Mr. Walter D’Souza, Managing Partner, Fernandes Brothers, Mangalore, Karnataka has been unanimously elected as a Chairman of FIEO Southern Region in the recently held election.
The election of Mr. Walter D’Souza is very significant as he is the first Regional Chairman elected from Karnataka.
M/s. Fernandes Brothers is one of the leading exporter of cashew and an Export House recognized by Ministry of Commerce, Government of India. Amongst his previous important assignments, Mr. Walter D’Souza has served as the Chairman of Cashew Export Promotion Council of India and Managing Committee Member of FIEO. He was the Chairman for the Committee on Agro Exports and AEZ of FIEO. His contribution towards development of agro exports from India is commendable.
Mr. Walter D’Souza also served as a President of Karnataka Cashew Manufacturers Association. During his tenure he was responsible for setting up state of the art National R&D Centre for Cashew.
Mr. Walter is also a nominee of the Board of Trustees of New Mangalore Port Trust and was instrumental in introduction of Container Terminal in New Mangalore Port Trust. Currently he is also serving as a Member of the Steering Committee of Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India.
Widely travelled Mr. Walter has led many business Delegations abroad and initiated bilateral and tripartite MoUs and Agreements for promotion of India’s International Trade.
His priority as a Chairman of FIEO Southern Region is to highlight the need for development of infrastructure in all four Southern Region States as well as sector specific programme with the support of State and Central Government for boosting industry and exports from Southern Region in particular.