Dr. Bharat Kulkarni

Shaping Agribusiness and Commodity Markets Globally

20+ years of experience

About

Dr. Bharat Kulkarni

Dr. Bharat Kulkarni is Founding Director of Stalwart Management Consultancy Services, a consulting firm, working in the field of policy advisory and development of Agri value chain in Africa. He has worked for about one and half decade on various Agri business development projects and Structured Markets initiative in Africa.

Bharat started his career as a lecturer in Finance and then worked with The United Nations till 2011. During this period he was part of the team that set up the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange, Ethiopia, first commodity exchange in east Africa. After resigning from United Nations in 2011, he established his consulting firm and since, has been advising several commodity exchange projects of governments. And private sector His clients include governments in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Malawi through agencies like The World Bank, USAID, IFC, Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa, and many others from Private Sector.

Books Publication

ECX and
Winds of Change

Insights into Agribusiness Management

Commodity Markets and Derivatives

Countries Worked in

  • India
  • Nepal
  • Bangladesh
  • Sri Lanka
  • Ethiopia
  • Kenya
  • Tanzania
  • Rwanda
  • South Africa
  • Mozambique
  • Malawi
  • Ghana
  • Nigeria
  • Burkina Faso
  • Switzerland
  • USA

20+

Years of Experience

20+

Projects Completed

10+

Countries Impacted

4+

Books Authored

Organisations worked for

Our Projects

Speaking Engagements

Africa Business Conference (Harvard Business School, Boston, 2015–2018)