An IIM-Ahmedabad alumnus, Murali Krishna Parna, currently the CEO of Sagar Ratna, has a career that expands within sectors ranging from sales, advertising communication, brand management to category management, merchandising etc. In his current role, Mr Parna is challenged with scaling Sagar Ratna as one of the largest Indian restaurant chains across the country.

Murali's professional journey started with Interkraft (FU's brand of Denims) in 1992 and then he moved to join sales with Godrej and then with Lowe Lintas India as an Account Group Head. Possessing a good understanding of the consumer and market characteristics across the Indian geography, Mr Parna has worked with several organizations such as Godrej, Food World , Metro Cash & Carry and Walmart to name a few.

Before moving on to Sagar Ratna, Murali worked as Head of Merchandising & New Markets (Expansion) in his second stint with Metro and prior to that with Walmart in the capacity of Vice President of Merchandising. With an extensive expertise in chain store management, retail operations, marketing, advertising & communication, category management etc, he is customer focused, a team player and motivated to deliver results.