Biography
Pradeep Avadhani began his career in port operations in PSA, Singapore in 2001. Was then brought into Portek in 2004 to set up operations in the first dedicated container port in Algeria. Was a key member of Portek over a period of 9 years, heading their operations in Africa, specifically in Gabon, Algeria, and Rwanda whilst being involved in business development in other regions.
Founded ACIS Pte Ltd (‘ACIS’) in 2013 and was engaged as an independent consultant to the Gabon Special Economic Zone from 2014 until 2017 for greenfield projects involving the construction of multi-purpose and mineral terminals. Founded Africa Global Port Solutions (‘AGPS’) in 2017. While having special expertise in Africa, ACIS and AGPS provide consultancy services to the port sector in and outside of Africa, engineering and maintenance services for port equipment, as well as development and deployment of IT applications for Port Authorities.