Rishi Raj

o Primarily focusing on building and maintaining strong long-lasting customer relationship. o Overseeing customer account management including negotiating contracts and agreements to maximize profit. o Established, initiated and optimized business development strategies based on company targets, product specifications, market data and budget factors. o Built and strengthened strategic relationships with vendors, advertising agencies and others o Developed creative sales tools, including presentations, trend reports, kitted assets, and product data sheets. o Leveraged industry trends and competitive analysisto improve customer relationship building o Reduced marketing costs by streamlining marketing roles, leveraging communications materials, monitoring budgets, and developing protocol.

o Consulted with product development teams to enhance products based on customer data. o Reduced marketing costs by streamlining marketing roles, leveraging communications materials, monitoring budgets and developing protocol. o Enhanced profitability to achieve marketing objectives and drive productivity and growth from concept to implementation. o Oversaw preparation ofmarketing copy, images, videos, emails and other collateral o Organized Arab Fashion Council Press Release.

o Successfully handled the pre-opening; achieving sales in excess of AED 500, 000 within the first six months of Etre Events operating in the UAE. o Trained team members in effective strategiesto meet operational and sales targets. o Proven ability to juggle multiple account management projects at time. o Entrusted with the responsibility to provide a new direction and thought leadership to the company, developing and implementing strategies whilst managing overall profitability. o Provided hands-on assistance to customers, assessing needs and maintaining current knowledge of consumer preferences. o Achieved 2.5 Million AED Sales .

o Successfully started Evo Event branch office in the region. o Achieved confirmed business from existing pharmaceutical, cosmetic, IT companies in Dubai, e.g. executed 8 events for Johnson & Johnson in Dubai, Kenya and Abu Dhabi as well as 5 events for Microsoft in South Africa, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. o Handled overall operations of events including venue sourcing and destination recommendations. o Created supplier database and contract templates.

o Managed marketing and communications, e.g. created proposal to target corporate clients in Dubai. o Handling travel and trade partners in the region. o Organized familiarization trips and roadshows as well as appointments with potential and current customers to discuss new products and services. o Successfully Manage to increase the number of arrival to Cyprus by 4% during my tenure with the Cyprus Tourism Board.

o Supported senior leadership by developing status reports on activities relating to planning, scheduling, cancellation, enquiries, resourcing, risk mitigation, and proposal development for various events as well as managing budget administration. o Coordinated vendors, florists, photographers, videographers, musicians, officiants and ceremony participants during rehearsals and pre-ceremony, ceremony and reception events. o Assisted in the planning, organization and execution of events in Malta, Cyprus, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Tunisia