Category: Interview
We Will Continue Providing Brand Delight To Nepali Consumers
Anant S Iyer is the Chief Operating Officer, RPC – East & Nepal at United Spirits Limited (USL), the world’s third largest spirits maker by volume. He has over 27 years of experience and worked as Controller – Marketing, Consolidated Distilleries Limited prior to joining the UB Group. Iyer has earlier handled several key positions in his capacity as Business Head – Luxury Brands and Head – Trade Marketing & Institutional Sales since joining the group in June 1992. He was recently promoted to his current position in which he will be responsible for USL’s operations in Eastern India and Nepal. In an interview with Pinaki Roy of New Business Age, Iyer talks about USL’s overall growth, its Nepal operations and a host of related issues. He says that his company would like to participate in the growth that the government envisions for this country and be a part of the evolving Nepal growth story. Excerpts:
We Are Focused On The Basics Of Banking
Sunil Kaushal is the newly appointed Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Limited. Kaushal is likely to assume a senior role in the South Asia region, the announcement of which is likely to happen soon. He is currently the President and CEO of Standard Chartered Bank (Taiwan) Limited. He has over 23 years of banking experience and held several senior roles with the bank across different markets including Global Head – SME Banking and New Ventures in Singapore. Prior to joining Standard Chartered Bank, he had also worked for Bank of America and HDFC Bank. In an interview with Pinaki Roy of New Business Age, Kaushal shared his views on the global banking scenario and Standard Chartered Bank’s presence in the key world markets. Excerpts:
We Want To Make Mobile Telephony More Affordable
Pasi Koistinen is the President and CEO of Ncell Private Limited, which became the largest telecom operator in Nepal some months back overtaking the state-owned Nepal Telecom. The company reached the figure of six million customers recently. Ncell, the first private telecom operator of Nepal was rebranded to its current name in 2010. Nordic telecom giant TeliaSonera has a large stake in the company. Koistinen joined TeliaSonera as a Director in 1998 and took up the position of Ncell CEO in May 2009. He has also served in top managerial level in diverse fields like hospitality business, advertising agencies and telecom service in countries like Finland, Singapore and China. In an interview with Gaurav Aryal of New Business Age, Koistinen shares his views on Ncell’s growth, Nepal’s telecommunication market and a whole lot of other issues. Excerpts:
There Is Much To Gain And Look Forward To (September 2011)
Joseph Silvanus joined Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Limited as its new Chief Executive Officer in July 2011. A student of Economics at St......
'Second Phase Of Growth Would Depend On Developed Capital Market' (august 2011)
Joseph Massey is Chairman of South Asian Federation of Exchanges (SAFE), a forum of exchanges with 32 members from South Asian Region, UAE and Mauritius. SAFE works....
The Taxpayers Of This Country Are The Major Donors To Nepal (july 2011)
Dr Thomas Gass is the first residential Ambassador of Switzerland to Nepal. He was previously Switzerland’s ambassador to the United Nations in New York and spent five....
Trade Should Be Harnessed To Ensure Development
Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi is the Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), a post he first took up in September 2005. Prior to this, he was the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). A PhD in Economic Planning and.....
What Gets Measured, Gets Done
Mark E Hansen, the Head of Asia Governance and Strategic Initiatives at Standard Chartered Bank, serves on the Bank’s Asia Geographic Management Committee.
We Need To Change Mindset To Think Big
Suraj Vaidya, the President of Vaidya's Organisation of Industries and Trading Houses (VOITH) is contesting the prestigious position of FNCCI President in an election being held
Sanjib Raj Bhandari
Sanjib Raj Bhandari is the CEO of Mercantile Office Systems, the pioneer company in Nepal’s IT sector. Having seen the evolution of sorts in IT in the past two decades, Raj Bhandari himself has effected a sea-change in his business, priorities
