Sunny George Verghese is the co-founder and Group CEO of Olam International Limited. He is responsible for strategic planning, business development and overall management of the Olam group of companies worldwide. Olam operates in 70 countries, delivering 47 products (organized into 16 platforms) to more than 16,200 customers in 70 destination markets and employs around 26,500 people worldwide. Verghese is presently the Chairman of the Board of the Human Capital Leadership Institute, Singapore, and was appointed Director on the Board of International Enterprise Singapore in 2002, and served as its Chairman from 2008 to 2013. Sunny was awarded the Best Chief Executive for large cap companies in the Singapore Corporate Awards in July 2011. Sunny holds a postgraduate management degree from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) and has also completed the Advanced Management Program from the Harvard Business School. Sunny was recognized as a Distinguished Alumni by IIMA in its Golden Jubilee Celebrations in 2011.