Shahid Tarar brings nearly 20 years’ experience in Sales & Marketing as well as Sourcing, Strategy, Supply Chain Management and Manufacturing. He has been in the rice export business for 20 years and 14 years at the Managing Director of Galaxy Rice Mill. Galaxy is a family owned and run business with a focus on exporting Basmati rice to the European & US market. At Galaxy he has helped to build blue chip export customers in Spain, France, and UK, who service major retailers including Tesco, Sainsbury and M&S. Over the last few years the company has worked closely with farmers to grow Sustainable rice in a project involving international buyers and NGOs. He has also led a team that set up a Seed company as well as Pesticide and Mechanization services companies for farmers. He is a member of the Punjab rice board and has served on the Prime Minister’s steering committee on reform of the rice sector in Pakistan. He has also acted as an Independent Director, for 4 years, on the Board of Punjab Industrial Development Company, a Punjab Government company that builds and operates Industrial Estates.