Parag Shirname

As Vice President, Client Relations for Aurus, Parag manages Tier-1 client relationships with the Top-100 retailers, mall brands, petroleum clients and partner channels acting as a bridge between the technical team and the vendor. Parag has over 25 years of experience in building deep client relationships in the distribution network, retail and services industries.

Parag was the immediate Commissioner to India and South Asia for the Government of Queensland before his position as the Sr Executive Director – International Trade at Boston. He was the first to help Queensland achieve a few billion dollars’ worth of trade volume in the export of merchandise, higher education and knowledge IT services to India and South Asia. An experienced leader, Parag was the Chief Executive Officer of Supinfocom International, an Indo-French JV at Pune and Valenciennes France, as well as the Dean of Ford Academy and Regional Manager Asia Pacific for Ford Motor Company Australia. Parag is a respected international trade & investment specialist with market development expertise in the U.S, Australia, India - South Asia, Russia, France and South Africa.

Parag has climbed two of the seven summits, worked in 22 different countries, speaks 6 languages and was a Major in the Defense Services of India.

Parag was conferred a PhD (honoris causa) in 2016 for a Doctorate in International Trade and Investment and Inter-Country Economic Relations. He received a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Pune, an Advanced / Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications from IGNOU, and a Bachelor in Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India. Parag is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is a PMP from Project Management Institute (PMI). He was conferred the prestigious Inter-Country Economic Relations Enhancement and Leadership Excellence Award under the UN Model by the IVUPE University in 2017.