Ishwar Achanta
Mr. Ishwar Achanta is the co-promoter and Joint Managing Director of Portman India Private Limited.
He is also the Chairman & Managing Director of Kalyani Maritime Pte Ltd, a Singapore based shipping company and co-founder, Promoter and Managing Director of Viking Shipping Chennai Pvt. Ltd. Viking Shipping was established in 1997 and is one of Chennai's leading Shipping services intermediary with offices in various locations. Viking Shipping are members of BIMCO, since 1998, amongst many trade bodies and institutions.
Mr. Achanta, has served as a "Trustee", appointed by the Ministry of Shipping, GOI, on the Board of Vishakhapatnam Port Trust from 2004 to 2008 and currently serves as a Trustee on the Board of Chennai Port (2008-2016) representing the Hindustan Chamber of Commerce, where he is a Council Member.
He is a member of Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (U.K), a Member of the Executive committee of the Madras Chamber of Commerce & Industry since 2010, has served as the Vice Chairman of the Chennai & Ennore Ports Ship Agents Association and as a Director of the Federation of Ship Agents Association of India (FEDSAI) apart from having being a member of the Executive Committee of the Chennai Port Stevedores Association.
Mr. Achanta, in his over two and a half decades of shipping experience, plus a stint at sea, is an expert on Port Management, Maritime Law, Chartering and ship broking practices, mechanics of container, bulk and general cargo handling, storage and transportation requirements.
Sairam Mocherla
Sairam Mocherla, Vice Chairman Portman INDIA Pvt Ltd is a founder of Capital Fortunes Pvt Ltd of Hyderabad and an Innovative thinker with 22 years of broad based expertise in providing fiscal, strategic and growth leadership in uniquely challenging situations.
He is a High integrity, dynamic and result oriented leader with a strong track record of performance in turn around and high paced environment; known for the ability to envision and create successful outcomes in complex situations. Diverse industry and functional expertise with a tenacious commitment to drive key business drivers and develop strategies to grow the bottom-line.
His area of expertise across Energy and Oil, Transportation, Urban and Social Infrastructure includes Investment advisory services; Public-Private-Partnerships and Disinvestment Advisory Services. Strategic consulting for growth, facilitating business reorganisations, mergers and acquisitions, facilitating global resource linkages for large corporate groups across a wide spectrum of sectors including ports. Structuring of entry strategies, considering the aspects like exchange control, taxation, FDI, FEMA and SEBI regulations and other contemporary and relevant laws.
Sairam is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (FCA) and holds an MBA (International Finance), Katz Business School, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
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