Germain Araud is a French national who has been living and working in India for more than 15 years. He has helped numerous multinational companies understand, enter and grow their presence in the India market, across various sectors, through his role as Commercial Attaché to the French Trade Commission in Mumbai and his decade-long stint as Managing Partner of an international business support service firm based in Delhi.
Germain Araud is now the Managing Director of MONIN India Pvt. Ltd., a fully owned subsidiary of the MONIN group. After 20 years in the Indian market, MONIN India was established in 2019 to assist in the writing of the next chapter in the brand’s Indian journey. Among other responsibilities to continue the growth story of MONIN in India, Germain Araud is supervising an investment of over INR 350+ Crores in a ‘Make in India’ project in Telangana, to support its customers’ growth, alongside developing innovations curated for the Indian customer base and growing the brand’s footprint in the Indian Market.