Sandip Gupta is the Director – Finance of Route Mobile (UK) Ltd. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from Mumbai University. He is also a qualified Chartered Accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is a SAP-certified solution consultant – mySAP Financials – Management and Financial Accounting. Before incorporating Route Mobile, he worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited, and Covansys (India) Private Limited. He has over 20 years of experience in audit and accounts, business analysis, SAP configuration, and software system consulting.
Rajdip Gupta is a dynamic entrepreneur, Founder and Managing Director of Route Mobile Limited, a global leader in Cloud Communications and CPaaS solutions. Rajdip has transformed Route Mobile from a bootstrap startup in 2004 to a publicly listed, profitable unicorn, gaining global recognition in the digital communications industry.
Under his visionary leadership, Route Mobile has become synonymous with innovation, offering end-to-end communication solutions in Messaging, Voice, Firewall, Email, and next-gen services like RCS, WhatsApp, Viber, and IP Messaging.
Rajdip’s strategic approach and deep understanding of technology have earned him prestigious accolades, including the ‘CEO of the Year 2023’ by ET Ascent, recognition among the Top 25 Most Influential Leaders of 2023 by ROCCO, and a feature as one of the Top 5 Leading CEOs to Watch in 2024 by CIO Today.
Beyond business, he is an ardent cricket enthusiast and dedicates time to mentoring budding entrepreneurs, fostering growth within the tech ecosystem.
Gautam Badalia is the Chief Executive Officer of our Company. He has over 14 years of experience handling functions across strategy, investment banking, mergers and acquisitions and structured finance. He is responsible for formulating corporate strategies as well as its disciplined execution and leading various other strategic initiatives, including M&A, transformation and cost reduction to support long term growth of our Company and enhance shareholders value. Prior to joining our Company, he has worked with YES Bank Limited. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and a master’s degree in business administration (finance).
Milind Pathak is Chief Corporate Marketing Officer. He has 25 years of experience in domestic and international markets with OnlineSales.ai, where he was the Chief Revenue Officer, Milind has also worked with blue-chip organizations like Paytm / Madhouse Mobile (GroupM), Comviva, Buongiorno etc. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from Maharashtra Institute of Technology and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies.
Suresh Jankar is the Chief Financial Officer of our Company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from University of Pune and is qualified chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accounts of India. He has 25 years of experience in finance sector. Prior to joining our Company, he has worked with the Capricorn Lifestyle Private Limited. He leads the finance and accounts team and is responsible for activities pertaining to the accounts of our Company in India.
Mujahid Rupani heads Route Mobile’s and its group companies’ technical teams based in Mumbai and Malta. He is known as ‘Mojo’ in tech circles. Mr. Rupani has a knowledge base spanning Linux, virtualization, SAN technologies and routing combined with a brain that thinks in logical patterns makes him the go to advice person for telecom industry. He is always on the lookout for the next technological challenge. Over his 20 years of exploration in the Telecom field he has designed and implemented solutions for companies like Ceat Ltd, Bayer Pharma Ltd, Poonawalla Group, amongst others.
Tonio Ellul co-founded 365squared Ltd. in 2013 and is the Chief Executive Officer as well as a member of the Board. Based in Malta, Tonio is responsible for driving the strategy, performance, and growth at 365squared Ltd. As an experienced technology executive, Tonio has over 22 years of leadership experience in driving enterprise-wide transformation in Network and Telecom companies, operating in highly competitive markets.
Tushar Agnihotri heads the India & APAC regions for Route Mobile and is responsible for driving sales and operations for the India market. He holds a master’s degree in business management from Bundelkhand University. He has 25 years of overall work experience, with over 16 years of experience in the telecom sector. Prior to joining our Company, he has worked with Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited, Reliance JioInfocom Limited, Arvind Mills Limited, Kodak India Limited, Reliance Infocomm Limited and Blowplast Limited.
Sharad Kumar leads RML’s Middle East region and responsible for building up Middle East and Operations and expanding further into Africa market. He holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering (electronics and telecommunications) from University of Mumbai and a post graduate certificate in business management from XLRI, Jamshedpur and has over 17 years of experience in the telecom sector. Prior to joining our Company, he has worked with Bharti Airtel Limited, Reliance Communications Limited and the United Nations.
Carl Powell leads our Global Partnership and Alliances Business and is based in the UK. At Route Mobile Limited, he is responsible for taking our solutions to newer markets, exploring new opportunities, forging new client relationships, and fostering existing ones. He holds a Degree in Business and Marketing from Bangor University, UK.
He is an experienced strategy and business development professional, specializing in purchasing, contract negotiations, and relationship building. He has over 18 years of core expertise in the SMS and Voice industry working for technology companies like Twilio, Skype & Colt.
Robin Sullivan is CEO of The Mr Messaging Group of Companies, a serial entrepreneur, and seasoned telecoms professions, with over 26 years of experience in the telecoms space, that spans Network Operators, service providers, VAS, Mobile TV and Messaging, in Africa The middle east and Europe.
Sammy Mamdani heads RML’s global Operations, and is responsible for day-to-day management and coordination between worldwide offices. With over 18 years of international experience, Sammy has successfully held senior positions at Protiviti’s (formerly Andersen Consulting) Business Risk division in the U.S. as well as a private investment firm based out of Mumbai, where he managed diverse business units in India and the UAE. Most recently, Sammy served as C.O.O at Cellent Technologies (India) Private Limited, which was acquired by Route Mobile in August 2016. He holds an MBA from the University of Central Florida.
Rathindra Das is the Group Head Legal, Company Secretary & Compliance Officer of our Company. In his current role, he is responsible for overseeing Legal Operations including general corporate advisory, Contract Management & Litigations, Regulatory Compliance applicable to our Company. He has over 14 years of experience in legal, compliance and secretarial matters. He has in the past worked with Reliance ADAG, Ashok Piramal Group, Cipla, NSEIT and Hinduja Group. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce and a bachelor’s degree in law from Assam University and is a Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, by training and education.
Ms Elsa Shibu heads the People Management Function at Route Mobile. She has over 19+ years of work experience in the people management function. She started her career with Lintas while at college. She pursued a career into the people management function with KPMG and then went on to work with Tata Donnelley’s, UPS, Ugam Solutions and Euronet Worldwide. She has a mixed bag of exposure into Indian companies and MNC’s as well as various industry sectors. She holds a degree in Economics from St Xavier’s College Mumbai.
