The Board
Cross Border Kitchens has a pedigreed founding and management team with multi-decade experience in F&B operations, marketing, finance and strategy.
MUHAMMAD
AHSAN QURESHI
Co-Founder / COO
Hailing from a family of chefs and a son of the legendary Imtiaz Qureshi, Ahsan naturally oversees operations. Cooking & culinary operations run in his blood – he has managed large food and beverage portfolios in India, Middle East and Malaysia.
ISHITA
SUDHA YASHVI
Co-Founder / CMO
She is the marketing genius and branding brain in the team. With over 15 years of experience growing some of the largest and most respected retail brands, including DLF Retail and Forest Essentials, Ishita seamlessly manages marketing communications, brand aesthetic, and customer engagement.
Our Team
PARUL MAHAJAN
HOD (HR & Compliance)
Parul has over a decade of human resource & talent acquisition experience with multinational firms including Google, Baxter and Accenture. She also has immense knowledge in domestic and cross-border hiring across multiple industries.
SUJIT PANDEY
HOD (IT)
Sujit holds over 12 years of experience in IT. He is also a SME in open source languages. He is also proficient in web technologies, web services, cloud computing, hosting control panel, programming & frameworks.
ZOHEB QURESHI
HOD (Culinary Arts)
Prior to CBK, chef Zoheb Qureshi was the Head Chef for Dum Pukht at ITC Maratha in Mumbai. He has multi-year experience in catering, menu engineering, F&B, hotel management and culinary arts.
RISHI RAJ SAWHNEY
HOD (Photography & Videography)
Rishi has over 20 years of experience in lifestyle & food photography. He has also been a lead photographer in one of the world class cruise ships. His expertise also lies in Adobe raw files conversion and batch processing tools.
SOUMYAJIT CHAKLADAR
HOD (Design)
A multi-disciplinary creative professional with more than a decade of experience in design & advertising, Soumyajit has worked with clients across industries. He has also worked with multiple Bollywood A-listers on various fashion campaigns as an Art Director.
JASPREET SINGH
HOD (Analytics)
With over 13 years of experience in business research, data management and business consulting, Jaspreet’s core competencies include, business information, business intelligence, business analysis and process improvement.