Ankur Poddar

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About Ankur Poddar

A senior global business professional with 14+ years' experience across industries, functions & geographies. Wide array of experiences from scaling up existing businesses, to turning around struggling ones, and also setting up greenfield projects in the challenging virgin territories of Africa. Currently helping businesses grow globally as Co-Founder @ Chrysaliis and Managing Partner at Antal International - Dubai. In the last assignment before the entrepreneurial venture, was Head of Strategy & Business Growth for a Dubai based international business subsidiary of a Nepalese conglomerate. Worked with Mahindra & Mahindra, a USD 21.7 billion Group, for 9+ years in multiple roles & business divisions, with the last one as Head of New Business Development, handling all new business verticals, including Tractors, Gensets and Construction Equipment for its South African subsidiary. Have previously worked across industries and functions in global companies like Citibank, PwC and M&M Ltd, with extensive exposure to strategy, finance, data analytics, business growth and business development.