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Shailesh Mani

Activist · DISC type Cd
Group IT Head at DBMSC STEEL GROUP
📍 United Arab Emirates

Shailesh Mani is an award-winning Group IT Head with over 27 years of international experience in enterprise-wide IT strategy, digital transformation, and cybersecurity. He has a proven track record of leading IT operations and ERP implementations (SAP, Oracle) across the manufacturing, retail, pharma, and hospitality sectors.

He is passionate about leadership and believes in being a leader, not a boss, to mentor his teams. He actively engages with the tech community by participating in premier industry events like the IDC Middle East CIO Summit and the World CIO 200 Summit to network and exchange ideas.

Unique fact: He led a project making a pharma company the first in the Middle East to establish an electronic batch manufacturing reports system, a major step in paperless manufacturing.

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Experience
27 Years
Current Role
Group IT Head
Location
United Arab Emirates
Personality Overview

How Shailesh shows up

Value Conscious
Meticulous
Observative

They respond well to confident salespeople. They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles. They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully.

Priorities

Topics Shailesh cares about

Digital Transformation
He has extensive experience managing digital transformations and speaks about the challenges of change management and aligning technology adoption with the organization's vision.
ERP Implementation
He has deep expertise in leading and reviving complex ERP projects, including SAP HANA and Oracle, across multiple industries like pharmaceuticals and manufacturing.
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Career

Work history

3-2022
Group IT Head
DBMSC STEEL GROUP
8-2017 - 3-2022
CIO / General Manager - IT & Supply Chain
FLEMINGO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
4-2015 - 7-2017
IT HEAD
LIFE PHARMA - Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
1-2007 - 3-2015
IT HEAD
FLEMINGO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
4-2005 - 7-2006
IT MANAGER
FLEMINGO DUTY FREE PVT LTD
In the press

Media appearances

EP-45, Technology Podcast with Mr. Shailesh Mani: Group IT Head, DBMSC STEEL GROUP. Featured in YouTube
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Education
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Board of Technical Education
Education details unavailable
ITIL V3 Foundation
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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