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Purnendu Shekhar

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Founder at Cogoport

Singapore, Singapore

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Purnendu Shekhar is the founder and CEO of Cogoport, a global trade platform providing logistics services, real-time shipment tracking, transparent pricing, and integrated financial services, with a focus on the China and Southeast Asia to India trade corridor. A former Master Mariner with 22 years of experience in global logistics, he leads a company that has served 3,000+ SMEs and enterprises across 192 countries and moved over 500,000 containers. Cogoport has raised more than $90 million in funding led by Tiger Global and Accel, and has been recognized by the Financial Times as an Asia-Pacific High Growth Company.

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Anurag DabralFounder
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Harsh KumarFounder

Experience

  1. CogoportFoundercurrent2016 — presentMumbai Area, India
  2. PanalpinaSenior Vice President, Country Head of Marketing and Sales, Indian Sub Con2015 — 2016Gurugram, Haryana, India
  3. DamcoChief Commercial Officer, South Asia2009 — 2015Mumbai Metropolitan Region
  4. DamcoRegional Manager , P&L head2008 — 2009Damco West India and North India
  5. DamcoRegional Sales Head2007 — 2008Damco West India
  6. Various ( OMCI , Ravenscroft , SCI , Great eastern)Master Mariner1995 — 2006

Skills & more

Warehouse Management Systems6Supply Chain Management99Supply Chain35Logistics76Logistics Management99Shipping58Transportation36Supply Chain Optimization32Warehousing18Ports8Warehouse Management13Business Development33
+12 moreFreight ForwardingInternational Logistics3PLOceanAir FreightContainerCustoms RegulationsDistributed Team ManagementExportForwardingFreightImport

Languages English · Hindi

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Who is Purnendu Shekhar?
Purnendu Shekhar is the founder and CEO of Cogoport, a global trade platform providing logistics services, real-time shipment tracking, transparent pricing, and integrated financial services, with a focus on the China and Southeast Asia to India trade corridor. A former Master Mariner with 22 years of experience in global logistics, he leads a company that has served 3,000+ SMEs and enterprises across 192 countries and moved over 500,000 containers. Cogoport has raised more than $90 million in funding led by Tiger Global and Accel, and has been recognized by the Financial Times as an Asia-Pacific High Growth Company.
Where does Purnendu Shekhar work?
Purnendu Shekhar is Founder of Cogoport.
What companies did Purnendu Shekhar found?
Purnendu Shekhar founded Cogoport.
Where did Purnendu Shekhar go to school?
Purnendu Shekhar studied at IMD (Certificate Program, Business Administration and Management); SP Jain School of Global Management - Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore & Sydney (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance); Nautical college ( T.S. Chanakya , LBS Maritime , Fosma ) (Certificate of competency, Master Mariner).

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