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 & Chief Capability Officer

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

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

Chithra Nair

Chief Executive Officer

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

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

Aditya Sapru

Co-Founder & Chief Financial Officer

Expertise Area: Nutrition, Communication Strategy & Regulatory

Experience: 29+ years
(Unilever, Mars Wrigley)

Meera Srinivasan

Senior Partner,
Nutrition & Regulatory Affairs

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

Chief Growth Officer

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

Chief Operating Officer

Vinutha Sathish

Senior Manager
HR & Admin

Prudhvi Maloth

Project Manager

Manufacturing & Quality

Mokshita Kaushik

Project Manager

Vijayalakshmi T

Project Manager

Innovation Chef

Siddhi S Joshi

Associate

Business Development

Kaushan

Business Development Associate

Krithika Raj

Senior Associate

Nutrition & Regulatory

Sabath R

Associate

Nutrition & Regulatory

Kajol Phad

Senior Associate
Regulatory Affairs

Neha

Senior Associate
Regulatory Affairs

Deepa S

Project Manager

Sensory & CTI

Ankita Rao

Associate
CTI & Sensory

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.