RAVI CHAUDHRY - A Brief Profile

Dr. Ravi Chaudhry is the founder Chairman of CEMEX CONSULTING GROUP, New Delhi, a Business Strategy consulting firm with focus on Success Strategies for India, Global Competitiveness, and Corporate Governance. He has over 35 years’ experience in International Strategic Alliances and Joint Ventures – including 10 years as CEO of five Tata Group Companies. A Mechanical Engineer with a Doctoral Award in Business Strategy, he is a Consultant to several Global Corporations and Sovereign States on their Strategic Plans for New Markets.

His firm offers a complete range of India-specific strategic, legal and financial services. He has developed a “Matrix of Business Options”, enabling meta-national companies to confront Market Realities and evolve cost-effective Business Plans, including growth through niche acquisitions.

He has undertaken extensive research on “why companies succeed or fail” in Cross-cultural environments. He specializes in “Partner Synergy in Joint Ventures” and “Business Model Review and Re-alignment”, to bridge the gap between “what is” and “what could be”. He has grass-roots experience in a wide spectrum of industry sectors.

He has advised scores of multinational corporations in Europe, Asia, Latin America and North America on their India Business Plans. He is the accredited consultant to Government of Brazil, and “India Representative” and “Consultant, New Global Markets” for Western Switzerland, comprising Cantons of Vaud, Valais, Jura and Neuchatel, with the mandate to assist global corporations to set-up a pan-European operations base in their Region. He has also been a consultant to Governments of Norway, Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Canada and Uganda. His other clients include UNIDO, World Bank and international NGOs. He has served on the Boards of several companies as Director and Chairman.