Ramneek Bakhshi, Former Managing Director India, of C&A Europe
On today’s episode of The Brand Called You, we have Mr. Ramneek Bakhshi with us today. Ramneek is the Former Managing Director India, of C&A Europe. Former Chairman of LJ Hooker and the Former Board member of YPO, WPO and CEO.
Podcast
Overview
“There’s a multidimensional way of looking at wealth”
On today’s episode of The Brand Called You, we have Mr. Ramneek Bakhshi with us today. Ramneek is the Former Managing Director India, of C&A Europe. Former Chairman of LJ Hooker and the Former Board member of YPO, WPO and CEO.
Ramneek begins by sharing some prominent milestones of his life. One of them being C&A Europe, a European departmental store that helped him acquire monetary wealth and lay the foundation of his career. Ramneek further shares some worthwhile learnings from his journey. He talks from years of experience and knowledge of the entrepreneurial world.
Ramneek and Ashutosh engage in a very interesting and important discussion with regard to ethics in business and in life. Ramneek shares his core values and the definition and relevance of ethics to him.
Being a former member of the YPO, he shares his experience in the organisation. He also talks highly of the knowledge that he has gained throughout his journey in YPO.
Lastly, Ramneek enlightens the audience with his success mantra and some noteworthy advice for the youngsters!
Profile
RAMNEEK BAKHSHI
The working career can be encapsulated in three international brands.
C&A Europe .
In his first business, since acquired by one of his principals, ramneek oversaw sourcing of fashion merchandise for retailers like C&A Europe, Target Australia, Orbachs USA etc. His forte is business development for international retail organization’s in Indian context. First as an Agent and then as their Managing director, the business spread over six offices in South Asia & UAE represented over USD 1 bil. in retail sales.
Ramneek also served three terms on the quasi-government board of the apparel export promotion council (AEPC), and a term on board of NIFT, Bangalore.
LJHooker.
Ramneek was the principal and chairman in India for one of the world’s leading realty brands. LJHooker had a presence spread across +700 offices in Australia, NZ, Indonesia and HK. And brought new franchising formulae and paradigm changing concepts to the Indian marketplace. He has since exited the business.
YPO (Young Presidents Organization)
Ramneek has also been an active member of the YPO and its affiliates WPO and CEO. He was nominated to the WPO board for two terms and also to the board of the CEO. This responsibility gave him a vision & perspective across the globe and made lasting contacts and friendships with business owners and CEO worldwide. On behalf of the ‘O” organisations ramneek has led annual popular retreats for its members to “off the beaten path” destinations like Iran, Myanmar, Uzbekistan, Lapland etc.
Ramneek is married to Sarita , have two grown up children , and they live between Bangalore and Bombay. Sarita is a developer of industrial properties and maintains and occasionally adds to her portfolio of industrial & residential units.
He now does not work for a living, and spends his time between golf, bridge and travelling to exotic locations.
