Bobby Varghese

Vice President-Financial Strategy, Bobby Varghese, is responsible for the Corporate Finance. Financial Budgeting, Planning and Performance function for Abu Dhabi Ports and its subsidiaries. He has been with Abu Dhabi Ports since November 2014, based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He reports to the Chief Financial Officer of the company.

He has over 20 years of experience in the Shipping, Logistics and Ports industry. The major part of his core experience has been in Supply chain and freight forwarding business, while working for the DHL Exel supply chain solutions group and AP Moller Maersk group in India and the Middle East.

Until August 2014, he was the CFO of Ports Development company, the company which is developing King Abdullah Port (KAP), located in the King Abdullah Economic city, near Jeddah, KSA.

Prior to this, he was the CFO of The Port of Salalah, based in Salalah, Oman. Port of Salalah is a world class transshipment hub in the West Central Asia Region. Situated right at the major East-West shipping lanes, Salalah enjoys an attractive strategic location in the heart of the Indian Ocean Rim and caters to some of the world’s largest ocean going vessels.

Prior to this assignment, he worked as the CFO of APM Terminals Mumbai (APMT) based in Mumbai, India. APMT Mumbai is the largest container terminal in India handling close to 2 Million TEUs annually.

Bobby is a Chartered Accountant (India) and a Certified Public Accountant (USA). He is also a Certified Green Belt, Lean Six Sigma. He also holds a Diploma in Terminal Management from the Lloyd’s list of London.