. Ajay Khera - VC & MD, Horizon Country Wide Logistics Ltd. (SKIL Group) Mr Ajay Khera, an M.

Sc in Biochemistry among other qualifications, spent more than 25 successful years with the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), where he joined as Senior Assistant Manager in 1979 and rose through the ranks of Deputy Manager, Joint Manager, Manager, Commercial Manager and Regional Manager to become the youngest ever Executive Director of the Corporation in March 2004. In his long career with CWC, Mr Khera was involved in planning the construction programme of CFSs, ICDs, warehouses etc., marketing the organisations capabilities, strategising its future growth, facilitating its entry into container train operations and setting up warehouses abroad, to name a few. He was chosen to head the companys maiden CFS at the newly-built JN Port, which paved the way for the transformation of CWC from a laidback warehousing company to a logistics service provider. It now operates 5 CFSs in the area and is the biggest landowner after CIDCO. With like-minded organisations and with the domain knowledge of one of the professionals in the market, he was also instrumental in creating the first-ever demutualised online commodity exchange in the shape of National Multi Commodity Exchange of India at Ahmedabad. After taking voluntary retirement from CWC, Mr Khera joined the Mumbaibased SKIL Infrastructure Ltd, where he is currently involved in developing its vertical, Horizon Country Wide Logistics Ltd.