Food

Agribusiness

F r o n t i e r

Rural Markets

food & agribusiness consulting services

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Food I Agribusiness I Rural Markets I Services

Services

our differentiators
creating value through innovative solutions domain expertise across food & agribusiness sectors bouquet of customized services in-depth business knowledge of value chains comprehensive talent pool with unparalleled experience unrelenting focus on customer-centricity with active client engagement

our focus sectors

food agribusiness rural markets services

who are we

Frontier is a specialized advisory company focused in Food & Agribusiness, incepted by agribusiness professionals experienced in the sectors. Frontier has a track record of successfully establishing businesses for large organizations in the sector. With extensive relationship network of individuals, institutions, regulators & business relationships in India & abroad, Frontier brings significant value add in the consulting space to its clients. We have the ability to be the strategic advisors providing customized solutions during the ideation phase, implementation guides through start-up assistance and be a trusted advisor overall. Drawing from the extensive experience of professionals, Frontier focuses on four major functional practices, viz., Strategic Advisory, Public Sector Advisory, Transaction Advisory, Turn Key Project Advisory.

our target sectors

Frontier is the only advisory company in India with specialized domain expertise across the following sub-sectors of Food & Agribusiness:

Food
Dairy Food Processing Organized Retail Organic Food Meat & Marine Products

Agribusiness
Fertilizers Seeds Agro-Chemicals Microlrrigation Farm Machinery

Rural Markets
Agri Consulting Rural Retail Rural Education Financial Service Rural Health Care

Services
Warehousing Cold Storages Cold Chain Logistics Solutions Exchanges Agri Marketing

Integrated Customized Solutions

our key functional practice areas

Frontier is the only 'Food and Agri Business' focused advisory firm in India, offering a wide bouquet of specialized products and services to our clients. With our extensive experience, in-depth domain understanding and knowledge of regulatory environment we meet the needs of our clients with precision.

Strategic Advisory

I Corporate Strategy I SBU Strategy I India Entry Strategy I Business Development I Research & Analytics I Consultancy Services I Project Management Services I Policy Advocacy I Knowledge Partnerships I Impact Assesment Studies I Monitoring & Evaluation Studies I Fund Raising I Business Restructuring - M&A, JVs & Strategic Alliances I Investment Management I Due Diligence I Valuation Advisory I Agriculture Projects I Green Field Projects I Business Solutions I Risk Management & Loss Prevention Services I Technology Transfer Solutions

Public Sector Advisory

Transaction Advisory

Turn Key Project Advisory

working with an array of clients

STRATEGIC ADVISORY TRANSACTION ADVISORY PUBLIC SECTOR ADVISORY PROJECT ADVISORY
MATIX GROUP

TEXPLAS INDIA
the success story of sincere efforts...

National Skills Foundation of India

Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation Ltd.

(A Government Enterprise)

our alliances

National Skills Foundation of India

our team
ADVISORY BOARD
Daljit Mirchandani
Ex-Chairman and Managing Director, Ingersoll-Rand India. Previously, he was also associated as Executive Director for Kirloskar Oil Engines; Director of Mahindra Ugine Steel Co. Ltd.; Director at Mahindra Forgings Ltd.; Director of Punjab Tractors Ltd; Director at SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited. He has served as the Chairman of the Karnataka State Council of CII and in 2007 was nominated by the CM to be the Chairman of the Task Force formed by the Ministry of Agriculture.

LEADERSHIP TEAM
Sanjeev Asthana
Ex-President & Chief Executive, Reliance Retail. Previously, he was also associated as Director for Cargill India; Country Head for ITC Global Holdings in Indonesia and Romania; Head, Food & Agribusiness for Britannia Industries. He is currently the Director on the Boards of Ruchi Soya Industries Limited; Ruchi Infrastructure Limited; NCDEX Spot Exchange Limited. He is the Chairman of the CII National Task Force on Food Security and Agriculture Skill Council of India and a former co-Chairman of the ASSOCHAM Committee on Agriculture.

Donald M. Taylor
Donald is currently the Independent Consultant for USAID PIKA Program consisting of four separate projects. He has been previously associated as a Consultant to the IFC, World Bank, ADB, J.E. Austin Associates, ACDI/VOCA, Agrico Limited, Louis Berger Inc, Ernst & Young, Cargill Technical Services, US Department of Commerce. Previously he has also worked with AACOM Ltd. as Owner and Managing Director; Technomic Consultants China as President and CEO; China Agro-Industries Development Ltd. as Managing Director; American Agricultural Associates, Inc., as Owner and Managing Director.

Srinivas Kuchibhotla
Srinivas is a food & agribusiness professional with 13+ years of experience in domains of Agri-Inputs, Fresh Commodities & Retail with expertise in spheres of Strategy & Operations, New Business Development, Marketing & Sales, Category & SCM, CRM, ICT, Private Equity & Consulting. He has handled multifarious responsibilities with leading Indian Corporates viz., Reliance Retail, DCM Shriram Consolidated Limited & RPG Life Sciences. He holds extensive & in-depth expertise of successful implementing challenging assignments. His business development expertise across geographies, business divisions & strategic projects enables clients draw exceptional insights & strategies applicable in global business & diverse cultural environments

Prasanta Misra
Prasanta holds rich and wide experience in State Government undertakings, Central Government undertakings, as well as in the core private sector for more than 35 years. He shouldered the responsibility as Joint Secretary, National Committee on Plasticulture Applications in Horticulture, and Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India (1991- till date).

Ritesh Raman
Ritesh has experience in Strategic Planning, Commodity Finance, Agri-Warehousing & Collateral Management and Sales & Marketing. As a Zonal Head of Commodity Control & Management Group - Commodity Finance Division of ICICI Bank Ltd, he was instrumental in supervising operational group and generating business of Commodity Finance group and building quality portfolio for the bank. Ritesh holds PGDM in Agribusiness Management from NIAM, Jaipur.

Sanjay Kothari
Sanjay is the Founder & Managing Partner at Anantroop Financial Advisory Services and has rich experience in Corporate Advisory Services with focus on Corporate Communications, Loan Syndications, Equity Placements and Financial Restructuring Exercises. He holds independent directorship in companies - West Coast Paper Mills Ltd., Hosmac India Private Ltd. and Fortune Financial Services (India) Ltd.

Anant Shroff
Anant was a Senior Associate at ICRA Ltd. where he would make credit recommendations to ICRA's rating committee. Has also worked with BNK Capital Markets Ltd as an Equity Research Analyst working on companies across industries. Anant is a CFA and has completed his MBA from S. P Jain, Dubai. .

Sekhar Natrajan
Ex-Chairman of Monsanto India. Prior to this role, he held several leadership positions across functions-CEO & Regional Lead, Chief Financial Officer, Business Development Head, Sales and Marketing Head, Global Corporate Strategy Lead at Monsanto's headquarters in St. Louis, USA and the India Region Lead. Sekhar is also an active member of the CII National Council on Agriculture and CII National Biotech Committee.

Iftekhar Khan
Iftekhar has worked as a Senior Manager at Agri Finance Division of Kotak Mahindra Bank and was responsible for Credit Appraisal in Rajasthan. He has worked with various public sector projects. He has completed his MBA from NIAM, Jaipur.

Suresh Singaravelu
Mr. Singaravelu is a management professional with over three and half decades experience in a variety of industries with multinationals and major Indian corporates in fields ranging from Chemical and Plastics, Leather, Sea Food, Real Estate, Retail and now Hospitality. He is currently the CEO of Chalet Hotels Limited, a company that has over a 1300 hotels rooms under the operation with the Marriott and Starwood groups. Prior to his current assignment Suresh was the President and National Head Retail Infrastructure with Reliance Retail. Thomas Reardon Thomas is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics at Michigan State University, USA. Previously, he was the Senior Research Fellow at IFPRI, Washington DC and a Rockefeller Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow attached to IFPRI. He is on the World Economic Forum (Davos) Global Alliance Council for Food Security, and has been a food security advisor to the Chicago Council for Global Affairs and an invitee to Davos. He is listed in Who's Who in Economics, and received a Distinguish Faculty Award from MSU.

Sunny Srivastava
Sunny has worked with ICICI Bank Ltd., as a Sales Manager, looking after the sales of Rural Vehicles in two districts of Rajasthan. He had previously worked with IBM Daksh & BNKe Solutions in the customer service industry for 4 years. Sunny is a Graduate in Commerce and has completed his Post Graduation from IRMA.

Satyakiran Fuskelay
Satyakiran is an agri-business professional with more than six years of experience in Procurement, MIS, Agriinput Marketing, Agriculture & Rural Development. He has worked with Shri Ram Fertilizers & Chemical Ltd. as the Senior Marketing Executive, responsible for Marketing & Sales of Seeds, Pesticides & Fertilizers. Previously he has worked with Haryali Kisan Bazaar, Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Co. Ltd., in the agriculture inputs (Seeds & Fertilizers) Domain.

For further information, please contact:

KUCHIBHOTLA SRINIVAS Director E-mail: kuchibhotla.srinivas@frontieradvisors.in Mobile: +919560600234 RITESH RAMAN Senior Consultant E-mail:ritesh.raman@frontieradvisors.in Mobile: +919871768769 ANANT SHROFF Senior Associate E-mail: anant.shroff@frontieradvisors.in Mobile: +919999098691

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