Bala Venkatesan

Co-founder and Director of Norse Brand

Veteran of the banking industry with more than 2 decades of senior management banking experience in global and emerging financial markets with Global financial institutions.

Founder and Managing Partner of Calibre Ventures – Bespoke venture investment platform setup for a regional technology company to make early stage investments in pan-Asian technology start-ups. Mentor and contributor to young founders on developing their strategy and concepts into viable structures.

Co-founder and Director of agribusiness in India – focussed agronomy and farm development and management, and downstream, value-added processing to develop and introduce novel and tailor-made food ingredients for the premium segments of Indian and global consumers. Deploying technology and innovation in a very nascent industry to harvest efficiencies of scale and operation.

Co-founder and Director of Norse Brands – introducing and distributing luxury lifestyle and homeware Scandinavian brands into India and other regional markets.