Vishnu Sankaran

Experience

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  Frost & Sullivan

  Dec 2003 - Jul 2014

  Regional Director - Chemicals & Materials (Middle East, North Africa & South Asia)

  Frost & Sullivan is a global growth consulting firm with over 40 offices worldwide.- Built and managed a 15-member chemicals business P&L in Middle East, that contributed to 20% of the firm’s revenues. Established a successful petrochemicals’ consulting practice, the first of its kind in the firm. - Led various client projects on market strategies, feasibility studies, geographic expansion, and related areas. - Advised government entities on the most attractive projects in petrochemical downstream and specialty chemicals sectors, leading to employment creation. - Created and incubated the ‘Events’ business which contributed to 25% of business revenues year-on-year; conceptualized and organized events that were a first of their kind in the Indian industry. Show less

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  Dow

  Aug 2014 - now

  Dow is one of the largest, most innovative and sustainable materials science companies in the world.- Drive and implement sustainable growth strategies & priorities through effective collaboration, influence, and stakeholder management. Member of the regional leadership team.- People management and Talent development (Champion I&D and Employee experience initiatives).- Create dashboards/analysis tools to monitor financial metrics, identify new customers and benchmark peers.- Completed Dow-sponsored leadership development programs in Spain & Germany. Show less

  • Dow Shareholder Representative - Sadara Chemical Company (a Dow/Saudi Aramco JV)

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Regional Manager - Strategy & Business Development (Middle East & Turkey)

    Aug 2014 - now