Essar GroupGeneral Manager, Business Development, Africa
Feb. 2008 - Jan. 2010Nairobi, KenyaThe Essar Group is a conglomerate with assets exceeding US$ 15 billion. Its diverse portfolio spans multiple sectors, including steel, energy, power, communication, shipping and logistics, and construction. The company has a strong presence in India and operates in various regions, including Africa, the USA, Canada, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. The group made a strategic decision to relocate its business development functions in Africa back to India, and on being made redundant departed to work as an independent consultant.
• Recruited as a General Manager to work on group efforts of a private-equity nature that included formulating the Essar Group's African expansion strategy.
➢ With partner participation, collaborated on a bid for mobile telecommunications licenses worth over-US$ 5 million in Central-, East- and West Africa; a successful bid in a US$ 450+ million project for a petroleum refinery in East Africa; and, a bid for an undisclosed amount for a petroleum pipeline in East Africa;
• As the group scaled back its operations in Africa, responsibilities shifted to a localized role focusing on mobile telephony sales in Uganda and Kenya.