Cyrus Bagwadia

Cyrus Bagwadia (born 27 January 1947) is an Indian businessman. He was an executive at Dupont India, and was the CEO of Essel Propack,[1][2] an international lamitube producer.[3]

Education

Bagwadia completed his secondary education at St. Xaviers Boys Academy, and attained an undergraduate degree in Polymer Engineering. Later, he obtained his Masters in Business Management.[3]

Career

Bagwadia started his career as a management trainee in 1968, with Voltas. In 1983, he left Voltas to start the Far East Division of Dupont in India.[1] In 1989, he moved to Hong Kong, heading Dupont's regional office. In 1995, he moved to Essel packaging as its President and CEO,[4] and was made the Managing Director in October, the same year.[5][6]

Under Bagwadia's leadership Essel Packaging Ltd. expanded its manufacturing[7] and sales, producing over 1 billion tubes annually.[8][9]

He oversaw the merger of Essel Packaging with Swiss-based Propack AG, which led to operations in South America, South East Asia and Europe. The newly formed Essel Propack had a global market share of over 30%.[10][11]

In 2002, he organized the setting up of a 60,000 sq. ft manufacturing facility in Danville, Virginia, for the manufacture of toothpaste tubes to supply P&G in North America, at a cost of 15 Million US Dollars.[12][13][14]

Following his stint at Essel Propack, Bagwadia moved to Bilcare Research in 2003, where he served as a Director.

In 2009, Bagwadia ran an Entrepreneurship Development program in association with the World Zarathushthi Chamber of Commerce,[15] guiding startups and entrepreneurs on building and sustaining businesses.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 Business India. A. H. Advani. 1985. p. 153.
  2. ↑ "It's a family affair, pros are here at our pleasure". Economic Times, TNN Dec 23, 2003
  3. 1 2 "The Big Squeeze". Business Today. Living Media India Ltd. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Getting Toothpaste In the Tube". Forbes, October 27, 2003.
  5. ↑ "Leader Speak - Mr Cyrus Bagwadia, the Managing Director, Essel Packaging Ltd.". India Infoline.
  6. ↑ "Shareholders force Essel board to retain Subash Chandra at helm.. Express India
  7. ↑ "Essel Packaging to set up Rs 425 million joint venture in Germany". Rediff on the Net
  8. ↑ "Essel Packaging Ltd. - Presentation by Mr. Cyrus Bagwadia.". MyIris. Iris Business Services Ltd. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  9. ↑ James Buckley, Jr. (2005). The Bathroom Companion: A Collection of Facts about the Most-Used Room in the House. Quirk Books. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-59474-028-2.
  10. ↑ "Essel Packaging announces merger with Swiss major". Indian Express. 16 November 2000. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  11. ↑ "Essel Packaging in merger deal with Propack". The Hindu. UNI. 16 November 2000. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  12. ↑ "Essel Propack setting up unit in USA, to expand facilities in China, Egypt". Projects Today. 20 April 2002. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  13. ↑ Deborah Orr (27 October 2003). "Coming to America". Forbes. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  14. ↑ "A Tale of the Tubes". Chief Executive.net. Chief Executive Group LLC. 1 October 2003. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  15. ↑ "WZCC announces Entrepreneurship development program". Synergyz. WZCC. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  16. ↑ Amrita Nair-Ghaswalla (19 August 2009). "This chamber will water seeds of Parsi startups" (PDF). Times of India (Mumbai). TNN. Retrieved 1 September 2013.

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