Our People

Decades of deep expertise across verticals and driven by a business first mindset and a global perspective

Our People

Meet The Team

Leadership 

Our senior partners are renowned food business consultants and subject matter experts with a business-first mindset.
With deep roots in food science, nutrition, packaging, consumer insights, tech, and ops — they don’t just lead projects, they scale solutions that work in the real world.

Expertise Area: R&D Leadership, Innovation, Strategy & New Product Development

Experience: 30+ years
(Unilever, International Food Network)

Rinka Banerjee

Founder & Managing Partner

Expertise Area: R&D Leadership, Innovation, Strategy & New Product Development

Experience: 30+ years
(Unilever, Mars Wrigley)

Gourinandan Tonpe
Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Expertise Area: Product & Process Development and R&D Strategy

Experience: 23+ years
(Unilever, ITC, MTR)

Chithra Nair
Chief Operating Officer

Expertise Area: Business and Go To Market Strategy, Opportunity Assessment & Feasibility Studies

Experience: 30+ years
(Frost & Sullivan, Hinduja)

Aditya Sapru

Senior Partner,
Business Operations

Expertise Area: Nutrition, Communication Strategy & Regulatory

Experience: 29+ years
(Unilever, Mars Wrigley)

Meera Srinivasan

Senior Partner,
Nutrition & Health

Expertise Area: Manufacturing scale up & systems

Experience: 39+ years
(Unilever)

Ranjit Charan Singh

Senior Partner,
Manufacturing Excellence

Expertise Area: Packaging Development

Experience: 26+ years

Pravin Pisal
Director, Packaging Technology

Expertise Area: Technology and Product Management

Experience: 20+ years

Shilpa Phadke

Director, Technology

Delivery

This is our high-energy, high-precision engine — built to move fast and make it real. From fresh ideas to airtight processes, they get things done across prototypes, pilots, and scale-ups.
D Gobinath

Associate Director
Platform Technology

Vinutha Sathish

Senior Manager
HR & Admin

Prudhvi Maloth

Project Manager

Manufacturing & Quality

Bhavana Uppili

Business Delivery Manager

Mokshita Kaushik
Project Manager
Vijayalakshmi T
Project Manager
Athul Abraham George

Senior Associate

Product Development

Sneha V Nair

Senior Associate

Product Development

Kevin Daniel Baskar

Senior Associate

Product Development

Anjana M

Senior Associate

Product Development

Smruthi Bhat

Senior Associate

Product development

Praneetha Reddy

Associate

Product Development

Pranitha V

Associate

Product Development

Mahitha V

Associate

Product Development

Kavya G

Associate

Product Development

Madhurya Annam

Associate

Product Development

Thanmayee N

Senior Associate

Innovation Chef

Vaibhavi Singh
Innovation Chef
Megha S B
Innovation Chef
Siddhi S Joshi

Associate

Business Development

Palak Agrawal

Manager

Nutrition

Asmita Joshi

Senior Associate

Regulatory

Krithika Raj

Senior Associate

Nutrition & Regulatory

Sabath R

Associate

Nutrition & Regulatory

Deepa S

Project Manager

Sensory & CTI

Soumya VP

Senior Associate

Sensory & CTI

Ashwini S

Development Associate

Sensory & CTI

Swarna GK

Development Associate

Packaging

Manisha R Panda

Senior Associate
Accounts

Basanta Shee
Associate

Advisory

Global minds with real impact — from food safety to nutrition, strategy to distribution. They bring global practices, futuristic thinking, and the foresight to shape what’s next.

Expertise Area: R&D Strategy, Food Technology & Innovation Management, Chocolate and Pet Food Technology expertise across Business Models.

Experience: 30+ years
(Mars Wrigley)

Neil Willcocks
Chief Advisor, Strategy & Technology

Expertise Area: B2C, D2C,B2B, Hospitality, Retail, Customer & Business Development, Sales & Marketing

Experience: 35+ years
(Unilever, VKL, McCain)

KS Narayanan
Strategic Advisor, Marketing Strategy

Expertise Area: Quality, Food Safety & Security

Experience: 35+ years
(Mars Inc.)

David Crean
Strategic Advisor, Quality & Food Safety

Expertise Area: Nutrition and Wellness

Experience: 40+ years

Sheela Krishnaswamy

Strategic Advisor, Nutrition & Health

Expertise Area: Consumer thinking, Brand Strategy, Sales & Channel, Route-to-Market Strategies & Shopper Solutions

Experience: 23+ years
(Johnson & Johnson, McKinsey)

Arvind Thippanaik
Strategic Advisor, Business Process Excellence

Expertise Area: Product Development, Innovation and Strategy

Experience: 36+ years
(Kraft Foods, Wrigley/Mars & SC Johnson)

Lauren Lackey

Senior Business Advisor