Lakhi Sawlani, Managing Director

Lakhi Sawlani

Managing Director

Agrimount International DMCC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Industrial Organic Chemistry
Experience
38 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :38 years, 1 Months

Managing Director at Agrimount International DMCC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since April 2015
Managing Director at Agrimount General Trading LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since February 2011
Regional Manager at Safinter SA
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 1995 to December 2010

Headed the Regional office.
Revenue growth, brand promotions, distributor training.
Trademark protection and legal actions

Import Manager at T. Choithram & Sons
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 1986 to January 1995

Led the procurement of food and non-food products.
Handled several major brands such as Liption, Rainbow, Kimball, McCain, Blue Bird, Weetabix, Windex, Scotchbrite.
Logistics, sales support, new product development and coordination with other departments and supermarkets.

Education

Master's degree, Industrial Organic Chemistry
  • at University of East Anglia
  • September 1980

Specialties & Skills

Commodities
Procurement
Branding
International Trade
New Product Development
Negotiation
International Trade, Sourcing, Procurement, Logistics, Marketing, Problem-solving, Budgeting, KPI
Imparting product and sales training
Food marketing

Languages

English
Expert
French
Intermediate
Hindi
Intermediate

Memberships

Toastmasters International
  • Past Division Governor-UAE
  • September 1995

Training and Certifications

Trademark and Intellectual Property (IP) (Training)
Training Institute:
Dubai Chamber of Commerce
Duration:
3 hours

Hobbies

  • Public Speaking, Humor, Reading, Crosswords, Sports
    Represented UAE in several speech contests Conducted educational session on humorous speaking Crosswords published with Rpn Kaufman in his book Great Ideas for Customer Service