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Mr. Sunny Verghese
Group Managing Director and CEO
Olam International


Sunny George Verghese is the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Olam International Limited and is responsible for strategic planning, business development and overall management of the Olam group of companies worldwide. Olam is listed on the main board of the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX) and ranks amongst the top 35 companies in Singapore in terms of market capitalization (as of July 2010).

In a short span of 21 years, Sunny and his team have built this business to S$10.4 billion in Sales Revenues for FY 2010. Today, Olam operates in 64 countries, delivering 20 products to more than 11,100 customers in 70 destination markets and employs over 14,600 people worldwide.

Sunny is involved with many professional and trade bodies. He is currently the Chairman of International Enterprise Singapore (a Statutory Board under the Ministry of Trade & Industry). In April 2009, Sunny was appointed as a member of the National University of Singapore (NUS) Board of Trustees. In May 2010, he was appointed by the Ministry of Manpower to serve as the Chairman of the Governing Council of the Human Capital Leadership Institute (HCLI).

He was voted as the Best Executive in Singapore for 2006 in the AsiaMoney Awards. Sunny was also named ‘Outstanding Chief Executive for 2006’ in the 2007 Singapore Business Awards (SBA) and was named Singapore’s Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in November 2008. In August 2010, Sunny was conferred The Public Service Medal by the Government of Singapore.

Sunny holds a post graduate management degree from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad and has also completed the Advanced Management Program (AMP) from the Harvard Business School.


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