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Mr. Sameer Karkhanis to head Logistics Executive Group’s Indian-Subcontinent operations as Country Head

Logistics Exec GroupSydney – January 4th, 2021:

 Logistics Executive Group continues to build its global executive bench strength with the appointment of Mr. Sameer Karkhanis as Country Head – India.


Mr. Karkhanis' role will be to lead the development of the Indian Subcontinent markets for Logistics Executive Group's Corporate Advisory, Business Consulting M&A, Recruitment, and Outplacement Services. He will leverage his senior corporate background across Digital, Information Technology, Supply Chain Management Executive Recruitment to offer our customers a suite of end to end business solutions.

Mr. Darryl Judd, Logistics Executive Group COO, and MD Corporate Advisory stated that "we have had a well-established business in India since 2010 and in recent years, Sameer has led a wide variety successful Corporate Advisory assignments including business facilitation & sourcing, logistics & supply chain transformation, digital integration, network design studies, warehouse design and builds and M&A projects across the India Subcontinent".

Mr. Karkhanis was recognised as one of the Young Business Leaders at The 2020 "Project Logistics Global MNC" event, where he headed the West Zone, providing solutions and advisory services to firms in multiple industries including EPC, Power, O&G, and Solar. "His experience in the Information Technology industry spans 9 years, during which he was engaged by Tier 1 global brand clients. He has rich experience in consulting and developing innovative client Supply Chain solutions across the Insurance, HR, and the Capital Markets sectors" said Mr. Judd.

Founder and Global CEO Kim Winter noted that "our executive search and recruitment arm had successfully partnered with many global, regional MNCs and Indian headquartered tier 1 logistics, supply chain and manufacturing enterprises to place a variety of CEO, COO, SMC Head, VP Logistics, President Supply Chain, Distribution Centre Manager, Manufacturing Plant Head and Sales Head roles". "Mr. Karkhanis has recruited across multiple industries including Automotive, Cold Chain Distribution, Packaging, Toy Manufacturing, SCM Consulting, Information Technology, Maritime, Rail, Road Freight and Express Logistics," said Winter.

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