Leveraging his degree in Business Management with specialisation in Entrepreneurship and Marketing from Indiana University, Bloomington, US, Khushalani accumulated over 15 years of global experience in spearheading businesses of FMCG distribution in Africa and real estate development in UAE & India managing multimillion-dollar P&L’s, before venturing into logistics in UAE. An avid believer of innovation and digital disruption, he founded Premier Logistics in 2016 to focus primarily on digitisation of the age-old industry of logistics within the Middle East. Under his leadership, Premier Logistics has grown from a three-member team to a 55-member team of logisticians. With ambitious expansion plans…
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Laurent has a BS of Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris / France) and a MS of Paris Tech (Paris / France – Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées) Before SirajPower, Laurent spent more than 15 years developing and constructing international energy projects in Europe, Iran, Indonesia, and the Middle East for the Group Total. Laurent’s track record is built across a range of executive/senior leadership positions in the renewable energy industry, particularly in the solar sector with Shams 1 Company, SunPower, and Akuo Energy SirajPower is a solar company in Dubai set up by Corys Environment, the environmental investment arm of…
iMile was founded in 2017 to bring innovation and inspiration to the logistics and supply chain industry, as well as solve fundamental problems in the industry with creativity and confidence. Huang studied biomedical engineering and later joined Chinese telecommunications giant, Huawei, which is when she was relocated to the Middle East and Africa. This enabled her to gain insights into regional markets In 2017, Huang was witnessing the boom of ecommerce globally. She noticed, however, that cash on delivery and last mile delivery were causing real problems for many eCommerce players. After co-founding iMile in 2017, Huang has played a…
Shipsy is India’s first and only endto-end global trade and logistics management platform that helps customers reduce logistics costs, achieve transparency and improve on-time delivery of goods across the Ocean, Air, Rail, and Road with an intelligent approach. Under Soham Chokshi’s supervision, the company has rapidly blossomed into a leading SaaS-based solution provider dedicated to reducing logistics costs and improving on-time delivery of goods across the ocean, air, and road transportation through its pioneering ‘Bloomberg for supply chain’ model. In his professional capacity, Soham spearheads the overall business growth of the organization. His auxiliary responsibilities include ensuring revenue pipeline and…
Alain Kaddoum has over 12 years of professional excellence and leadership skills. He spearheads Savoye Middle East in its mission to become the leading automation, robotics, and software solutions provider for the region’s supply chain industry. Prior to his position at Savoye, Kaddoum worked in the intralogistics field for many years. He also worked at UAE-based Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, leading a research team to develop a breakthrough protocol for the country’s aerospace industry. Kaddoum holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from INP-ENSEEIHT, and a master’s degree in Automatics, Informatics, and Decisional Systems from INP…
Vineet Malhotra is an accomplished strategist and techno-functional leader having extensive experience in various business functions across diverse Industries. In his time with Kale Logistics, Vineet is known to be a domain independent expert, who gets a quick handle on any given subject. His strength lies in simplifying what appear to be complex business ideas. He spearheads Kale’s strategic forays and new industry initiatives across its areas of focus including airports, forwarding, transportation, customs, chambers of commerce and other trade associations. He is also the member of Confederation of India Industry- CII WR Logistics Task Force 2022-23. He has effectively…
Paula and Oceanwide Logistics USA (OL USA) set up Oceanwide Logistics (OL Dubai) in August 2016 to offer domestic and international freight solutions in the region. In 2021 Paula relocated to the UK where she continues to be the remote Managing Director for the UAE office and has also opened OL Philippines in September 2021 and OL UK in July 2022 which compliments the OL Group other offices within the USA and Canada completely. ‘’My 10-year journey within the UAE shaped me into the international businesswoman I am today, I regularly travel back to the UAE, for 2022 I have…
Mohammad Sleiman is a seasoned professional with more than 18 years of managerial experience under his belt, leading multinational firms such as Western Union and Hewlett Packard. Mohammad Sleiman is the ex-co-founder and managing director of Helpbit.com (a Souq entity) which was acquired by Amazon in 2017. He served under Amazon as a regional director, heading the After Market Service function for two years across the region. In 2019, He founded Cartlow as a reCommerce platform which then grew to become the leading reverse logistics cloud-based technology platform in UAE & KSA. His vision for the future is to structure,…
With 18 years of experience, Abhinav Chaudhary has been a strategic thought leader in conceptualising and executing multidimensional complex tech-logistics projects in DHL Global Forwarding and the Indian Army. Since 2018, Abhinav has been leading the Fero – Robotic Process Automation in Logistics, Freight and Supply Chain domain. Fero’s RPA solutions assist companies in freeing their employees, allowing them to focus on more important higher-value tasks. Fero RPA is a cloud-based SaaS that rolled out its 28 Product Modules for freight forwarders, couriers, ports, transporters, distributors, manufacturers and 3PLs. Fero’s numerous clients across 12 countries realise the immense value in…
Dutch national Johan Bergwerff has been with Sharaf Group – the parent company of Emirates Logistics – for over 20 years, heading the business unit as head of logistics and supply chain. Under his supervision, Johan has led Emirates Logistics to offer total supply chain services such as 3PL logistics, land transport, freight forwarding, relocation, eCommmece and last mile delivery, breakbulk cargoes, and custom brokerage services. In his role, he leads and oversees the operations of the company in eight countries. Johan’s efforts have led the firm to strategically established itself in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and the Indian…