Mr. RAJESH KUMAR
Rajesh Kumar was instrumental in the business transformation strategy of agribusiness-multinational, UPL, recognized as top 5 agro-chemical company in the world, which excelled to approx. USD 5 billion today from merely approx. USD 40 million Indian company. Rajesh, as President, also successfully developed the global business of Cequisa Group in Spain. He made alliances & partnership strategy with NGOs, World Economic Forum, WFP, US programme- Feed the Future, USAID, European Crop Protection Association, Russian Crop Protection Association etc.
Rajesh is an accomplished mentor and leader for building successful global businesses, set up management of companies, independent profit centers, mergers & acquisitions, restructuring of joint ventures etc. He is an expert in mitigating global business risks, country defaults and financial catastrophes in Russia & CIS, Europe. He managed life science businesses in agriculture, food & beverage industry especially in plant protection, biopesticides, special fertilisers & nutrition, adjuvants & surfactants, seeds, veterinary animal health nutrition, public health, regenerative sustainable organic agriculture, digital agriculture, carbon farming & environment protection spread across diverse geographies of Europe, Africa, Middle East, CIS, Russia (Ex USSR), Spain, India, Latin America, etc.
Rajesh is a Harvard Alumnus with Advanced Management Programme from Harvard Business School, MBA from Mumbai University and B.Sc. with honours in Agriculture and animal husbandry from Pantnagar University in cooperation with University of Illinois, USA.