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As Group Executive Director of FIL Group, Junaid manages the Group’s operational and financial strategy, and new business development. The Group has business interests in agro-genetics, agrochemicals, consumer and retail goods, logistic infrastructure, global trade and tourism infrastructure. Junaid has been instrumental in conceptualizing and setting up the largest Indo-French mountain infrastructure development in India (Skyview by Empyrean Patnitop) in addition to collaborating with marquee global organizations like POMA SAS France, MND Group for the development of adventure tourism in India. He is also setting up largest tourism development project in Uttarakhand and the first dual use (tourism and urban mobility) aerial ropeway in India connecting Dehradun and Mussoorie. As an entrepreneur, Junaid has also founded Sanctus Healthcare, which is an integrated social impact platform that offers the entire spectrum of services for patients who need long term care at home with a strong focus on geriatric care. In the early part of his career, Junaid has worked in New York, USA with CIBC World Markets Corp./Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., as M&A Analyst and as well as with UBS Financial Services.
Junaid holds a MSc in Financial Management & Risk Engineering from Imperial College London and a BSc Business Administration with a major in Finance from Washington University in St Louis, USA. He is also an alumnus of St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University and The Doon School in India. Junaid is the Vice-Chairman of the Mobility Committee of the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce; Member – National Tourism Committee, FICCI; Member - National Taskforce for Horticulture, FICCI; Member – Northern Region, Tourism & Hospitality Committee, CII; Member – Entrepreneurs Organization (EO), New Delhi Chapter; Member – Vistage Asia, Malaysia Chapter, Member of the Indian Public Schools Society (IPSS) and Vice-President of The Doon School Old Boys Society (DSOBS). He is a Fellow of the Kamalnayan Bajaj Fellowship for Leadership (Class 9) of the Ananta Aspen Centre, India.
In his free time or away from work, Junaid spends time reading, mostly non fiction or books on business strategy, politics and international affairs, and anthropology. He is a fan of writers such as Peter Hopkirk, Simon Sinek, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Vikram Seth and Tara Westover to name a few.
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