to returning to New Zealand to work in a senior management position for the Eastman Kodak Company. John has owned several companies and has been a Director of a number of SMEs. Bowen holds an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management and is a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management. Quote – John Bowen “We would also appreciate if could send us a 3-4 line quote on how you feel franchising could be relevant/growing strategy for the Indian marketplace from an international context ,as we will be using the same for media handouts.” From an international perspective, there is little doubt that franchising is an ideal vehicle for the India market. The franchise model provides for international transfer of a proven business methodology based on adherence to processes and systems that have been adapted for local market conditions. Provided that the franchise owner can bring capital, education and entrepreneurial energy and the business methodology is followed closely, brand awareness can be quickly established and the chances for success, profitability and expansion are greatly enhanced. |
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Larry Oberly Vice President, International Development Larry Oberly joined the RE/MAX organization in 1998 as a Management Consultant in the Central Ohio regional operation. He moved to the Denver headquarters facility in 2000 to accept the position of Assistant Regional Director for RE/MAX Southwest, Inc. He was quickly promoted to Regional Director and in 2001 was named Vice President for the operation, which covers Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico. In August 2005, Oberly was promoted to Vice President, Regional Development, and in December 2006 was named Vice President, International Development. He works closely with Bill Soteroff, Senior Vice President of International Development, in oversight of the rapid expansion of offices outside North America. For more than twenty years he has acquired experience and applied skills in business operations, field services, sales, training and project management. He is a recognized team-builder and negotiator with strong assets in customer satisfaction, growth, profitability and retention. |
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Dawn Stallwood Founder & CEO Dawn Stallwood leads Danetree Associates, a commercial consultancy based in London providing commercial counsel and strategic advice for clients in UK, India, Australia and Hong Kong. A senior commercial lawyer (as a partner) and notary by background with a large law firm and multinational business career allows Dawn to draw on a wide range of experience. Dawn is a business angel investor and holds a number of non-executive directorships. Danetree works with clients on well-formed business plan execution, market entry, business development, contract development and negotiation, supply chain management, executive hires as well as acquisition strategy, investment preparation and stakeholder engagement. This focus enables clients to achieve the results, profit and business community reputation they aspire to. Dawn and team work with boards of directors, family owners, PLC’s, MBO teams and private equity. Danetrees’ work with enterprising and ambitious businesses in Aviation, Hospitality, Retail, Leisure (including Fast Food), Travel, Publishing, Social Media and Healthcare Technology brings Dawn to India regularly. Dawn provides insight and a no-nonsense approach to clients wishing to develop, scale their growth or secure investment, through franchising. Danetree is fully supportive of Franchise India’s work and imparting of knowledge to India’s franchisor’s of the future. Danetree wants to work with Indian clients, with strong management teams and ambition. |
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Chuck Lemire Jr. Chuck Lemire, Jr. is a veteran of the RE/MAX system. In 2007 he's been appointed Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director of RE/MAX Europe Regional Services and moved from New England to the Headquarters of RE/MAX Europe in Vienna, Austria. An accomplished executive in the area of Franchise Sales and Business Development, Lemire is focusing on the growth and development of franchise sales in Europe, as well as the growth and profitability of the European RE/MAX regions. He is responsible for 54 regions in 36 European countries. Lemire has a 20 year proven track record in the real estate industry, and his experience and leadership are a valuable resource to RE/MAX Europe’s Regional Owners, many of whom received initial training from Lemire. In 2001, Lemire advanced to Executive Vice-President / Regional Director in the RE/MAX New England Region. Under his 5-year term of leadership, the New England region grew rapidly. During his tenure as Regional Director, the net profitability of the New England Region more than doubled. Mr. Lemire previously served the Region as Member Services Director from 1995 to 2001. In 1998, he also acted as Interim Director for RE/MAX’s North Central Region in (Minneapolis, MN |
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Abhay Gupta Executive Director Mr. Abhay Gupta is the Executive Director of Blues Clothing Company. His association with BCC dates back to the mid 1990s, during the formative years of then, 'The Blues'. During those days, he acted as an external consultant to Mr. Dinesh Sehgal, proprietor of The Blues, guiding him towards acquiring a more futuristic approach for his company. Things changed as soon as The Blues decided to shed off its ‘family-backed’ image to pick up a more contemporary and professional identity. This was the time, when Mr. Gupta could not put down the request offer from Mr. Sehgal to join Blues Clothing Company as a guiding force….and hence start a new saga together. It has been a concerted approach between the visionary Mr. Sehgal and the workaholic Mr. Gupta to passionately carve out a new identity for BCC and take it to newer heights of excellence. The incisive business knowledge of Mr. Gupta, gained through his long experience in the apparel industry, not only helped him to strategise the right moves to rope in leading international brands at BCC, but also to help the erstwhile Blues expand from a single level to a multi-level and eventually to a multi-location retail network. Mr. Gupta has also helped in modernising the operations at BCC – from computerisation of the sales to inventory control; he has masterminded every single move with a focussed objective to move with the times. Mr. Abhay Gupta has spent a larger part of his childhood days growing up in Kolkata. After completing his schooling from Central School (Fort William) at Kolkata, he pursued a degree in Marine Engineering from DMET, Kolkata. He then started his career out in the sea, back in 1978. Later he moved out of the monotonous marine life and pursued an MBA through a distance-learning program at Ghaziabad. The business acumen developed through this phase of his life, helped him to move into a more dynamic ready to wear industry and he joined Stencil Apparel Brands in 1990. From there he moved on to become the Vice President (Operations) at KB+T (now known as Givo). Mr. Gupta believes that although the Indian retail industry has seen an upward boom in the past decade or so. Within the overall retail scenario, Luxury has evolved into a dependent category and positioning segment. Advent of spaces like Emporio has upgraded the retail space offering in totality and even an economic slowdown could not completely slow down the growth considerably. He feels that in this era of market capitalisation, bigger retailers would try to consolidate their positions by expanding further on or acquiring smaller players. His vision for BCC is to prominently make it the largest player in the field of luxury retailing. |
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Padmaja Ruparel President Padmaja Ruparel is the President of Indian Angel Network (IAN), India's first and now the largest group of business angels, comprising the who's who of successful entrepreneurs and dynamic CEOs from India and overseas. She built this organisation from inception, which in a little over 3 years has over 130 investors in the network with a portfolio of 22 companies across multiple sectors and geographies; and the most dynamic media strategy in the early stage entrepreneurial eco system. With a wide range of experience of over 22 years, Padmaja has been deeply involved in starting and growing organisations in the IT and investing space. She has been a key player in the entrepreneurial eco system as she operationalised the TiE Delhi chapter and set it on a sound foundation for it to become one of the top three profitable and consistently performing chapters of the TiE world. She has been key in reviving the Indian Venture Capital Association, India's oldest and largest association of VC and PE firms and is the CFO of the organisation today. In her corporate avatar at Xansa India (an US$800mn company listed on LSE and now merged with Steria) she joined the team when it was a start up. She led the recruitment plan and operations, built and successfully executed an innovative brand and communication strategy, led the corporate social responsibility initiative which engaged the government, employees as well as the clients. She was a key member of the corporate strategy and M&A team and has the unique credit of being awarded individually by the global board of Xansa. In her entreprenuerial avatar, Padmaja has grown a real estate business multifold from a single building to multiple complexes of commercial space. |
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Hritesh Kanti Baruri Bari VP Education Date: 1990 – 1993 - Bachelor of commerce (B.Com). University of Burdwan, Calcutta. West Bengal, India Date: 1993 – 1998 - Master of Economics, Finance and statistics, Moscow State University of informatics, statistics, and Economics, Moscow, Russia. 17 years of experience in 4 Star Hotels, 3 Star Hotels, Large “Restaurant Chains”, Large “Quick Service Restaurant Chains”, Large “Coffee Shop Chains” and “High end Classical restaurants”. “Restaurant – Maharaja” – 1 st Indian Restaurant in Moscow, Russia “Restaurant & Coffee shop” – In park Place Hotel and Business center. Pizza “Sbarro” Russia, At this moment one of the largest Fast Food Chain in The Russian Federation. Management Consultant - F & B, Room service, Room Decoration and Furnishing Sun Hotel, Irkutsk, Russian Federation “Restaurant “Ruby Tuesday”, USA, in Moscow, Russia Pancho Pizza Casual dining Restaurant Chain, Pancho Pizza Fast Food chain, Dolce Momento Coffee Shop Chain, Pancho Grill Fast Food Chain Organized “Restaurant – Sports Bar” Spartak Organized Catering service and Cafeteria in The Anglo American school, Moscow Russia. Consulted Upmarket Restaurant “Adriatico” Ex-Owner of “Mariachi” Restaurant – Club – Started from buying land and construction of a 1000 sq. Meters 3 storied restautrant – club. Consulted “Kono Pizza” Fast Food Concepts Consulted “Boar House” – Most Famous Expat Bar and Club, Moscow Consulted “Shokoladnitsa” Coffee Shop concepts Worked As Deputy Director Of Operations for “Sbarro – Russia” in the “North – West” Region of Russia. COO/General Manager with BV Management working in M&A for restaurant companies. VP – International Operations and Development, New Project Development in Russia, CIS & Internationally, M&A, Franchising Support |
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Atulit Saxena Chief Operating Officer-Brands Atulit is the Chief Operating Officer – Brands of Future Brands Ltd. Futurebrands is India’s first brand IPR Company that manages brands as intangible assets and offers consumer insights, brand consulting, India Entry advisory, brand licensing and brand partnerships services. At Futurebrands, his mandate is to develop Brand Licensing and Brand Partnerships practice. An MBA from University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, he has over 22 years of experience in advertising & marketing spanning strategic account planning, brand management and business operations. He has nurtured brands across FMCG, Apparels, Consumer Electronics & Durables, Services, and Media categories including Private Brands development in Future Group. His areas of interest and research are applied cultural anthropology, consumer marketing and the fast growing brand licensing and brand partnerships practice. Atulit has given lectures at franchising & brand licensing conferences, FICCI seminars, universities, and management schools in India. |
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Harkirat Singh MD, Mr. Harkirat Singh hails from a family of industrialists and has been able to take over Woodland quite competently since 1989. Mr. Singh was always keen to take part in the family business since his tender age. He has done his bachelors in Commerce from Hindu College, Delhi and further pursued Philology from Moscow University. Even during his academic career, he used to spend his spare time in learning intricacies of the high fashion shoe business. On completion of his academics, he joined business full time concentrating on exports to Europe and US. He has always been a firm believer of moving along with his team in all his ventures and achieving the aim of making Woodland, the premium shoe brand in South East Asia. Mr. Singh’s acute perception of the market trends has assisted him to sustain the volume of business even in times of down-turns in the market, period of recession, keeping the brand on top, ahead of all competition. Apart from work, Mr. Singh is also quite involved to pursue his personal interests and hobbies at a constant pace which vary from tennis, golf, all adventure sports, book reading, and follower of good music as well as a technology freak. He is also a lover of niche automobiles including cars, bikes et al. |
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Jitu Mehta vice president Mr. J.H. Mehta is a management graduate from the IIM, Ahmedabad and Wharton School alumnus. He joined as a management trainee with Hindustan Unilever Ltd in June 1974. He started his career in the functional area of finance and enriched his commercial competencies by extending his reach to supply chain management and international business, including the critical commodity buying function. He went to become the Chief Buyer of HUL in 1989. From 1992 onwards, he handled various general management assignments as Vice President- animal feeds, vice president-beverages and executive director- ice creams for South Asia. He has been passionate in turning around difficult businesses and putting them on sustainable growth track. He has built Bru and Kwality Wall’s as strong brands in their respective domains. In 2000, he was elevated to the management board of HUL. In July 2005, he joined as the President, Spencer’s Retail with the RPG group, where he played a leading role in defining the brand, store design and business strategy, building an organization for rapid growth and steering exponential expansion of multiple formats. He joined Katra group as Group President and member of the Global Advisory Board in July 2007. He provided vision and leadership to wellness and other global businesses run by the group. From June 2009, he has started his own management consulting focusing on value creation for diverse businesses. Given his detailed exposure to FMCG, modern retail and wellness space, he has developed profound understanding of different business models for outsourcing and franchisee operations.” |
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Shaily George CEO Shaily is an investment professional turned entrepreneur. She has almost a decade of work experience across various functions and industries. She is an engineer from McGill University, Canada and has done her MBA from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. She has recently joined the Aadyant Education to help take the platform from a single pre-school player to end-2-end educational service provider with a chain of pre-schools, training institute as well as formal K-12 schools. Prior to joining Aadyant, for a year, Shaily consulted a few entrepreneurs to help with business planning and strategy. Prior to that, she spent 2 years at IDFC Private Equity, where she was mainly responsible for looking at investment opportunities in the education, healthcare and hospitality sect. Prior to her MBA, Shaily worked for three years as a project manager on aircraft simulators at CAE Inc., Canada. Aadyant Education Aadyant, which means “Adi”, till “Anth”, we would like to be associated with the child’s development from the beginning till the end, using highly researched and practically sound techniques. Aadyant is where education is about imparting knowledge, its about encouraging children to do significant things with what they’ve learnt. Our first initiative has been in the pre-school segment. We have 2 pre-schools in the NCR region, one is an owned school in South Delhi sprawling over an acre with excellent facilities and most importantly researched and practically sound curriculum which includes Montessori as well as activity based learning techniques. We at Aadyant are looking to set up 50 more pre-schools across India over the next 5 years and since our focus is quality, these will be relatively large-scale premium schools. A child’s development depends on parents and teachers; thus our second initiative is the Aadyant Training Institute, which will offer training programs for parents and teachers that will help in enhancement of their knowledge and thereby the development of the child. These programs will be offered at our pre-school locations as well as other locations. We have started with the beginning with pre-schools, and we plan to be associate with the child till the end by opening K-12 schools and higher education programs in the future. |
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Nanette D’Sa CEO Nanette D’Sa is heading Brainworks, a national chain of pre-schools that provides pre-school education through a structured curriculum that maximizes development. Nanette has a background in Marketing, Licensing and Strategic Brand Management. With varied exposure in Disney, Mattel Toys (the makers of Barbie), and Star Television, Nanette chose to steer a home grown education brand with a vision to provide quality yet affordable education to a growing middle India. Nanette and her team firmly committed to the development of the children in the formative early childhood years. |
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Arun Khetan CEO & MD Arun.K.Khetan is a Chartered Accountant with a rich experience of more than 22 years possessing strong management and entrepreneurial skills and has the credentials to set up more than 1200 educational Franchisees across the Nation and abroad. Presently he is the CEO & Managing Director of New Age Knowledge Solutions Limited, a multi-divisional education Company which has set up approx 150 franchisees in approx a year plus with Pre-School Brand “I Play I Learn”, Tutoring -“The Scholar’s Hub”, and is in the process of setting Schools under the brand “Universal Minds’ Global School”. Kidzee, Kidzeehigh, ZIMA are all his brain Childs, which he spearheaded while CEO of Zee Education (Zee Interactive Learning Systems Ltd). |
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Manjula Tiwari COO – Esprit India Ms. Manjula Tiwari was responsible for the launch of Esprit, the international youthful lifestyle brand in India in October 2005. Ms. Tiwari joined Madura garments from Benetton where she was heading the product department and managed all the Benetton product lines in India. She has over 18 years of experience in the Indian retail sector having managed all functions from Brand Management, Product, Merchandising, Business Development, and operations. She has also been involved in launches of Wills lifestyle, Lifestyle and Lee Cooper in India. A PGDM holder from NIFT has experience in all stages of finally connecting with the consumer, which has helped to establish Esprit on a growth trajectory in a very short period. She loves traveling, embracing new cultures and is an avid fashion and lifestyle enthusiast. |
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Mark Hilton VP International Mark joined Sbarro this June with a brief to develop the brand internationally. He worked in Yum Restaurants in Europe for 17 years before this Central Europe, Poland where he worked with franchisees. In UK, he held a number of geographic General Manager roles within the European business unit, covering at various times Central Europe, Eastern Med and Israel, and Northern Europe with responsibility for Development, Marketing, Operations and Supply Chain. In 2007 Mark became the COO for Yum Restaurants Europe with responsibility for running the business covering a $1.2 bn turnover, 1200 store BMU across 27 countries for the KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell brands as well as some of the other Yum brands, Wing Street and A&W. |
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Asheeta Chhabra development Asheeta Chhabra, the newest entrant in the Chhabra 555 management, has been roped in to institutionalize a more forward-looking and process-oriented approach for the company. After completing her MBA from XLRI, she amassed experience in various sectors like retail, healthcare and automobile and during her consulting stint at Ernst & Young. She helped to identify many of the best practices prevailing in high-performing organizations of today and subsequently determine steps for internal capability development. She was rewarded in the form of an individual excellence award for her efforts. Currently, at Chhabra 555, she is casting the dye for various strategic initiatives like establishment of regional business development teams and development of a centralized process repository to ensure sustained operational excellence. |
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Jesper Hougaard managing Jesper Hougaard is a Danish nationalized, educated in Denmark, with college (linguistic) and later Bachelor of Commerce. After a long career in aviation in Denmark, including scheduled airlines, private charters, international aircraft trading and aircraft maintenance, lead Maldivian Air taxi, today the world’s largest seaplane operator with 24 aircraft. After a brief stint in the 5-star resort environment, he founded Serena Spa Pvt. Ltd. Today Serena Spa operates 7 spas in Maldives, 9 in India and by end 2010, also in Seychelles. Additionally, he is Board member, ISPA (International Spa Association) headquartered in United States and Committee Member, National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Wellness Providers, a unit of Quality Council of India. |
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Samir Kuckreja CEO & Managing Director Samir Kuckreja has been the CEO & Managing Director of Nirula’s since July 2006. Samir has over 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry. He started his career with the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia, USA. He worked at Nirula’s in Delhi for 9 years and looked after Operations, Business Development and Marketing. He was the Business Development Manager for the Indian Subcontinent with Yum Restaurants in Delhi for 3.5 years. He was the Joint Managing Director of Mars Hotels & Restaurants in Mumbai for 2 years. He is also the President of the National Restaurant Association of India. |
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Kavita Jain Vice President Kavita, currently Vice President heads education wing of DRS group of companies, MDN Edify Education Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad as Vice President. MDN Edify currently has a network of about 105 Play Schools and about 9 schools up to K-12 pan India, known as DRS Kids and Edify. Her role encompasses three main responsibilities. Primarily, bringing up and maintaining the highest standard of education. Secondary, fostering all round development of children in terms of its 3-C philosophy, namely Content (Knowledge), Character (Personality) and Competence. And finally, expanding the network of Play Schools and K-12 schools pan India and realize its vision of 200 Play Schools and 50 K-12 schools in the next three years from now. |
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