Laura Prasad

Spice Route Solutions aims to provide turnkey solutions to Swiss and European export-oriented companies, helping them achieve their next leg of growth in India, helping them enter the Indian market and bridge the cultural and operational gap, as well as provide guidance to companies from this region seeking to tap into the more mature / developed markets of Switzerland & Europe.

I was responsible for 5+ years for the entire operations & strategy in India. I developed the Chamber: oversaw services for 70-80 Indo-French companies annually; multiplied turnover by 2.5x from EUR 400,000 to EUR 1,000,000, opened 2 new branches in South India, increased the team from 8 to 22 persons, created new lines of activities and services (Business Centers, Employment Service, Advocacy services, etc.), merged with the local bureau of the Paris Region Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

I was running the office of 4 persons, ensuring smooth services to support Paris region-based companies in their business development in India. I successfully merged it within the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce & Industry to ensure growing synergies, better cooperation and cost savings.

My responsibilities included Project Management, Indian Pharma market analysis, Business Development, Project Manager for Industry Trends and Competitive Analysis, and develop Business Intelligence repository. I worked on Quality Project Management for Genzyme, Unified TMF archival system, and Study setup process optimisation for AstraZeneca, Validation project for Purdue

- Client relationship management: managed a turnover of about 3.5 million Euros per year and a portfolio of 100 clients, out of which 10 were key accounts, 25 were medium-sized accounts, and the remaining were small accounts - Business development (BD): prospecting for new clients to develop sales, based on monthly sales and sales objectives reports

- Business Development: responded to several Requests for Proposal (RFPs), for grants from European and American Grants agencies, either in partnership with other NGOs or as a sole bidder. - Project lead: bidding for a project submitted to the European Commission involving 4 European & 4 Asian organizations, involving project coordination and planning, deadline set up, responsibilities assignment, monitoring and summarizing of the progress of the project