Ramesh has 40 years of senior executive leadership experience with the governments, international development organisations, and corporate enterprises in countries across Asia-Pacific, West Asia, Arab States, Europe, East and Southern Africa regions. He held senior assignments with Government of Andhra Pradesh, Government of India, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), World Bank, REC Ltd, UNO headquarters in New York and IFAD in Rome. He successfully managed several international development and diplomatic assignments: Country Representative of UNFPA to Afghanistan; coordinator of UNOPS operations in the Asia-Pacific, and the West Asia, and the Arab States; Director of UNOPS East and Southern Africa regional office at Nairobi; UNOPS Representative to the United Nations Development Group (UNDG); IFAD Consultative Group member; UNOPS/ World Bank’s Senior Advisor to the Ministers of Commerce and Finance in Afghanistan.
Ramesh was senior advisor to one of the largest Indian corporate groups, Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (MEIL), with focus on corporate governance and strategy, investment management, acquisitions, mergers, and overseas business development. Apart from acquisition of large assets, corporate governance, he stitched up JV agreement with BYD (China) for manufacturing EV passenger vehicles in India, which is awaiting approval of the Indian government. Ramesh is a visiting professor of public policy at the Kautilya School of Public Policy; Member of the Board of Governors, Administrative Staff College of India; Honorary Member, National Advisory Council and Honorary Chairman of South Zone, Institute of Directors (IOD) and Director on the Board of SPRINT Management Consultants and S2W AgriTech Pvt Ltd.