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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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Experience
- CogoportFoundercurrent2016 — presentMumbai Area, India
- PanalpinaSenior Vice President, Country Head of Marketing and Sales, Indian Sub Con2015 — 2016Gurugram, Haryana, India
- DamcoChief Commercial Officer, South Asia2009 — 2015Mumbai Metropolitan Region
- DamcoRegional Manager , P&L head2008 — 2009Damco West India and North India
- DamcoRegional Sales Head2007 — 2008Damco West India
- Various ( OMCI , Ravenscroft , SCI , Great eastern)Master Mariner1995 — 2006
Skills & more
Warehouse Management Systems6Supply Chain Management99Supply Chain35Logistics76Logistics Management99Shipping58Transportation36Supply Chain Optimization32Warehousing18Ports8Warehouse Management13Business Development33
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Freight ForwardingInternational Logistics3PLOceanAir FreightContainerCustoms RegulationsDistributed Team ManagementExportForwardingFreightImportLanguages English · Hindi
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Frequently asked questions
- 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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