Dr. Ravi Annavarapu

• Provided overall leadership for Calibre Chemicals, a multinational company specializing in specialty chemicals. • Oversaw operations in India and Germany, ensuring alignment with global customer needs across 50+ countries. • Collaborated with Private Equity partners (Everstone) to drive strategic initiatives and growth.

Managing Director of FMC India Pvt. Ltd Managing Director of Cheminova India As the President of FMC Corporation's India and South West Asia region, I led a $400M business with full P&L responsibility and business leadership for India, Srilanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. This region was among the priority growth markets for FMC globally. I managed a team of over 800 direct employees and 2000+ contract workers, delivering growth, profitability, and customer satisfaction in the agrochemical sector.

Head of commercial team (sales and field marketing) and responsible for business delivery for FMC India's agricultural solutions business. Direct report to President/ MD of FMC India. Manage a team of >200 full time FMC field sales and marketing employees, and direct activities of extended team of >2500 people on the ground Additional responsibility for brand/ product management, strategy, field marketing (demand generation) and business development teams

Promoted to be responsible for overall global business unit strategy, marketing and product management across entire Health and Nutrition division of FMC (~$900 Million (INR 7000 Crores) in Revenue). Direct report of Division President of Global Business Unit and member of Global Leadership Team. Managed team of ~20 senior marketing leaders globally including global product managers, global project management team, global pricing head, competitive intelligence and regional marketing functions Global marketing responsibilities consist of Global Product management, pricing, commercial excellence initiatives, oversight of regional marketing as well as heading project management office.

Responsible for Business delivery, P&L (Rev. ~$100M) and growth of 2 business platforms - Omega3 supplements and Natural colors business within FMC's Health and Nutrition business unit. Omega3 and Natural Colors businesses were acquired via 3 different M&A acquisitions and were in process of integration into legacy business. I had the opportunity to shape the business strategy for turn around and growth acceleration for these businesses in the new context of them being part of FMC Corporation. I undertook significant efforts to shape business strategy and build alignment at the FMC Board Level and across the organization

Responsible for leading corporate strategy for Health and Nutrition division, corporate long range planning, M&A assessments and deal board process (sourcing until closure), post merger integrations, and other critical corporate initiatives, working closely with president of business unit.

+ Led projects in strategy (growth strategy, M&A due diligence, technology commercialization) and operations (transformations, efficiency improvements) + Served Fortune 100 multinational corporations in the chemicals and industrial sectors. Primary focus clients were large blue chip chemical companies + Demonstrated ability for leading teams under high pressure deadlines and coaching and supporting new hires

PhD research project in area of chemical engineering with a specialization in nanotechnology. Worked as part of DuPont MIT Alliance team, and invented a patentable new technology to separate nano-particles on basis of size with applications in electronics and biotechnology