| Website | fidovia.com |
| @dkeshu | |
| Birthplace | India |
| Birthdate | 1/12/62 |
| IIT (M), M.TECH | 1986 |
| Aircraft Production |
Dilip Keshu is Chief Executive Officer at Group FMG.
Group FMG is a global provider of high impact marketing & media solutions; a new-age agency of record that integrates creative design, production services and commerce enablement. Group FMG is also focused on delivering digital transformation that fulfills marketing ROI imperatives and in building strategic long-term client relationships. Group FMG is headquartered in New York, with offices in London, Bangalore and Chennai.
Group FMG has delivered successful, award-winning, world class marketing campaigns and media production services across various platforms including: print, mobile, tablets, interactive magazines, e-books, catalogues, e-commerce solutions, digital shop fronts, portals, websites, videos and loyalty programs. Global 1000 clients include, Sears, Staples, Pepsi, Boots, Harrods, Boden among retail/consumer packaged goods; Disney, Reader’s Digest, Penguin, Harper Collins, BBC, Haymarket, AMI among media & publishing; IBM, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Sony among technology and Sandals among travel & hospitality. Group FMG is funded by India Value Fund Advisors (IVFA), a leading private equity fund, and Zodius Capital, a growth capital and build-out company.The management comprises of an international team of entrepreneurial leaders with deep experience of creating large global businesses.
Prior to joining Whitefield, Dilip was a member of the Management Board of Xchanging plc., and also its Group Chief Customer Officer running all of sales, relations, service and marketing functions, in addition to the oversight of seven of the company’s most strategic global customers. In this capacity he delivered $1.14 billion in top line revenues in 2010. His team of sales, service and relations comprises 146 people in the US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Singapore and Australia.
He was the executive sponsor for all big ticket sales to strategic customers and pioneers new deals/new platforms (which are usually acquired through Xchanging’s unique “Enterprise Partnerships” commercial structures where back office captive units are transformed to market utilities). As chief marketing officer he managed 3rd party influencers and a network of spotters and hunters who are C-Level opinion leaders. He also managed all digital assets such as websites, portals and social media initiatives. On March 18th 2011, Dilip served notice to Xchanging but has agreed to remain as an Executive Advisor the Executive Committee of the company for a period of time.
Prior to this he was a Board Member, President, ITO and Chief Strategy & Corporate Development Officer of Cambridge Solutions, a young publicly listed company with operations in 9 countries and offices in over 56 locations. Prior to that role Dilip led the company as its CEO including its listing in March 2005. By 2008, Cambridge was tracking at a profitable US$ 324m, at which point it was acquired by Xchanging.
Prior to Cambridge, Dilip worked as the head of the Asia Pacific region for a corporate learning and development firm called DA Consulting Group, Inc. (DACG). It listed on the NASDAQ in 1998. Dilip acquired the e-business division of the firm in May 2000 and became an entrepreneur. A part of his firm was then acquired by Cambridge Solutions in 2003 and he joined Cambridge to lead its listing. As an entrepreneur, he raised money from Softbank and Newscorp and expanded his company from Asia to the UK and then the US.
Prior to this, he served as Managing Director and Vice President, Baan Asia Pacific where he ran a successful P&L operation covering the Far East and south Asia. He was widely acknowledged for his substantial contributions in significantly growing the company’s market share and revenue in this region. Prior to Baan, he ran the Asian operations of Cincom Systems where he won several awards (Gold Circle, Quixote Club Award which is reserved for the firm’s top performers) and was given the firm’s top ‘AAA’ rating for performance. Before his tenure at Cincom, Dilip ran the Manufacturing Solutions Division of a large systems integration firm, which sold and implemented ERP and CAD/CAE/CAM and PLM products. He started his career as a management trainee in a large aerospace firm where he distinguished himself by winning the company’s top awards – the Chairman’s Gold Medal and Wilkinson Sword for high performance.
He is a Charter Member of TiE which is one of the largest not for profit organization organized to help entrepreneurs. He is an Industrial Advisory Board Member of their Professional Science Master’s Program.
Dilip holds a Master of Technology degree from IIT (M). He is an American citizen and lives in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. He has written two books (The Land of The Free, Home of the Brave, a booklet on America and The Nine Dots, a handbook for young leaders).
