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Sunil Khosla

Sunil Khosla

India English Food and Beverages
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About

Senior Operator | Board & Strategic Advisor | Growth, Transformation & Market Expansion

Former President and CMO with 25+ years of leadership across consumer, financial services, payments and digital businesses. Built a payments business from inception to ₹22Bn GMV. Today, I lead Unicorn Next, a global venture-building and growth platform, and co-founded The Smiling Souls, an AgeTech venture with 40,000+ registered users.

I advise boards, CEOs and founders on growth strategy, business transformation, governance, strategic partnerships, innovation and international market expansion, combining large-enterprise leadership with hands-on venture-building experience.

Board and advisory expertise
Growth Strategy · Business Transformation · Commercial & GTM · Governance · Digital Innovation · Strategic Partnerships · International Market Access

Roles of interest
Board Advisor · Advisory Board Member · Strategic Advisor · Non-Executive Director opportunities · Growth & Transformation Advisor

Location and international coverage
Mumbai, India. International advisory and market-access relationships across the UK/Europe, North America, Southeast Asia and Australia.
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- Corporate leadership: Former President, India Transact; CMO, AGS Transact; senior commercial leadership at Pidilite, Danone, Max New York Life and ITC.

- Business impact: ₹22Bn payments GMV built from inception; 22% growth on a ₹10Bn Pidilite portfolio.

- Current ventures: Unicorn Next for growth, innovation and international market access; The Smiling Souls for AgeTech, wellness and the 50+ market.

- Ecosystem: 550+ founders and leaders advised, with mentoring and advisory engagements across ISB, IIMs, T-Hub, Techstars and other international ecosystems.

Advisory experience

Sunil Khosla is an advisor and board member based in India, specialising in Food and Beverages. They have advisor or board member experience with Unicorn Next, T-Hub × Innovate UK and Indian Industrial & Manufacturing SME. They speak English. They are open to advisory board and board director opportunities and are available for introductions through Boardio.

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