Our Team

"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong." ~Abraham Lincoln

Founder Director - Thak Patel MBA

Thak has acquired a wealth of experience in understanding the market entry to India as CEO of THINKindia, where he built the infrastructure of partners and associates both in UK and India to deliver the service through a model of collaboration. Converging from the broader offering of THINKindia, JVI offers a more targeted proposition of market entry to India through JV.

Thak has over 25 years experience in telecoms sector having worked for major blue chip companies such as Alcatel and T-Mobile in Germany and Lucent Technologies (USA and UK). Thak has direct experience of managing international projects with multinational / cross cultural teams and is experienced in western and Indian business culture. He chaired a technical working group for European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). He completed his MBA from Anglia Ruskin University with distinction pass mark in his dissertation (developing a 3 year marketing strategy for LogicaCMG). He now delivers consultancy to local businesses and is a founder director of JVI, THINKindia and Cambridge SkillsTap a local networking group.

Advisor - Tony Quested

Tony is Chief Executive of Q Communications Limited in Cambridge – publisher of Business Weekly newspaper and related media, online and download to mobile. A veteran of Fleet Street, Tony was brought in by major Q Communications shareholder Hermann Hauser from the Daily Telegraph in 1993 to head up a restructuring of Business Weekly and to broaden its coverage to the international arena and across multimedia platforms.

Now a confirmed Cambridge entrepreneur in his own right, Tony works with Government agencies and leading corporate influencers to promote the East of England globally. Business Weekly facilitates two-way trade between the region and key trade centres worldwide. Tony has forged important trade links with Indian executives in the software, automotive, CleanTech and Renewable energy sectors and has helped world leading local companies establish and develop operations within India.

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