Ashish Lakhotia is a seasoned professional with around 17 years of experience in the fertilizer and agri-inputs industry. Lakhotia oversees the company ETG with close to 1200 employees, with a turnover of $858 million and impacting over two (2) million farmers in 22 African countries. Lakhotia has spent about eight years in sub-Saharan Africa, given his progressive career of 15 years, where he has served in the company in different leadership positions.
Under his leadership, the ETG business has grown from 15K MT to 2100 K MT in the last 15 years. The organization has witnessed a tremendous transformation by closing a private equity deal worth $389 million with PIC, South Africa, in 2017.
Lakhotia’s far-sighted initiatives to invest in innovation & technology, including mobile application, point of sales, digital marketing activities, EKB application.