Parag is a graduate in Bachelor of Commerce with Masters in Business Administration in marketingand is based in Mumbai. He is a seasoned professional with experience of over 30 years in Sales, Marketing and General Management: largely in the Office Automation, Risk Management, Consulting, Research& Credit Rating Industries. Parag has workedwith reputed institutions in their startup phase and was a key member of various teams set up tonurture the companies towards sustainability. These companies include: Xerox Corp (earlier known as Modi Xerox Ltd), RPG Ricoh Ltd,Dun& Bradstreet India & SMERA Ratings Ltd.
Further, Parag played a pivotal role at Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) in India & the Middle East by setting up its sales division for Risk Management, Researchas well as Advisory practice with a career spanning over 14 years with them. Before joining his latest firm: Equentis Wealth Advisory Services, where Parag was instrumental in setting up investment as well as research divisions & procuring SEBI license, he was a CEO of SMERA Ratings Ltd (a joint venture of SIDBI//D&B and various banks) with an eventful career spanning 6 years at the helm. During this stint at SMERA, Parag managed to convert a loss making business to a profit making & a dividend paying company.
In the process of building these companies from a startup phase, Parag has learnt the most difficult art in management: building and managing companies to a sustainable phase.Creating and training sales teams has been Parag’s key skill set acquired during his career spanning over 30 years.
For Parag, who is steeped in legendary RankXerox’s sales & other variant of its trainingregimen (also consultative training skills from Dun & Bradstreet), training comes naturally to him.Paragbelieves in creation of high performance and ownership driven teams wanting to contribute to thebest of their capabilities.In all the companies that he has worked in the leadership position since RPG Ricoh, he was instrumental in developing strong leaders within his team who occupy key positions in various firms. Parag’s successful stint at the firms mentioned above stems from his keen eye in spotting talent, nurturing them and imbuing them with team spirit to achieve company goals. He is a firm believer in building cohesive culture striking balance in performance, rewards, ethics& accountability.
During his 20 years with Dun & Bradstreet and SMERA Ratings Ltd experience, Parag has presented to domestic as well as international audience comprising of bankers, regulators, credit guarantors, various industry associations, exporters, International multilateral & govt. agencies thus exposing him to multifarious audiences, thereby honing his presentation skills to suit his audiences. Thus, amongst various skills, strong presentation skill is one of Parag’s key professional strength acquired while working in the corporate set up.
Parag is married with 2 children and resides in Thane.