Hemant Rao

Hemant Rao has held various positions in the apparel industry since 2005. Hemant began their career with Nahar Industrial Enterprises Limited as an Executive Fabric Production, where they had hands-on experience of fabric manufacturing on looms and ensuring fabric quality. From 2007 to 2011, they were a Senior Key Account Executive-testing at SGS India Pvt Ltd. where they handled all testing services for German/European key clients. Hemant then worked at H&M (Hennes & Mauritz) India Pvt. Ltd. as a Quality Assurance Technician from 2011 to 2013. Following this, they were a Senior Fabric Technologist at Impulse India Pvt. Ltd. from 2013 to 2015. Hemant then worked as a Senior Merchant-Fabric Sourcing at Triburg from 2015 to 2016. From 2016 to 2019, they were Manager, Apparel Sourcing at Asics India Pvt. Ltd. where they headed apparel/accessories sourcing business independently with cross-function teams. Currently, they are a Senior Manager-Apparel Sourcing at Groyyo since 2022.

Hemant Rao obtained a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Textile Technology from The Technological Institute of Textiles & Sciences between 2001 and 2005. Hemant then went on to obtain a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Marketting from Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies between 2009 and 2011.