Sarkar and Singh to lead markets
Asia Pacific, and in particular India, is one of the most important and fastest-growing markets for the Madrid-based AlgaEnergy which has recently opened an office in the country.
This was underlined by Debabrata Sarkar, the recently appointed Vice President for Asia Pacific.
“Owing to the company’s unique technology that offers solutions for many different industries, including agriculture, nutrition, cosmetics, aquaculture, pharmaceuticals and, in the future bioenergy, AlgaEnergy has an immense growth potential not only in India but also across the region and around the world,” said the company in a statement on 8 May 2019.
Sarkar is Agricultural Graduate with MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta) and brings over 20 years of experience in the international agricultural sector.
AlgaEnergy has also appointed Dr. Lokesh Singh as Country Manager for India.
Dr. Singh carried out his Ph.D. in Plant Breeding & Genetics at the University of Haryana (HAU) and brings over 15 years of experience.
The addition of Sakar and Dr. Singh to the AlgaEnergy leadership team reinforces the company’s ambitions to rapidly expand its presence and expertise across many international markets and bring its range of highly effective, sustainably-produced and environmentally friendly agricultural products to the Asia and India region.
AlgaEnergy is a biotechnology-based company specialized in the science of microalgae. The company consolidates over 4 decades of state-of-the-art knowledge related to microalgae, generated by the main specialized universities, and has invested millionaire resources in applied R&D, positioning itself as the main international reference in this field.
AlgaEnergy’s mission is to develop and commercialize innovative high-quality products derived from microalgae, targeting specific needs in different industries.
In the agricultural sector, after 10 years of research and development, AlgaEnergy launched its brand AgriAlgae®, a range of high quality biostimulants combining different microalgae species grown at AlgaEnergy’s cutting edge facilities, whose effectiveness in terms of increasing yields and improving qualities is demonstrated by numerous independent field trials. fiinews.com
