Team

Vinay is a Chartered Accountant with >26 years’ experience at Inbrew, Suntory, Heineken, PepsiCo and Arthur Andersen. He has lived and worked in Singapore, India, East Timor, Indonesia with experience in East Africa. His key achievements include:

• Career Strategy and Operations, Finance and M&A professional
• Ex Suntory, Heineken, PepsiCo and Arthur Andersen
• >26 years experience in GM, CFO and Business Development roles
• Vast experience of building and partnering growth of businesses in emerging and frontier markets
• Skills include strategy, transformation, planning, operational excellence, financial analysis and cost optimization

Key accomplishments

• Led business transformation of USD 150m JV by improving profits by 10% of Net Sales
• Set up and led a multi beverage business, including building a green field plant
• Country CFO of F&B businesses in two large emerging markets
• Successful entry with manufacturing investments into frontier markets such as Myanmar, Mongolia and Pacific Islands
• Co-founded an e-commerce platform

Positions (past and present)

• Special Advisor to Trade Invest East Timor, government body for promoting private sector investment
• Director of USD 500m Garuda Foods group owned distribution company in Indonesia
• Co-founder of the largest e commerce market-place in East Timor
• Member of Singapore Business Federation on missions to emerging markets