Our Leadership Team

Ravi S. Deol

( Chairman)

A serial entrepreneur with a reputation of stablishing several pioneering businesses globally. Erstwhile Chairman and co-owner of Adelie Foods ,London. Previously In 2007, Ravi launched Special Purpose Acquisition Vehicle (SPAC) - India Hospitality Corp. (IHC), a consumer-focused platform that raised $175mm on London’s Alternate Investment Market (AIM). IHC in turn acquired a portfolio of operating Food and Hospitality businesses in India. These included SkyGourmet (Air Catering), Mars Restaurants (restaurant brands), and Gordon House (boutique hotels). SkyGourmet under Ravi’s leadership, before long became India’s largest catering company, and was bought-out by global market leader, Swiss giant Gategroup AG in 2011. In 2006, Ravi created India’s first global retail joint-venture between Bharti and Wal-Mart. This broke new ground for global retail giants entering then restricted Indian retail market. Ravi is eponymous as the ‘coffee man of India’. In an pioneering attempt, he founded Barista Coffee in late 1999. The orange Barista cafés rapidly became iconic retail landmarks across India. Barista was popularly referred to as India’s Starbucks. For the first time aspiring Indian consumers experienced café bars, thus drawing them to high streets. After rapid scale and enormous success, Barista was acquired by Tata Beverages in 2005 and was later owned by Lavazza S.p.A. of Italy. Earlier in his professional working career Ravi held various senior level global positions with Coca Cola and Wipro Consumer Products. In 2002, Ravi won the prestigious ‘Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year’ award. He is an alumnus of London Business School and a member of Young President Organization. Ravi lives with his family in London and splits time between U.K. and India.

Rajnikant Sabnavis

(Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer)

Nishant Jain

(Chief Operating Officer)

Nishant Jain is a Senior Business Leader in the alcoholic beverages industry and has an experience of over 20 years in various commercial roles across India, building & leading large teams He has worked with leading alcobev organizations namely Pernod Ricard india and Allied Blenders & Distillers where he successfully drove sales excellence, business strategy, GTM plans, key accounts and customer marketing. Nishant is an alumnus of IIM Lucknow & IIT Roorkee and has also completed leadership programs from INSEAD Singapore & ISB Hyderabad

G Pulla Reddy

(Chief Supply Officer)

G Pulla Reddy, a senior Manufacturing and Supply Chain leader with 25 years of experience in Food & Beverages domain in India & Africa.  He has worked in the leadership roles namely Vice President – Operations & Director Technical & Manufacturing with leading Alcobev organisations like Shaw Wallace, Diageo (USL) and Lexcel Group. Handled various roles across the Supply function, managed complex multi-location supply network across the country. Driven the best-in-class performance across the value chain through a strategy of rigorous focus on performance & codified practices. Delivered strategic projects of Capacity building, Expansion, Automation, Efficiency improvement & Sustainability. Possess very good exposure in designing cost effective Supply footprint and maximising the Productivity to mitigate the inflation by driving strategic initiatives in multifaceted & uncertain environments across the whole supply chain function. He is a Chemical Engineer, an alumnus of IIT, Bombay & SV University, Tirupati and has also completed Leadership programs from IIM, Bangalore and HBS India Chapter.

Bhupendra Chhapwale

(Chief Financial Officer)

Bhupendra’s career spans over 25 years, in leading FMCG Companies like Mondelez, SABMiller, ABInbev & Molson Coors, across varied functions viz. Strategy, Finance, Integration, Revenue Management, Business partnering, Field Sales Management and Route to Market. He has proven expertise in identifying growth opportunities, set strategic goals for the business and facilitate action-driven plans to drive superior business performance. As Director - Tech Sales & RTM, he spearheaded the integration of the sales, trade marketing teams & distributors of two global beverage giants in India. As VP/Director Strategy, he led the re-definition of business goal & created a strategic framework which led to turnaround in the business results. In Senior Operational Finance roles he successfully partnered with various functions to develop and implement numerous performance improvement initiatives. In SABMiller, Bhupendra has won two Global CEO Awards for conceptualizing and implementing profitable revenue growth initiatives. His ability to cultivate and nurture talent through effective coaching resulted in numerous team members placed in senior management positions. Bhupendra is Cost Accountant and has an Advance Diploma in Chartered Management Finance from CIMA (UK).

Manmohan Kalsy

(Chief Human Resources Officer)

Manmohan S Kalsy has joined Inbrew Beverages as the Chief Human Resources Officer and is based at Bangalore. He joined Inbrew from Go First where he headed HR functions for the Company. Earlier , he has served as the head of human resources functions at United Breweries Limited from  2013  to 2020. Manmohan reported in to the President & Managing Director (CEO) of UBL and played a strategic role in setting the people and culture agenda in the joint venture with Heineken . Prior to UBL, Manmohan was with Xerox where he was appointed on the board of the Company as a whole- time director in 2011 which provides him a valuable governance experience. Manmohan is an MBA from IPM, Meerut (1989 batch) and has worked across various HR & leadership roles at admired Companies like DCM, Gillette, Pepsi, Airtel, Triveni Engg., Vodafone & Xerox.   He has been certified by INSEAD, DDI, Hogan, Hay and Gallup and has been associated with many prestigious institutes. Manmohan serves on the Corporate Advisory Board of Chandigarh University and contributes to the HR fraternity by sharing his thoughts for the function at various HR forums. He has also been a part of CII & various state government committees to advise on matters pertaining to labour, wages and safety issues. Manmohan has served the NHRD chapters and is a past Rotarian.

Jaiveer Dugal

(General Manager, Strategy & Future Beverages)

Susanta Bhattacharya

(Associate Director -Supply Chain)

As Head of Supply Chain for Inbrew beverages Susanta leads the dynamic and consumer facing supply chain organization - with responsibility for procurement, Contract-brewing, Logistic and business development. With 20 years of diverse experience across supply chain functions, Susanta has served in several capacities across FMCG sectors. Prior to joining Inbrew Beverages, he worked with companies like Bharti-Delmonte, Modi Group, Nestle. Between 2011-2019, Susanta headed the Procurement function for Nestle’s global R&D unit (Nestec) in India. He handled the role of Innovation Partnership & Alliance Manager for Nestle in India - delivering multiple global projects for Maggi Brand & Foods SBU. In his earlier assignments, Susanta headed the sourcing and private label for Modi group – one of India’s largest FMCG & Pharma Conglomerate. He handled the procurement of the flagship Agri retail and contract farming project of Bharti Delmonte. A graduate in managerial economics, with an MBA from Gauhati University, Susanta is a Certified professional in Supply Management (CPSM® by ISM-USA). Susanta plays badminton & cricket regularly and enjoys classic rock music while driving.