Key Results • Organized export of Russian goods to Iraq, as well as provided professional services in the interior works and F&B department for a Night Club in Erbil, Kurdistan. • Exclusive importer and sole distributor in Russia for a leading European brand in kids footwear from Spain. • Organized participation in major exhibitions in Moscow, Italy, Kazakhtan and other cities in Russia for promoting kids footwear trade.. • Lead negotiations for supply and turnkey project for building an ice skating rink using Russian made synthetic ice to a major shopping mall in India. • Sourced Buyer and Supplier for supply and turnkey project for building a Russian made composite armature factory in Egypt

Consultation services, helping foreign companies open and expand in Russia and CIS, as well as consulting Russian and foreign investors in opening business in India. Overall responsible for revenue generation, management and day to day running of the company. Key Results • Led negotiations and secured exclusive distributors rights for India in cooperation with Nova Pushpak Aviation Pvt. Ltd. (Gurgaon) for Aerovolga, Russia which produces amphibian small aircrafts. • Engaged in effective sales and marketing strategies, including participation in India Aviation show in 2010 in Hyderabad to create brand awareness. • Consulted and found major distributors in Russia for different shoes and clothing brands from France, Canada, Spain, India, Italy and Portugal. • Consulting by providing Market research, Business Plan, Feasibility studies to the world famous Lumumba Peoples Friendship University, Moscow in opening Cultural and language center in Bengaluru, India. . • Consultant with Teremok Group in opening franchise of Russian crepe fast food conception into the Indian market. • Helped find sales leads to manufacturers of Packaging equipment from UK, Czech Republic and Netherlands by organizing exhibitions in agricultural sector in Moscow for them. • Consultant and Project Manager for Children’s Farm Tourism Concept in Moscow Region. • Provided Market survey, Market Analysis, Data Analysis for foreign companies wishing to invest in Russia

As General Manager of the American Embassy Community Association, singularly led a team of over 300 employees to successfully run all commercial activities inside the territory of the US Embassy in Moscow. Key Results • Responsible for profitable running of all commercial activities and facility services including duty free shop, Fitness center and full size swimming pool, transport services, a 300-seat staff cafeteria, a full bar and restaurant, Starbuck's coffee shop, Membership management, facilities running of 120 on-site apartments and 3 dachas (out of city country houses), travel agency for all diplomats, events organization and over 20 other different services. • Handled various functions related to admin, HR and recruitment management including Recruitments (permanent Staffing and Contract /temp staffing), training & motivation activities, appraisals etc. • Worked in close collaboration with dealers, providing support and ensuring smooth delivery of service requirements, while necessitating cost effective logistic operations. • Designed & implemented systems, procedures & manuals for the preparation & maintenance of statutory books of accounts and financial statements, ensuring compliance with time & accuracy norms. • Handled other financial functions including Financial reporting (budgets, cash-flow, balance sheet, P&L, financial ratios calculations), feasibility studies etc. • Reviewed financial performance of the company at every level as part of operations and initiated cost control policies to enhance the balance sheets. • Brought business operations into conformation of all Russian labor laws and saved the US Embassy from legal problems of non-conformation. • Reduced work force from 300 to 100 keeping all the services intact, by outsourcing many loss making centers.

Key Results • Provided Project Management to Plekhanov Russian Economic Academy and opened on a turn-key basis a Thai restaurant on their premises in Moscow. • Liaised with respective agencies and organized interior design, equipment, food ingredients supply and hired top chefs and personnel from Dubai and opened Thai, Mexican, Chinese and Indian restaurants on a turn-key basis. • Lead teams of professionals across various verticals of the business including sales, marketing, operations and business expansion. • Recruited professionals for key designations provide essential training and develop cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery of required work. • Consulted and opened Indian Restaurant "Maharaja" in Tallinn, Moscow and Yerevan; Chinese Restaurant "China Garden" in Hotel Mezhdunarodnaya (now Crown Plaza), Armenian and Georgian restaurants, Pizzerias, food kiosks, fast food restaurants in different cities in CIS, including 11 food outlets in St Petersburg Railway station during its renovation in 2003. • Secured master franchise agreement with Papa John's Pizza chain for Russia for an American Investor and opened several stores in Moscow, St Petersburg and other cities. (Papa John's store in Moscow had the highest sales among all of Papa John's 3000 stores worldwide.)

Partnered and successfully ran a general trading company in Dubai, UAE to supply to the Russian market cars (Toyota and Mitsubishi 4 wheelers), Computers, spare parts for cars to the Russian market and organized tourist business from Russia to UAE.

Responsible for overall sales & marketing operations related to promotion of Stamford generators, analytical medical instruments like LCD chromatographs, Infrared analyzers, wind generators and computers. Also opened a technical center in collaboration with Ministry of Education for providing after sales services to our customers. Responsible for supplying a soft capsule making machine for Khabarovsk Fish Oil Factory in the Russian Far East.

Started as Interpreter in Exhibitions, later promoted to Sales and Service Engineer. Responsible for operations related to trading and after sales services of Kirloskar generators, computers, and high tech equipment to Russia.

Business Administration, MBA (Strategy, Finance, Marketing, Innovation and Change)

Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science

Russian Language, Interpreter from Russian to English

US Department of State, Washington, USA, Certificate in Senior Management

Papa John's Pizza Chain, Louiseville, Kentucky, USA, COO, Director of Operation

Open University Business School, Milton Keynes, UK, Master of Business Administration