Mrs. Shashi Bala is the visionary Founder and CEO of Pacific Consultants, a leading consulting firm committed to delivering global business solutions. With a strong foundation in finance, she began her professional journey working with reputed financial institutions between 1996 and 2001. Driven by entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for consulting, she established Pacific Consultants with a mission to offer reliable, client-focused advisory services.

An alumna of Delhi University and a postgraduate from Meerut University, Mrs. Bala brings a unique blend of academic excellence and real-world experience to her leadership. Under her guidance, Pacific Consultants has grown into a dynamic and result-oriented organization, known for its integrity, innovation, and performance-driven culture.

Mrs. Bala is actively involved in business development, frequently engaging with clients across the globe through presentations and strategic meetings. Her commitment to building a vibrant, adaptable, and high-performing team has been key to the firm’s long-standing success.

She has extensively traveled across the USA, Canada, and Europe—including Austria, Switzerland, and Poland strengthening international partnerships and broadening the company’s global footprint.

Mrs. Shashi Bala’s dedication to professionalism, client satisfaction, and long-term vision continues to shape the success and global reach of Pacific Consultants.

With Master’s degree in English literature from Punjab University, Chandigarh, followed by PG Diploma in Marketing Management, Suniti has an overall experience of over 38 years. Ranging from marketing to market research to corporate planning, his experience makes him an ideal choice for clients who need end-to-end joint venture handling. He provides consulting services to corporate houses in preparing business plans. He had a short stint with the multinational Saft Nife Batteries in Sweden. A specialist in Joint Ventures, he travels regularly to Europe, Scandinavia and North America to take part in business meetings, seminars and trade fairs. He is approached by many institutes for professional lecturing and had been retained by the prestigious Amity Business School, NOIDA (http://www.amity.edu) and other institutions (including GNA Institute of Management & Technology, Punjab (http://www.gnaedu.in) and G.L. Bajaj Institute of Technology & Management, Greater NOIDA (http://www.glbitm.org) as a visiting professor for Globalization and international joint venture courses, besides the nationally famous Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT, Pune) (http:// www.mitpune.com). Invited to speak in the seminars organized by The United Nations, APCTT (http://www.apctt.org.in) New Delhi; SIGEP International Trade Fair (http://www.sigep.it) in Rimini, Italy (1998); International Furniture trade fair in Milan, Italy sponsored by CSIL (http://www.csilmilano.com) (in 2000) and by Confederation of Indian Industry in New Delhi (Creating successful technoventures) in Sept. 2003; and Algonquin Careers Academy, (http://www.algonquinacademy.com), Mississauga, Toronto, Canada. Has travelled extensively to over 25 countries. Nephew of one of India’s legendry and best known industrialists (late) Mr. H.P. Nanda, founder-Chairman of Escorts Group (www.escortsgroup.com), now a US$ 600 million turnover conglomerate.

Mr. Siddharth is a highly accomplished international marketing professional with over 18 years of experience in sales, marketing, import-export, and global business development. With deep specialization in home furnishing and textiles, the food sector, and agricultural machinery such as tractors, he has built a robust career grounded in practical expertise and strategic insight.

Having lived in Poland for 8 years, Mr. Siddharth gained significant exposure to the European market, particularly within the textile and manufacturing sectors. His on-ground experience in one of Europe’s largest textile hubs—Lodz, Poland has equipped him with a thorough understanding of trade practices, customer behavior, and market entry strategies in Europe. In addition, he has developed strong professional linkages across Asia, making him an expert in cross-continental business development and market expansion.

Since 2011, Mr. Siddharth has been a core member of Pacific Consultants, currently serving as the Sales and Marketing Head. His leadership has been instrumental in positioning the company as a reliable global consulting partner. Through his targeted marketing strategies and industry-specific knowledge, he has helped Pacific Consultants establish and expand its presence in multiple international markets, fostering strong B2B relationships and driving sustainable growth.

Mr. Siddharth’s strength lies in his ability to identify global market trends, design effective go-to-market strategies, and deliver results that align with long-term business goals. His deep domain knowledge, combined with hands-on operational expertise, makes him a valuable asset to Pacific Consultants and a respected professional in the international trade community.

His journey reflects a rare blend of experience, adaptability, and vision—making him one of the key drivers of Pacific Consultants’ global success.

Vinay Gupta is one of India’s leading fashion choreographer and internationally renowned model trainer. He entered into choreographing fashion shows in the year 1999 at a very prime age and became one of India’s pioneers who created a strong name for India in the world of fashion modeling. Along with choreography which had always remained his passion, he has done his masters in Fashion designing and Merchandising from Pearl Academy of Fashion, New Delhi. He was also selected as one of the top 9 designers for designing the fashion wardrobe for the Miss India Pageant in the year 1997. He still remains the only choreographer to have done events with various international tourism boards such as Oman, Switzerland, Spain, Netherlands, Dubai, Hungary, Thailand, Sweden, Australia, United Kingdom, etc., with a vision to promote Indian culture abroad and improve cultural exchanges between countries.

With a vast experience of over 18 years in the Fashion & Lifestyle domain Vinay launched his (trio) women Couture brand “ADAARA COUTURE”  (https://www.facebook.com/adaaraofficial/) in 2019 in association with the Embassy of India, Budapest (Hungary), the debut Collection “La Belle de Fantasia” was showcased at the Kiscelli Museum, Budapest, (https://www.budapesttimes.hu/2017/09/26/saris-catwalk) amidst the creme de la creme of Hungary and Europe. Vinay plans on taking his Couture brand to greater heights by showcasing his brand to a larger audience across the globe and opening stores worldwide. Vinay has outstanding connections with various state Governments.

Aurelio Volpe is Director of the Market Research Unit. He holds a degree in Economics and MSc in Business Administration from Bocconi University. In 1980 he co-founded CSIL. Over more than 30 years of working experience, he has gained a longstanding knowledge of industrial policies and has acquired a wide expertise in the field of competitiveness assessment, market performance analysis, design of competitiveness strategies, scenario analysis and industry benchmarking. He addresses frequent research issues including: competition analysis, country survey on new markets, partner research, trade satisfaction, delphi surveys, due diligence, product test. He has developed several strategic marketing and investment strategies for specific SMEs sectors at national and international level. He has provided operational advices to SMEs actors on market and investment opportunities in selected countries at national level. During the last ten years he has carried out customized and multiclient market research in Western and Central-Eastern Europe, Russia, China, India, Brazil, United States, Egypt, South Africa. Thanks to this experience he has acquired a wide knowledge of industry performance in these countries. The main sectors he deals with include: furniture, lighting fixtures, major appliances, related supply and distribution chains. Also, he contributes to several sectorial magazines.

For the past 28 years, Scott has helped clients all over the world develop strategies to become more successful. He has worked in nearly60 industries throughout the U.S. and Southeast Asia. Along the way, he wrote one of the first plans approved for a charter school in Arizona. He created the strategy and wrote a plan that was approved by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a $200M tax shelter. He was the Lead Consultant for the largest federally funded migrant worker study in Arizona; covering a population of 82,000 people dispersed over 7,000 square miles. He helped the world’s largest premium cable and satellite network expand in 14 countries in Asia. He worked with the world’s sixth-largest pharmaceutical company on strategic relationships out of their Singapore office. He worked with the only Fortune Global 500 Company in Thailand. He worked with the analytics team of a large healthcare system with over 50,000 employees.
Since 2001 he has served as Associate Faculty for the University of Phoenix School of Business and Information Technology. He has also served as Guest Lecturer for Thunderbird School of Global Management and on five occasions has served as a strategy subject matter expert (SME) for Harvard. He has written three books on the topic of strategy. He has a master’s degree in Organizational Management, a B.A. degree in Education and a B.S. degree in Sociology. He is a Certified Advanced Facilitator, Certified Business Consultant, Certified International Business Specialist and he has earned a certificate from Harvard in Disruptive Innovation and a Certificate in HoshinKanri Strategic Planning.
In 2019, he served as a Board member (Evaluator) for the Baldrige National Quality Award (U.S. Department of Commerce). His personal activities have included: hiking to the top of Machu Picchu and walking the Inca Trail in Peru; zip-lining from the top of the 240 meter high Pattaya Tower in Pattaya, Thailand; serving as the Chair Umpire for the Men’s 30’s National Tennis Championship; touring the TajMahal in India; crawling through the Chu Chi tunnels in Vietnam; having dinner with a sitting Prime Minister and completing a self-walking tour of Vientiane, Laos. thestrategyexpert.com

Vince is an accomplished financial professional with experience driving growth, performance, and profitability across multiple industries in highly competitive markets. Although his expertise is in cash flow, he has extensive experience in business development and marketing. He managed a complex project that resulted in increased revenue of $500,000. He managed a $1 billion budget for the State of Arizona. He has lead teams that improved processes that resulted in a 99% cost reduction, and he has generated revenue increases up to 300%.

Vince’s unique blend of critical thinking, strategic mindset, and problem-solving abilities has allowed him to work with industry-leading organizations such as FedEx, IBM, US Foods, Cox Communications, and Paychex. Vince holds a B.S. degree from Arizona State University (Dean Council Alumni) and an MBA. As the past Chairman and Treasurer and Secretary for a non-profit organization, Vince is a dedicated volunteer, mentoring low-income youth with their academic and personal development in order to achieve educational success. thestrategyexpert.com

Edwin Wold is a business and management consultant with experience working at the strategic, operational, and functional levels of organizations. With an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering, a master’s degree in Project Engineering Management and an Executive Juris Doctorate with a specialization in contracts and patent protection, Edwin has a history of helping clients grow from “concept to cash” with an emphasis on adding more profit to the bottom line.

Utilizing his legal and engineering skills, Edwin is adept in business analysis, policymaking, and project management with a focus on innovative product design/prototyping and arranging for local or offshore manufacturing. He interacts with management and leadership to analyze the constraints/needs/aspirations of the business and helps guide them to strategically apply business approaches to help take the company to the next level. This is often centered around helping to create and protect the IP of an innovative product or introducing a new or improved product or service to the global market. While Edwin helps clients with IP design and protection, he does so as a consultant, not as a legal representative. Clients are encouraged to collaborate with their own legal counsel in order to make final decisions. thestrategyexpert.com