Enterprising Sport Event, Hospitality & Travel Manger successful in leading every facet of new and ongoing business operations. Strategic thinker and tactical decision-maker with passion for serving customers and exceeding expectations. Creative problem solver skilled at de-escalating situations and holding strong relationships in a multi-cultural environment.
Spearheaded the commercial and operational aspect for QuintEevnts LLC who are the official experience, hospitality & travel partner for premium rights holders such as Formula1, NBA , Moto GP, Kentucky Derby etc.
Created a market worth over $28 Million currently with F1 races in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar & the NBA Flagship Event in Abu Dhabi, primarily responsible on the commercial and delivery of the official hospitality program on behalf of the rights holders attracting businesses from Sponsors, Corporate, Travel & Concierge companies & VIP/Royal family members in the region.
Corporate & Sponsor profile include – RedBull, AstonMartin, Saudi Fransi Bank ,DHL, Shell, Etihad, Emirates, Gazprom, Metlife etc.
VIP & Royals Family profile includes – esteemed members from the Qatar, Saudi & Abu Dhabi Royal family members.
Liaise and assist the operations team in US & UK on the budgeting, local vendor negotiations & delivery of the official experience & hospitality program for all events held in the GCC territory
Primarily responsible for revenue generation fo r the Commercial / VIP Hospitality Program for Asian Football Confederations Exclusive Hospitality Partners — Match Point Hospitality for the AFC Asian C up UAE 20 19.
Developed and implemented sales strategies to d rive a $1 .5 Million business through Destination Management Companies, Sport
marketing agencies & Corporate across Asia (United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Republic of China, Islamic Republic of Iran,
Kingdom of Bahrain, Sultanate of Oman, Japan & Ind ia.) Formed a b road sales channel, pan Asia with the objective of achieving
set sales targets.
Servicing the hospitality requirements for AFC sponsors
(UAE Exchange, Continental,Etisalat & Coca-Cola), participating football federations (Saud i Arabian Football Federation, Australian Football Federation etc) and en suring the deliver y of premium hospitality match day experiences and enhancing their experience for their sponsorship entitlement.
Headed a $15 Million project for Dadabhai Travel who were appointed as exclusive sales partner by Match Hospitality / FIFA for the GCC region.
Anchored the Sales & Administration for the fan and corporate travelling to 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Serviced clients like Saudi Telecom Company, Saudi Football Association, Coca-Cola, General Motors, Visa and other cooperates in the Middle East.
Appointed and trained official channel partners/ sub agents in the 6 GCC nation, framed sales strategy and ensured the commercial objectives were met.
Over looked the travel & concierge team and ensuring we appointed the local DMC partners and liaised with them had serviced more than 5000 fans and corporate members who traveled to Russia for the FIFA World Cup
Responsibility & role focused on generating revenue from selling integrated VIP Hospitality & travel solution to corporate & selling SAS ticketing solutions to leading sport franchisees in India.
Created and serviced VIP, Corporate & Retails clients over $5 Million over 3 years from the below premium events
ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 – Serviced customers such as MRF & GMR
Euro 2016
European Football
Indian Premier League- Serviced corporate such as Accenture, Wipro, CISCO, Sab Miller etc
2016 AFC Asian Cup
ATP Chennai Open
Sports Mentor Pvt LTD was a pioneer in Sports & Fitness Development Program for Schools, owned by Indian Sports Legends Sachin Tendulkar & Virender Sehwag.
Roles and responsibility included -
Hosting the 2014 KISA ICSE Schools meet in Bengaluru
Implemented and developed the Balanced report card curriculum in Sehwag International School
Northern Trust is one of the worlds leading asset management ,asset servicing & banking firm, servicing ultra HNI's, families & Institutions around the globe.
As per the valuation reporting process requirement, I liaise between the investment manager & the client and conducted internal audits and internal reports based on the IFRS platform.
Serviced clients like , Government of Singapore,New Zealand Super Annuation fund etc.
Project Management Skills