Yadvinder S. Rana

Yadvinder holds a Doctorate in Business Administration in Cross-Border M&A negotiations from the Edinburgh Business School, an MBA from the Manchester Business School, and a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.

He is an Adjunct Professor of Cross-Cultural Negotiation at the Catholic University in Milan, and at the Bologna Business School, and delivers negotiation workshops in companies and leading International and Italian Universities and Business Schools such as CUOA Business School.

He gained a significant international experience between 2004 and 2010 as Africa, Asia & Pacific Sales Director for a global company leader in the luxury goods sector, managing commercial and marketing organizations in China and India, and establishing the company presence in China, India, Japan, S. Korea, Southeast Asia, Middle East. Previously, between 1997 and 2003, he worked for Fiat Group in Pennsylvania – USA, London – UK, and Lyon – France leading cross-functional teams implementing post-M&A integration strategies (Case and New Holland, Iveco and Renault V.I., Fiat-GM JV).