Rahul has over 25 years of experience of which 15 years has been on the African continent. He has a wide exposure in the agri-commodity sector and his experience has been broad based from farming operations, farmgate procurement, sustainability, manufacturing, to distribution, trading and marketing of value added products. In his current role as Cluster Director for Arise Integrated Industrial Platforms he is responsible for conceptualization development, marketing and operating SEZs in East Africa, Cameroon and Chad driving Arise IIP’s industrialization agenda.

Previously, he has been associated with companies like The Coca-Cola Company, Olam International and Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group.