B.K.Soni is the Chairman and Managing Director of Eco Recycling Ltd (Ecoreco) and the chief promoter of the group. Under Mr. Soni’s stewardship the company has attained a leadership position as India’s foremost e-waste management company with a dominant pan-India market presence. He is responsible for the strategic growth initiatives of the company and building a professional team of leaders. After delivering market dominance in the B2B segment, Mr. Soni is driving Ecoreco’s next phase of growth, building a B2C franchisee led retail model to share the benefits of alarming but unfolding opportunity of e-waste management with all the stakeholders in one or the other form.
Recognized as a visionary and expert in e-waste management, Mr. Soni saw the opportunity of the Indian e-waste management industry way back in 2005 much ahead of other players. Since then, he has been responsible for giving direction to the Indian e-waste management industry and bringing global best practices to India. As a pioneer and thought leader in e-waste management, his formal and informal views are often sought by industry players, policy makers, regulators and government functionaries.
Mr. Soni is a qualified Cost Accountant from the Institute of Cost Accountants of India. He has been a part of several industry associations and a member of the Expert Group on E-waste Management constituted by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board. A person with deep intellect and impeccable integrity is very passionate to see that India emerges as the global hub for e-waste management so that neither the developed nations finds land fill cheaper alternate then processing e-waste nor the developing nations becomes dumping grounds and he is of the view that this is certainly possible because India is well placed between the two scenarios since cost of recycling is affordable in India subject to capacity utilisation.
Srikrishna B is an Independent & Non-Executive Director of Ecoreco and responsible for building the refurbishment & remarketing business. With nearly two decades of varied experience as a techno-commercial businessman, his experience spans software development, telecom solutions and real time currency & commodity exchanges.
With a unique combination of scientific views with business insights, Mr. Srikrisna has rich experience of working with both multinational and Indian companies. He has held various positions in companies like CNN, Dow Jones Telerate, CERC. Mr. Srikrishna an engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai and Masters in Marketing Management (MMM) from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS). Mr. Srikrishna is a member of the Technical Committee of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI).
Aruna Soni is an Executive Director of Ecoreco and part of the promoter group. Ms. Soni is responsible for driving the day-to-day operations of the company including human resources (HR), administration and other non-technical functions.
With over two decades of work experience, she has partnered the company right from its inception to build a people-driven and customer-focused organization. An accomplished business woman, Ms. Soni is responsible for the growth journey of the company along with the Chairman. Her direction has enabled the setting up of an efficient administrative backend that is critical for scaling up the company.
Shashank Soni is an Executive Director of Ecoreco. Shashank is responsible for developing and rolling out a pan-India marketing and sales strategy for the company. He oversees the de-manufacturing & factory operations and also looks into commercial negotiations. With rich exposure to international markets, Mr. Shashank is leading Ecoreco’s transformation into an integrated pan-India e-waste management company.
Mr. Shashank holds an MBA from Cardiff University, UK and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS). Having travelled extensively, he has been part of industry events like Computex Taipei, Taiwan and various other conferences and events across Europe and Asia.