Abhinav Agarwal has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Sharda Cropchem Private Limited with effect from 26th February, 2020. 

Abhinav is a qualified Chartered Accountant and an MBA in Finance and possesses a rich and varied 20 years of work experience across various facets of finance including M&A advisory, fundraising and head of finance. He has previously worked in different industry verticals such as automotive, pharma and energy, and brings to the table a deep understanding of finance processes, regulations and industry practices.

Sharda Cropchem Private Limited is a fast growing global agrochemicals company with a leadership position in the generic crop protection chemicals industry. The company has made deep inroads in the highly developed European and US markets which are characterised as high entry barrier markets. It also has a significant presence in other regulated markets such as LATAM and Rest of the World.

The company has an asset-light business model whereby it focuses on identifying generic molecules, preparing dossiers, seeking registrations, marketing and distributing formulations through third party distributors or it's own salesforce. The company's core competence lies in developing product dossiers and seeking product registrations in different countries. 

The company not only has an extensive distribution network of third party distributors but has also set up its own sales force in various countries in Europe and in Mexico, Colombia, South Africa and India. The company's strategy of sourcing through a global network of suppliers provides it with flexibility and nimbleness.

Sharda Cropchem product portfolio in agrochemical business comprises of formulations and generic active ingredients in fungicide, herbicide and insecticide segments for protecting different kinds of crops as well as serves turf and specialty markets and in biocide segment as disinfectants thereby allowing us to offer a varied range of formulations and generic active ingredients.