Kartik Bhatt | Retail Head Of Operations, Marketing And Retail Planning
Adventure HQ

Based in UAE for the last 10 years, Kartik Bhatt is an  Omni Channel Business Leader (CEO & COO) with 18+ years hands on experience in Ecommerce Startups, Marketplaces,  ,Brick N Mortar Retail Operations, Category & Merchandise Management. and Consumer Marketing across GCC, South Asia, India & Africa building fiscal, strategic, and operational leadership. Associated with Adventure HQ (Sharaf Retail), GCC's largest Adventure & Outdoor Retailer, as a Chief Operating Officer responsible for Ecommerce, Retail Store Operations, Planning , Analytics & Consumer Marketing,  and managing approximately a 100 Mn AED p. Engaged in organically growing the business in UAE, expanding the footprint across GCC & at the same time, establishing a fully integrated omnichannel format, delivering exemplary experience with leading Retail Businesses like Flemingo Duty Free, Reliance Retail , Olam International. As an early stage adapter of ecommerce,  Kartik was a part of the team that Built a scalable, venture Funded ecommerce business, processing 3500 orders a day , delivering to 29 states and 37000 zip codes in India and is enroute to building Adventure Retail's Largest Marketplace panning all the GCC Countries and reaching out to 180 Million people , with 60,000 Products and 800 Suppliers.  An active advisor to 4 marquee retailers in the GCC, and board member for one of the largest Airport Retail Consortium in South East Asia , Kartik has been providing cutting edge transformational retail leadership to different organisations ,building efficiencies and optimising their resource utilizations. Along with his professional pursuits, has been involved in  · Conceptualising and developing   CEO Diaries, a composition  of 70 blog sessions encompassing all the facets & functionalities of Omni Channel Retail. · Launched Idea Factory - an interactive innovative platform, giving retail professionals -a chance to learn and advance their skills through Classroom learning, Webinars, Work Sheets & Competency Profiling. 

• an active academic coach at premier B schools, conducting Retail Anthropology, Consumer behaviour & Shopper experience 
• Keynote Speaker & Conduct Retail Analytics & Operations Performance Management masterclasses in GCC through Edusphere.