Team

Mr. Sunil Patwari is the CEO and Managing Director at SOPL Group, and is responsible for the growth and success of the business. Mr. Patwari has spent the last 22 years successfully managing and growing commodity trading businesses, and lives in Singapore. Prior to founding Seasons Overseas Pte Ltd, Mr. Patwari was the CEO of Export Trading Group for their South East Asia business, managing a turnover of over USD400M. He also held leadership positions at Adani Wilmar Pte Ltd, Majuko Enterprise (S) Pte Ltd and other large multi-national companies based out of Singapore. He has extensive hands-on trading experience across Asia, Australia, North America and Africa, and is an eminent speaker in this space contributing actively to industry seminars and forums. Mr. Patwari holds a Master of Business Administration from CSM Institute of Graduate Studies, USA and a Bachelor of Commerce (H) degree from St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta University, India.

Ms. Thida Zin is the Director of SOPL Group, CEO and Managing Director of the Myanmar branch, and is responsible for business development and sales. With her extensive experience in the agro-commodity trading business in the past 25 years, Ms. Zin has held a number of senior management positions, responsible for all aspects of Myanmar operations including finance, logistics, and human resources. She has strong connections in the public and private sectors in Myanmar and is recognised as an expert in the beans and pulses business in Yangon. She has also managed the port operations at Myanmar Integrated Port Ltd for seven years. Ms. Zin holds a Master of Arts in Economics from the Institute of Economics, Yangon and an Advanced Certificate in Principles of Management from the London Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

Ms Deepali Bansal is the Director Sales and Group Head for Rice Business at SOPL Group, Singapore. She is responsible for steering, growing and overseeing the overall rice trading business operation for SOPL Group. She brings with her 13 years of rich experience in trading industry. She is Growth-focused and accomplished leader with substantial international experience in sales, marketing, procurement, and business development within food industry and has worked with well-known multinational commodity trading companies such as Export Trading Group (ETG) (Singapore), Mewah Group (Singapore) and Shri Lal Mahal (United Kingdom). She is expert in developing/executing business strategies and has proven track record of negotiating/securing high-profile deals, managing supply chain, and trading rice from SEA agricultural countries. She holds a Master in Business Administration (MBA) degree from University of Northampton, United Kingdom (UK).