Ajay Harinath Singh Greatest Brand Leader 2018-2019

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Navin Kapur
A Financial Strategist Par Excellence
Mr. Navin Kapur, the Executive Vice-President of Comparex Asia, is a
business leader with a global perspective. Comparex is a part of the
prestigious Raiffeisen Banking Group which is one of Austria’s leading
industrial Groups, with over 2 billion euros in revenue
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Refreshing Management
Style
Navin Kapur has extensive expertise in
launching new businesses. His efforts
in ensuring correct fundamentals and
nurturing small enterprises have grabbed
the attention of several industry experts.
His strength and focus on teamwork
and inclusive management have helped
build diverse teams for varied small and
large assignments with great success.
He is a chartered accountant (Institute
of Chartered Accountants of India) who
has keen interests in consultative business
engagements across all key functions. He
has contributed significantly in the realm
of strategic and general management,
business development, corporate finance,
sales and marketing, IT, purchase,
operation, and logistics.
A first time entrepreneur in the family,
he started his entrepreneurial journey as
Co-Founder with 3 partners / investors
in the year 2002 and provided them exit
with return on equity over 25% in 2011,
through a strategic sales to a Global
business partner. Similarly, he provided
an exit to all shareholders during the
year 2017-18, with valuation of market
multiples over 7x.
A TEAM LEADER WITH A
DIFFERENCE
Mr. Navin Kapur’s expertise combined
with his team-building and management
skills is driven by his firm belief in
harnessing the power of people. He
firmly believes that a dedicated, loyal
team lays the foundation for success.
He also maintains that the basis of good
leadership lies in respecting the thin line
between leadership and interference
at all times. His belief in transparent
policies, good governance, and excellent
employee management skills, has gone a
long way in facilitating exceptional team
performance and employee stability. His
demonstrative approach and an opendoor
policy for addressing and solving
problems, along with his non-judgmental
mentoring and problem-solving skills
always lead to quicker, workable
solutions which, in turn, boost the team’s
confidence, capabilities, and competency.
Backed by a stellar team, Mr. Navin
Kapur is currently managing a strong
relationship with his strategic partners
while building a strong blueprint for
exploring business opportunities in India.
He currently leads one of the fastestgrowing
regions and best-performing
country profiles within the Comparex
Group. His vision for the future finds
great promise and opportunity in cloud
management, automation, and bots.
He recognizes the merits of disruptive
changes and innovation. According to
him, the road ahead will provide immense
opportunities within the enterprise,
government, education, and SBM Sector.
Mr. Navin Kapur is heralded as a
transformer of business with a deep
expertise in software, and digital
transformation enabling a niche at
the forefront of innovative cloud and
technology solutions and services.
STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS
Mr. Navin Kapur has a keen interest in
the teachings of Swami Vivekananda.
Additionally, he considers Mr. Narayan
Murthy and Mr. Shiv Narayan as his
idols. He is an amicable business
leader who is easily approachable. His
employees feel comfortable to approach
him directly for taking advice, help, and
for solving problems. At the same time,
he chooses to be available to his team to
lead by demonstration, brainstorming.
He is a responsible corporate citizen
who is extremely aware of the socially
responsible side of the business.
Gender sensitivity and respect are an
integral part of his company policy.
He encourages contributions to Prime
Minister’s National Relief Fund, resource
conservation, energy conservation, ruralupliftment,
and support of speciallyabled
individuals. He also emphasizes
switching off unnecessary lights in his
office environment as a small step in the
direction of energy conservation.
Mr. Navin Kapur stands tall among
his organization and peers for his stellar
contributions and people management.
He is indeed a leader who walks the talk.
“He encourages
contributions to PM’s
National Relief Fund,
resource conservation,
energy conservation,
rural-upliftment, &
support of speciallyabled
individuals”