Ramnik Singh Kohli (PhD)
Executive Director
A business professional with nearly 20 years of experience in mid and senior management positions in various products & services industries such as; Telecom, Banking, FMCG and Construction sectors. Worked with Top Russian corporates like MTS (AFK Sistema), VTB Bank, Sber Bank (Advisor to CEO) & Technonicol India (CEO India operations). Launched Micromax (Country Head – Russia & CIS), a well-known Indian Mobile Brand in Russia from scratch and took it to 5% market share within 2 years of launch and a turnover of 95 million USD.
Education; PhD in Economics from State University of Management, Moscow, Russia through Russian government scholarship.
Associated with Indo-Russian businesses for 21 years, well acquainted with the language, traditions, customs and business ethics of India & Russia.
Appointed as the Honorary Representative of the Business Council for Cooperation with India, by the Moscow State government, department for External Economic and International relations since 2019.
Press coverage
• Forbes Russia: https://www.forbes.ru/tekhnologii/tekhnika-i-biznes/291029-iz-indii-so-smartfonom-kak-kompaniya-micromax-pokoryaet-rossiis
• Russia India business Council: http://russiaindiabusiness.com/en/about/