Meet the team
Core team
Chetan Kasim
Co-founder & CEO
A Commerce graduate by Profession and an Entrepreneur by heart, Chetan has always been passionate about new businesses and sectors and has been involved in several start-ups, allowing him to gain real insights into operational requirements. His experience is broad and ranges across various industries and domains over 15+ years. Identifying a massive gap in the Sustainability sector, Chetan Co-Founded Sustainext to simplify Sustainability through his Technology Expertise by implementing various Digital Tools and create a Global Platform to address Sustainability needs around Environment, Social and Governance.
As Co-Founder and CEO at Sustainext, he manages Corporate Planning, Strategic Alliances, Tactical Market Planning, Key Partnership Development and Organizational Restructuring. He also oversees the Service Delivery Operations and works closely with the various Horizontal and Vertical Business Function Heads to ensure clients receive the highest level of customer service.

Sandeep Roy Choudhury
Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer
Sandeep is a co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) in Sustainext. He has been working within the development and carbon sector, including climate finance, community-based projects, and low carbon social development projects such as sustainable agriculture, social forestry, coastal resilience, clean cooking, clean air, drinking water, rural energy access, and waste management, in Asia & Africa. He has recently launched a climate change impact fund to invest in start-ups related to climate solutions. He also works as an advisor to the private sector in the region with issues related to corporate sustainability and its relation to community impacts and action.
He is on the board of numerous non-profits working on climate-related projects including Planting on Demand, Bangladesh Bondhu Foundation & Environment Protection Centre Nepal. Sandeep has over 19 years of industry experience, has a degree in Electronics, and is a Salzburg Global Fellow. He is also a director at “Carbon Initiative Forum”, a non-profit working on climate policy awareness for the youth and currently serves on the executive board of the International Carbon Reduction Alliance (ICROA) and the Centre for Governance and Ethics (CEGET) of the UN global compact.

Ajay Korpal
Co-Founder & Head – Sustainability & Product Design
Ajay is a sustainability consultant with an interdisciplinary background with technical skills from engineering and real-world problem-solving skills from design thinking. Ajay has wide gamut of experience, from working with ground-level NGOs in India to working with international think tanks. His work aligns with his personal goals to be able to enable a better world for all.
At Sustainext, he works as a bridge between sustainability, tech and design to help build the SaaS product the world needs. Outside Sustainext, Ajay loves to travel, play squash, and jam to some sweet blues riffs.

Brinda Kulkarni
Co-Founder & Head – Sustainability Innovation & Consulting
Brinda is a highly skilled sustainability consultant with expertise in ESG reporting and sustainability strategy. With a background in business and finance, as well as an MSc in Sustainability and Social Innovation from HEC Paris, she has more than six years of consulting experience at VNV Advisory. By leveraging her multidisciplinary skill set, cross-functional knowledge, creativity, and consulting expertise, Brinda helps clients from diverse industries navigate the complex and dynamic world of sustainability. She co-founded Sustainext, a SaaS platform that simplifies sustainability, where she currently serves as the Head of Sustainability Innovation and Consulting.
Brinda is dedicated to simplifying and streamlining sustainability processes, collaborating with a highly accomplished team to develop products and solutions that make data-driven decisions for sustainability, easier for clients.
Outside of work, she is an avid reader and nature lover who is committed to making a positive impact on the world.

Managing Directors
Jeff Sensmeier
USA West
As Managing Director at Sustainext, Jeff Sensmeier is responsible for delivering exceptional levels of service and value to clients. In addition to serving his own group of clients, Jeff is building and supporting a team of high-performing Sustainext Partners across the US West Region, including the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, and Utah.
Jeff is also a member of Sustainext’s Global Leadership team, bringing more than thirty years of international business experience to the team. Jeff has worked for Original Equipment Manufacturers and major Tier 1 suppliers to the Aerospace, Consumer Products, Automotive, Power Sports, and Power Equipment industries. Jeff is recognized for his insights into product development and business strategy as well as his leadership in building and managing high performing marketing, sales, and business development teams. He has experience with International M&A and has worked with executive management and private equity owners to design and execute transformational programs in the areas of growth strategy, new product/service launches, e-commerce, and emerging technology deployment.
Client’s look to Jeff for advice on everything from strategy and digital transformation to operational efficiency through process automation and staff augmentation. His current area of focus is working with business leaders to help them achieve their ESG Goals by leveraging the Sustainext Platform. He is helping clients understand the impact of Sustainability via technology and how they need to transform their businesses to win against a new generation of competitors. Jeff earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, and an MBA from Michigan State University Broad College of Business.

Danyaal Shah
UK & Ireland
Danyaal is part of Sustainext’s Global Senior Leadership Team and is responsible for building the Sustainext network across the British Isles and assist organizations achieve their ESG goals by implementing the Sustainext Platform.
Dan has over 15 years of experience holding senior executive positions at bulge bracket investment banks and blue-chip FinTech / Technology companies. Prior to Sustainext, Dan was the Group Head of M&A, Strategy & Corporate Development at FNZ Group – one of the largest technologies and BPO providers to financial services firms across the globe.
Prior to FNZ, Dan spent over a decade holding senior roles in mergers & acquisitions (M&A) and corporate finance advisory divisions at Barclays Investment Bank and HSBC. Dan also holds Non-executive Director positions on the Boards of several UK companies. He is also a frequent panelist at a number of seminars and events at Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial College London
Dan earned his MBA and M.Eng. from Imperial College London and is a CFA charter holder. He currently lives in Sevenoaks on the outskirts of London.

Daniel Vranceanu
Europe & Africa
Daniel Vranceanu has over 15 years of experience in leadership and business development roles across Europe, Middle East, and North Africa. Having a global mindset, he managed high scale-projects, business units and areas, being ultimate decision maker and accountable.
Daniel is a people manager and a versatile leader, who led multi-national teams across several locations and integrated cross-functional teams from multiple operations, logistics, procurement, and financial.
With a background in oil and gas and automotive industries, he managed the complexities of meeting high customer demands and timelines, while meeting shareholder expectations. Daniel earned his MBA in General Management from Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers in Paris and has bachelor’s degrees in Finance and Engineering.
He is also PMP certified, since 2020.
At Sustainext, he leverages his knowledge across business operations, focusing on helping businesses grow, through embracing technology, digital transformation, and Sustainability. He works to find solutions to complex challenges, identify opportunities for businesses to thrive, to streamline business processes, reduce cost and enhance efficiency at all levels.
As Managing Director at Sustainext, Daniel is also building out a world-class team of Managing Partners in Europe and to fortify Sustainext’s presence and position as the global market leader in Sustainability and Digital solutions for businesses of all sizes.

John Waterworth
Australia & New Zealand
As Managing Director Australia and New Zealand for Sustainext, John is focused on helping businesses achieve their ESG goals by implementing the Sustainext Platform that allows organization to seamlessly collect, analyze, report, optimize and track their ESG data.
John has 25 years of experience assisting client organizations drive growth and profitability via the application of emerging technology.
This experience has been gained working with a cross section of client’s, from SME to large Enterprise, and with a focus on digital transformation, enterprise content management, finance, and cybersecurity.Outside of work, she is an avid reader and nature lover who is committed to making a positive impact on the world.

Migchael “Mike” Rivera
Latin America
Mike Rivera has more than 13 years of experience serving businesses, private enterprises, and government entities in a diverse range of functional areas such as risk management, credit & collection, customer experience, process improvement and organizational excellence. Mike has significant third-party vendor management experience, most recently as VP of Supplier Oversight for Santander Consumer USA.
Mike is also a member of Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Program, assisting the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in their mission of fostering a vibrant economic environment for the Hispanic community, members, individuals, and the greater Fort Worth area.
With Sustainext offering an end-to-end data driven ESG Platform by embracing Technology and Digital Transformation, Mike is leveraging his in-depth knowledge across business operations and to identify opportunities for businesses to achieve their Sustainability Goals across the LATAM Market.

David D’Oliveira
Caribbean
David D’Oliveira has had a dynamic 27-year career in the IT sector, supporting pioneering experiences with record-breaking performance outcomes. David’s consistent track record of driving profitability, revenue, market share and service excellence position him as a strategic thinker with an exceptional ability to transform traditional telecom/entertainment companies into highly efficient, profitable, and fast-growing ICT Managed Service businesses.
He is a passionate, results-driven, C-level business development and operations executive with strong P&L management experience who has a deep industry knowledge in the Caribbean, Latin American and Pacific markets. As an inspirational leader with a consistent record for building team excellence and inspiring breakthrough performance, David is excited to assist owners in optimizing their business processes through digital transformation to result in a competitive advantage.
As Managing Director at Sustainext, David is assisting organizations in the Caribbean achieve their Sustainability Goals by implementing the Sustainext Platform.
With Sustainext offering an end-to-end data driven ESG Platform by embracing Technology and Digital Transformation, Mike is leveraging his in-depth knowledge across business operations and to identify opportunities for businesses to achieve their Sustainability Goals across the LATAM Market.

Jayesh Kasim
USA North & Canada, Mid-Atlantic
With nearly ten years of experience in the franchise industry under his belt, Jayesh has owned and run multiple national award-winning franchise businesses. His extensive experience from the ground up, coupled with his passion to create business opportunities where people can work on their business rather than in their business led to the start of the Sustainext Partnership through its unique Licensing model.
As Managing Director at Sustainext, his role involves meeting with business owners and management teams of corporations globally to offer innovative Sustainability solutions with a view of increasing their business efficiencies via process optimization, digital transformation using software Bots, staff augmentation and training.
Jayesh works with Sustainext Partners globally to offer strategic advice on how to scale and grow their businesses efficiently.
Jayesh has been involved in Franchise Operations Globally and built several successful Franchise Network across USA, Canada, Mexico, Trinidad & Tobago, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Austria, Romania and Kosovo.
In his time away from work, Jayesh enjoys spending time with his family and can often be seen cheering on his children at their sports games.


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Jeff is also a member of Sustainext’s Global Leadership team, bringing more than thirty years of international business experience to the team. Jeff has worked for Original Equipment Manufacturers and major Tier 1 suppliers to the Aerospace, Consumer Products, Automotive, Power Sports, and Power Equipment industries. Jeff is recognized for his insights into product development and business strategy as well as his leadership in building and managing high performing marketing, sales, and business development teams. He has experience with International M&A and has worked with executive management and private equity owners to design and execute transformational programs in the areas of growth strategy, new product/service launches, e-commerce, and emerging technology deployment.
Client’s look to Jeff for advice on everything from strategy and digital transformation to operational efficiency through process automation and staff augmentation. His current area of focus is working with business leaders to help them achieve their ESG Goals by leveraging the Sustainext Platform. He is helping clients understand the impact of Sustainability via technology and how they need to transform their businesses to win against a new generation of competitors. Jeff earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, and an MBA from Michigan State University Broad College of Business.


Dan has over 15 years of experience holding senior executive positions at bulge bracket investment banks and blue-chip FinTech / Technology companies. Prior to Sustainext, Dan was the Group Head of M&A, Strategy & Corporate Development at FNZ Group – one of the largest technologies and BPO providers to financial services firms across the globe.
Prior to FNZ, Dan spent over a decade holding senior roles in mergers & acquisitions (M&A) and corporate finance advisory divisions at Barclays Investment Bank and HSBC. Dan also holds Non-executive Director positions on the Boards of several UK companies. He is also a frequent panelist at a number of seminars and events at Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial College London
Dan earned his MBA and M.Eng. from Imperial College London and is a CFA charter holder. He currently lives in Sevenoaks on the outskirts of London.


Daniel is a people manager and a versatile leader, who led multi-national teams across several locations and integrated cross-functional teams from multiple operations, logistics, procurement, and financial.
With a background in oil and gas and automotive industries, he managed the complexities of meeting high customer demands and timelines, while meeting shareholder expectations. Daniel earned his MBA in General Management from Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers in Paris and has bachelor’s degrees in Finance and Engineering.
He is also PMP certified, since 2020.
At Sustainext, he leverages his knowledge across business operations, focusing on helping businesses grow, through embracing technology, digital transformation, and Sustainability. He works to find solutions to complex challenges, identify opportunities for businesses to thrive, to streamline business processes, reduce cost and enhance efficiency at all levels.
As Managing Director at Sustainext, Daniel is also building out a world-class team of Managing Partners in Europe and to fortify Sustainext’s presence and position as the global market leader in Sustainability and Digital solutions for businesses of all sizes.


John has 25 years of experience assisting client organizations drive growth and profitability via the application of emerging technology.
This experience has been gained working with a cross section of client’s, from SME to large Enterprise, and with a focus on digital transformation, enterprise content management, finance, and cybersecurity. Outside of work, she is an avid reader and nature lover who is committed to making a positive impact on the world.


Mike is also a member of Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Program, assisting the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in their mission of fostering a vibrant economic environment for the Hispanic community, members, individuals, and the greater Fort Worth area.
With Sustainext offering an end-to-end data driven ESG Platform by embracing Technology and Digital Transformation, Mike is leveraging his in-depth knowledge across business operations and to identify opportunities for businesses to achieve their Sustainability Goals across the LATAM Market.


He is a passionate, results-driven, C-level business development and operations executive with strong P&L management experience who has a deep industry knowledge in the Caribbean, Latin American and Pacific markets. As an inspirational leader with a consistent record for building team excellence and inspiring breakthrough performance, David is excited to assist owners in optimizing their business processes through digital transformation to result in a competitive advantage.
As Managing Director at Sustainext, David is assisting organizations in the Caribbean achieve their Sustainability Goals by implementing the Sustainext Platform.
With Sustainext offering an end-to-end data driven ESG Platform by embracing Technology and Digital Transformation, Mike is leveraging his in-depth knowledge across business operations and to identify opportunities for businesses to achieve their Sustainability Goals across the LATAM Market.


Mid-Atlantic
As Managing Director at Sustainext, his role involves meeting with business owners and management teams of corporations globally to offer innovative Sustainability solutions with a view of increasing their business efficiencies via process optimization, digital transformation using software Bots, staff augmentation and training.
Jayesh works with Sustainext Partners globally to offer strategic advice on how to scale and grow their businesses efficiently.
Jayesh has been involved in Franchise Operations Globally and built several successful Franchise Network across USA, Canada, Mexico, Trinidad & Tobago, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Austria, Romania and Kosovo.
In his time away from work, Jayesh enjoys spending time with his family and can often be seen cheering on his children at their sports games.
