22/09/2022
Premiering Esteemed Centre Stage Interview with another doyen of the industry - Prashant Ogale, Chief Operating Officer, Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited - on Global Thought Leaders.
Date: 24th Sept 2022
Time: 9 AM
Broadcast Link: https://bit.ly/3BxyFNt
"To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart." - Thomas Watson, Sr., former CEO, IBM.
Prashant Ogale is an embodiment of this wonderful statement!
Watch Prashant share his success journey, life learnings, best practices, inspirations, and much more with us on this exclusive Centre Stage Interview. Stay tuned and mark the notification on when we broadcast this wonderful conversation.
About Prashant Ogale:
He is an industry titan with over 34 years of experience in the specialty chemicals, pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and petrochemical industries, as well as more recently in the mining and beneficiation plant. He not only manages overall businesses as profit centers, but he also leads strategic alliances with business partners for the formation of joint ventures for products and develops strategies responsiblestrategies for new product identification, development, implementation, and growth.
He is currently affiliated with Gujarat Fluorochemical Ltd, where he holds various leadership and responsible positions. He is the Chief Operating Officer of the Fluorospeciality business, the Business Head for JV Operations for the fluorspar business in Morocco, and a Director on the Board for the JV with the Gujarat Government (Swarnim Gujarat). He is in charge of the annual revenue and expense budget process, as well as the strategy for achieving the target business profitability of Rs. 400 Cr, and increasing it to Rs. 800 Cr by 2022-23. He also handles overall project management as well as Capex evaluation, review, and control for new projects.
Prior to this, he was responsible for the local and international sales and business growth of API, its intermediates, and the CRAMS business in the pharmaceutical industry. During his brief tenure at Atul Ltd, he was the Business Head of the Bulk Chemicals and Intermediates vertical, which had a turnover of approximately 240 Cr. Prior to that, he worked for Calyx Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Private Ltd for eight years as Sr. Vice President - Sales and Business Development, where he was in charge of a Rs. 250 Cr. business. In the early stages of his responsible career, he also worked for Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Company Ltd, Garware Chemicals Ltd, and Garware Polyester Ltd, learning the ins and outs of production, technical services, projects, and raw material procurement, marketing, business development and more.