Pacific Consultants Team 

Mrs. Shashi Bala Verma– Founder, CEO

Shashi worked for finance companies from 1996 to 2001, before starting her own consulting company – Pacific Consultants. A graduate from Delhi University and post graduate from Meerut University, Shashi keeps travelling and meeting clients for sales presentations. She has always aimed to develop a team which is innovative, vibrant and ready to take up challenges and achieve its targets. She loves to keep commitments. Has frequently traveled to USA, Canada, EU ( including Austria, Switzerland, Poland etc.). A frequent traveler to USA, Canada, Poland and EU, her specialization is finance and immigration.

Mr. Suniti Varma, Corporate Advisor, Based in New Delhi

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 tha 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, Based in Poland

With Export Marketing as his specialization, his expertise is in 3 products : Home furnishing and textiles; Food sector and Tractors. Based in Poland, Siddharth keeps travelling to Europe frequently.With having wonderful experience in Import/Export. As his specialization is Sales and Marketing his expertise is in several verticals such as Home furnishing, Textile, Infrastructure, Food sector and Tractors. He is connected with this organization since 2008 and currently he is working as a project manager with us and taking care of some major projects. Presently he is living in Poland and working in one of the biggest textile market in Europe located in Lodz Poland. Siddharth keeps travelling to Europe frequently.

VINAY GUPTA – Executive Vice Chairman ( Corporate ) and International Fashion Choreographer & Couturier

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.

Dr. RIZWAN THAKUR, MD, Executive Director ( Mumbai)

Dr. Thakur is a product of the reputed Grant Medical College (Mumbai) http://gmcweb.tripod.com/gmc/ , having completed his MD in Preventive & Social Medicine in the year 1998, along with specialization in Public Health from University of South Carolina in 2000. Dr. Thakur Also completed an Executive Program From IIM (Ahmedabad) in Healthcare Management in the year 2007. Dr. Thakur  is also part of a company which is engaged in providing Turn-key Solutions to high-end hospitals including project finance. It also offers an expert guidance, strategic planning and programs to establish a truly world standard health care facility. Electronic Health Records, Hospital Information System, Tele-Medicine and Medical Tourism are recently added subjects of ‘ROI’ benefits. Dr. Thakur also assists in procurement and management of medical equipment, furniture, dietary / foodservice and IT hardware within the healthcare and research communities. Dr Thakur is also on Board as Director of a few Companies in India & Abroad.  He loves travelling, reading and listening to Music. Believes in Simplicity with sheer dedication and hard work, Dr. Thakur won the prestigious “ The Gem of India “ award in 2008 by All India Achievers Conference http://allindiaachievers.com/ in public health . Dr. Thakur is actively involved in several philanthropic  projects, and is also involved in raising funds for the downtrodden including widows and orphans, including taking care of their medical care.  Contact details : Email : rizsiz15@yahoo.com

AURELIO VOLPE, Director—Marketing & President of Scientific Committee, CSIL, Milano, Italy

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.

Scott Romeo, President & CEO, The Strategy Expert, Mesa, AZ, USA

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 Hilyard, Principal, The Strategy Expert, Mesa, AZ, USA

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, Principal, The Strategy Expert, Mesa, AZ, USA

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

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