IBLF - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Director, International Business for South American Tobacco Group
Mr. Amit Pujara is the Director, International Business for South American Tobacco Group (SATG), one of the largest International Swiss based Tobacco company.
He is also on the board of various companies in Australia and New Zealand and has expertise in international business exploration and development. He officially represents the independent state of Samoa for international trade and is also an associated member of Pacific Forum.
Mr. Pujara is an Indian born resident of Australia and is the ambassador of IBLF for the South Pacific region.
Job Titles:
- Co. Ltd. and Managing Director
Mr. Dinesh Joshi is a Co-promoter of SatyaGiri Shipping Co. Ltd. and Managing Director of Enterprise Infrastructure (P) Ltd., companies promoting water transport and developing infrastructure. He is an Independent Director on the Board of Unity Infrastructure Ltd., one of the fastest growing infrastructure companies in India. He has been the Co-Chairman of the Infrastructure & Housing Committee of the IMC for the past four years and is currently the Co-Chairman of Infrastructure & Urban Planning Committee.
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- Managing Director of Podar Enterprise
Mr. Rajiv Podar is the Managing Director of Podar Enterprise and the Founder Chairman of International Business Linkage Forum. Joining the family business in 1985, he has been instrumental in setting up the textile units of the group and also diversified into international trade, information technology, telecommunication, entertainment, media and document management. Recognizing his capability, the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and the Ministry of Industries of the Republic of Belarus has conferred on him the special right to negotiate any matter concerning, expanding and deepening of the trade and economic relations between two countries. Similarly, the ministry of industry of Republic of Benin has bestowed him the right to prepare proposals on concrete aspects of economic co-operation between the two countries on the basis of consultations with corresponding Indian Ministries, other Governmental bodies, companies and establishments.
Mr. Rakesh Wahi is an entrepreneur with an investment banking back ground particularly in emerging markets. He is the Co Founder and Vice Chairman of CNBC Africa (www.cnbcafrica.com), Murdoch University Dubai (www.murdochdubai.com), Tech One Global (www.techoneglobal.com), S. P. Wahi Management (www.spw.in) and the Founding Partner and Chairman of Capital Management Advisors ( www.cma-me.com). His focus remains on venture projects in media, telecom, IT, technology and education.
Based in Dubai, Mr. Wahi has been involved with the financing and development of several media, telecommunications, IT and education initiatives in the Middle East, South Asia and Africa over the last 20 years.
Prior to moving to the UAE, Mr. Wahi served with the Corps of Engineers in the Indian Army for about 9 years and was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal ("VSM") by the President of India in 1985 for courage and dedication beyond the call of duty. Mr. Wahi was also part of India's scientific expedition to the Antarctica where he established India's second base in 1987/88.
Mr. Wahi was educated at the Doon School in Dehradun, India and later earned a Bachelor of Science degree (Physics & Mathematics) and a Bachelor of Technology degree in Civil Engineering from the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.
Job Titles:
- Chairman and Managing Director of the Kohinoor
Mr. Unmesh Joshi is the Chairman and Managing Director of the Kohinoor group for the past 15 years. With a focus on hospitality and real estate, the group has ventured into education sector by establishing technical, hospitality and management ventures in over 30 centers in the Indian subcontinent and tie-ups in China, Europe, Mauritius, South Asia and the North American continent. Mr. Unmesh Joshi is the son of Mr. Manohar Joshi, the reputed educationist, prominent political leader and former Speaker of the Lower House of the Indian Parliament, the Lok Sabha.
A keen entrepreneur with strong business acumen, he has forged alliances with hospitality giants like the Apavou Group in Mauritius for innovative hospitality ventures and initiatives like exchange in Food and Beverage (F & B) expertise with various countries in South Asia, Europe and Africa. He has established successful collaborations with institutions of international repute like International Hotel Management Institute (IMI), Switzerland, Carleton University, Canada, for transnational educational ventures and has been welcomed as an active member of the advisory board of the US-based Cornell Hotel School's Center for Hospitality Research.
Mr. Yaroslav Ivanchenko is a specialist in history of international relationship and economic integration and a leading author of dozen of scientific works published in Russia, USA, UK and Bulgaria.
Since 1980s, he has presided over various in public, state and business organizations and has vast professional experience in commerce, finance and investment activities, banking, logistics, establishing economic contacts with CIS and other counties. At present, he is General Director of JSC Foreign Investment Agency (FIA). Founded in 1999, this establishment is concerned with the decree of the Russian government no 1272, on investing in the Russian economy.
Priya is a technology entrepreneur, a changemaker and multi-talented professional with experience being advisor/member on the tech policy team on the US Presidential campaign and is an strategic advisor on US-India relations. She is CEO and Co-Founder of a Web3 startup Abris.io. She is also the creator of the concept and credit title "Impact Advisor" for cause and culture-based Cinema, primarily given in Hindi cinema famously known as Bollywood.