Pavan Sharma is an expert in procurement and supply chain management, industrial engineering and process improvement. He has over 30 years of experience in production, quality, logistics and procurement functions in automotive, manufacturing, consulting and logistics companies.

Pavan has provided consultancy and training to a number of private and public enterprises in Singapore and Asia such as the Singapore Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Defence in Singapore and Brunei, ST Engineering, Tetra Pak, DSTA, Shell, CNOOC, SembCorp Logistics, Nestle, SUTD, A Star and dozens of others. 

Pavan holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA), a Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Engineering and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Engineering. He has also completed the CIPS UK Level 6 Professional Diploma in Procurement and Supply. He is a Member of the Beta Gamma Sigma, an International Honors society that recognises outstanding scholastic achievement. 

Pavan teaches at the MSc programme at National University of Singapore (NUS) & MBA programme at Rutgers Business School, USA.

Pavan is a qualified project manager and holds the PMP certification of the Project Management Institute, USA and is also a GRI Certified Sustainability Professional.

Pavan is a Co-Founder of PlanetWise Pte Ltd, a start up specialising in carbon management, ESG and Sustainability. It was founded in 2023 and has establised its presence in Singapore and India and offers a SaaS platform for measuring, managing, mitigating and report geenhouse emissions. It also provides sustainbility advisory services inclduing conducting materiality assessment, ideitifying climates risk and opportunities and consuting lifecycle assessment (LCA).