Sunny Verghese

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Chairman at WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Singapore

Overview

Sunny Verghese is the Co-founder and Group CEO of Olam Group, a global food and agri-business he helped establish in 1989. A recognized leader in sustainability, he holds a postgraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. He is also Chairman of Temaseks investment platform, GenZero.

Sunny is a prominent voice on sustainability in the food and agriculture sector, previously serving as Chair of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. He is deeply committed to addressing global challenges like climate change, food security, and inequality through business-led initiatives and multi-stakeholder collaboration.

He was awarded The Public Service Medal by the Government of Singapore in 2010 for his contributions.

Personality Overview

Risk-averse

Slow To Decisions

Thoughtful In Approach

Their motivation stems from the impact that their decisions can have on the organization.
  They are good and approachable with everyone, internally and externally. They prefer to follow rules and procedures.

Topics They Care About

Sustainable Agriculture
As CEO of a global agri-business, he is a vocal advocate for sustainable practices and fixing what he calls a "broken" food system.
Climate Action
Chairs GenZero, a platform dedicated to accelerating decarbonization, and has stated that climate change is no longer a crisis, but an emergency.
Addressing Inequality
Actively promotes the role of businesses in tackling pervasive global inequality, highlighting it as a critical issue for leaders to address.

Media Appearances

Sunny Verghese, Co‑founder and Group CEO, Olam International. Featured in CNBC

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Olam International co‑founder and CEO joins Business Sustainable Development Commission. Featured in Comunicaffe

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Olam International Co‑Founder & CEO Joins Business Sustainable Development Commission. Featured in Olam Group

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Work History

1-2018 - 1-2022
Chairman at WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development
1989
Executive Director, Co-founder & Group CEO at Olam

Education

Sunny has no verified education history

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Exp : 33 Location : Singapore Job Level : Leadership Designation : Chairman at WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development
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Insights For Selling To Sunny

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Show willingness to accommodating their needs or requests
  • If possible, connect them to existing customers
  • Focus your pitch on the impact that you could help them have on their organization

DONT's

  • Don’t use phrases like ‘there might be’, ‘we haven’t yet’, ‘latest technology’ etc.
  • Don’t keep pushing them for a straight answer, just make your own conclusions
  • Don’t rush them to make quick decisions

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Sunny is

  • Low-risk, go-ahead from other stakeholders and successful evaluation as per process matter the most to them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Sunny

  • They don’t say no very often, and can take you around in circles sometimes.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Sunny move?

  • They do not like to rush and can be quite slow in their decision making.

  • Can Sunny take some risk or not?

  • They are risk-averse and like to make decisions that others support.

You And Sunny

Personality Compatibility


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