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Shalini Rao
Marketing Director , Hospitality/Services
Mumbai, Maharashtra
A diverse professional with experience across multiple industry categories;with a strong business orientation. 23 years of private sector experience with a strong passion for women's issues, education sector and willing to relocate to Delhi/NCR or overseas fr the right opportunity
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Area of Expertise:
  • Communications, IT, Media, Knowledge Management, Editor
  • Director, CEO, COP, President
  • Private Sector, Corporate Social Responsibility
Professional Experience:
• Strong entrepreneurial ‘business’ orientation developed as a result of working on category creation and nurturing business through early start-up years
• Well honed strategic leadership skills as a result of being a key member of leadership teams; involved in potential diversification and M&A discussions, people management and policy decisions, supply chain and production concerns, overall market/organization profitability and long term strategic direction.
• Driven multiple projects cross-functionally and across countries, hence developed the ability to work virtually, deal with cultural dynamics and influence teams to achieve desired outcomes irrespective of reporting relationships.
• A passion for ‘innovative branding and marketing’ and the ability to work with teams across sales and operations to help deliver consumer delight
• A well-developed instinct and passion for understanding and identifying consumer insights to drive innovation and market growth.
• In-depth experience with channel management and on-ground execution to ensure delivery of brand experience through the ‘last mile’
• Managed small and large teams in varying environments and honed effective team building skills and a strong relationship orientation
• A keen understanding of market dynamics in the Indian sub-continent across several product and service categories; and in the travel industry across US and UK
• Crisis management and PR experience across multiple organizations
• A “never say die” attitude, solution oriented mind-set and a collaborative team player, comfortable working with ambiguity and uncertainty
Education:
An MBA in Marketing and HRD with post qualification training in Leadership, PR and communications and innovation
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    Years of Experience:
    More than 20 years
    Highest Qualification:
    Masters
    Languages:
    English, Hindi
    Nationality:
    Indian
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