Built on 25 years of
doing this the hard way.

Industrial manufacturing professional specialising in supporting European companies in establishing and scaling operations in India — with comprehensive support spanning legal company formation, manufacturing unit establishment, and commencing manufacturing activity in the Capital Equipment and Automotive Components (Tier I & II) domains.

A business leader with a 25+ year proven record of driving manufacturing technology setup and business transformation, accomplished in executing brownfield and greenfield projects from conceptualisation through to operational leadership. Harry has led teams across India, the Middle East and Africa, and holds an IIM Rohtak qualification in Operations & Project Management.

Professional Summary

• Completed 4 brownfield projects in India for European clients, and led start-ups to ₹150 Crore in revenue in record time through lean manufacturing operations and customer-centric growth strategy.
• Delivers end-to-end solutions: site selection, M&A, legal compliance, statutory licensing, company formation, ERP/CRM implementation, HR and finance policy, plant and machinery setup, and safety systems.
• 25+ years leading business development, sales, marketing and service teams across Pan-India and international markets, with hands-on experience across Energy, Power, Water, Oil & Gas, Steel, Fertilisers, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, EPC-Infrastructure, Automotive Ancillary, Capital Equipment, Robotics and Automation.
• Has scaled organisations from 1 employee to 500, driving growth and transformation across people, process, culture and structure — building long-term sustainable businesses without over-investing in infrastructure.

Key Achievements

• Set up a robotic welding systems manufacturing company in Pune for a German MNC — a brownfield project conceptualised, finalised and implemented in the middle of the COVID-19 situation.
• Set up a state-of-the-art metal working machine manufacturing plant in Mumbai, involving the takeover and amalgamation of an existing company with a Bangalore unit — civil work, interiors, IT infrastructure, ERP, licensing, banking and finance, organised to the smallest detail.
• Implemented uniform HR systems and policies across multiple entities, and rolled out Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5S, TPM, TQM, TOC and Gemba practices across several companies.
• Drove international business development in Oil & Gas, Mining, Chemical, Power and Energy for tube, pipe and valve product lines.
• Achieved first-time growth profitability in 10 years at a Central African manufacturing company with 400+ employees and $80M turnover, through targeted strategy.

Areas of Specialisation