BWI: Logistics Executive Group Announces a Major Partnership in India with Milestone Consulting Group

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Milestone Consulting Group
Wednesday, May 01, 2013 04:51 PM IST (11:21 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, People; Business: Accounting & management consultancy services, Business services, Major diversified industrial groups, Transport engineering
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Logistics Executive Group Announces a Major Partnership in India with Milestone Consulting Group


Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Wednesday, May 01, 2013 -- (Business Wire India) -- Australian-owned specialist Executive Search firm, Logistics Executive Group today, announced a partnership with Milestone Consulting Group India.

Logistics Executive has been proud to serve customers in India since the opening of its India operations in Mumbai in February 2010.

Throughout that time, the Logistics Executive Group has continually looked to introduce new services and offices to meet the increasing market demands for Executive Search and Recruitment services with strong international practices. The desire to do so has led to the formal partnership with the Milestone Consulting Group.

Three New Offices in Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai

This partnership will significantly expand the current footprint of Logistics Executive India with new offices to be opened in Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai.

Along with ramped up operations, the partnership will allow Logistics Executive India to offer an enhanced range of services including Accredited Training, Specialist Learning and Development programs, HR Talent Mapping, Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Business Intelligence and Supply Chain consulting.

"We are delighted to announce the partnership with Milestone Consulting and the opening of our new offices," said Mr. Kim Winter, Group CEO for Logistics Executive Group.

Mr. Winter went on to say that "With Logistics and Supply Chain being a key driver of growth in Indian economy, the timely investment in this partnership will set a platform for enhanced international Indian and MNC companies in India to take advantage of these opportunities by ensuring their staff development and talent programs world class and they can compete on a global stage".

Logistics Executive India to be headed by Mr. LR Sridhar

The new venture, Logistics Executive India will be led by LR Sridhar, who is Managing Director for India and Subcontinent, was the founder of the Milestone Consulting Group.

Mr. LR Sridhar over four decades has been a leading figure in the development of India's Logistics and Supply Chain sector. He brings a track record of success in express cargo, international freight forwarding, port operations and bulk, containerized cargo. Mr. Sridhar has held senior executive leadership positions with Sical Logistics Group, TNT Skypak, SembCorp Logistics, AFL (now Fedex) and Lemuirhead.

Until recently, Mr. Sridhar was Advisor Logistics a
nd Infrastructure with Welspun Group World's top three manufacturers of Steel industrial products. Currently,
Mr. Sridhar is the Managing Trustee of MILE Foundation, an education and training provider to shipping and logistics industry and is the founder & CEO of Milestone Consulting Group.

"This is an exciting time for us" said Mr. Sridhar. "The opportunity to truly integrate training and internships to job placement and to be better positioned to develop Executive talent whilst helping to drive business and supply chain performance through our real time Business Consulting and 4PL services for Logistics and Supply Chain Management sector is a unique service offering in India".

This partnership will enable us bring in the extensive global expertise and the networking capabilities through Logistics Executive, particularly since the Logistics & Supply Chain Management business drivers are no longer just local but global.

Throughout our business consulting projects we are everyday reminded of the importance of up-skilling of Executive talent and the need for a greater focus in this area, this partnership offers support to this to degree not seen in India in the past" says Mr. Sridhar.

The bringing together this market leading expertise under one roof will offer the Indian market world class best practice services including specialist Executive Recruitment, Training and Business Consulting for the Logistics, Supply Chain, Transport, Freight, Aviation, Manufacturing, FMCG, Pharma-Healthcare and Resources sectors.

The company will celebrate the new partnership in a series of Executive CEO Briefings to commence in Mumbai on the 30 April 2013.

About Logistics Executive Group

Logistics Executive is an acknowledged industry leader since 1999, offering a range of specialist Human Resources talent related services for the Supply Chain & Logistics sectors including Executive Search, Recruitment, Training and Consulting.

With its head office in Sydney, Australia the company has offices across Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, India, China and the Middle East and is located in the key international logistics hubs. Logistics Executive has built a strong reputation for providing sound advice and strategically working with clients to develop successful models for national and international executive talent attraction, development and retention.

Logistics Executive partners with a wide range of clients including; multinational corporations, entrepreneurial businesses, private equity firms, promoter owned companies and non-profit organizations. Logistics Executive offers tailored services ranging from Executive Recruitment, and Interim Management, to Leadership Development Programs, Succession Planning, Talent Mapping, Organisational Design and Recruitment Process Outsourcing.

Logistics Executive offers market-leading, global connections and drives business performance in the Logistics, Supply Chain, Transport, Freight, Aviation, Ports, Manufacturing, Retail, FMCG, Pharma-Healthcare and Resources sectors.

www.LogisticsExecutive.com

About Milestone Consulting Group

Milestone Consulting Group is a Business consulting and 4PL service provider based in Chennai, India with branches in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore.

Milestone Consulting Group serves to assist in driving company performance. Be it strategy, structuring, operations design, scale-up or M&A, it takes hands-on expertise in real-world logistics and supply chains guarantees that your business proposition doesn't get stuck in promise, but delivers on performance.

Through Mile Academy We provide World-Class institutionalized training for aspiring young talent to have their career in Logistics and Supply Chain Industry and also provide training for the existing professionals of logistics & SCM industry for talent enrichment and Upgradation of skill and Knowledge of the Sector.

www.milestoneconsulting.in

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"LR Sridhar, Founder & CEO, Milestone Consulting Group, speaks as Darryl Judd, CEO, Logistics Executive, and Abhijit Chaudhuri, Director, Milestone Consulting Group, look on, at the launch of Logistics Executive India in Mumbai"
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CONTACT DETAILS
LR Sridhar, Founder CEO, Milestone Consulting Group, +91 9840821818, lr.sridhar@milestoneconsulting.in

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