The future of food delivery in Southeast Asia

15 March 2022, 3:30 pm SGT

Food delivery grew by leaps and bounds across the Southeast Asia region, driven by and large by the pandemic and its movement restrictions.

The profile of those ordering in shifted from time-strapped millennials to consumers across the board. Several F&B owners – from large global multinationals to mom and pop outlets — made the shift to having a digital presence.

Our latest webinar discusses the future of food delivery in the region, which is estimated to reach US$28 billion by 2025. The panel will discuss the consumer trends that have driven the rapid growth of food delivery, and whether these are here to stay; how FMCG retailers are modifying their business models to make the most of this new avenue of growth, and how brands with a long-standing dine-in tradition are working with platforms like Grab to reach an increasingly digital consumer base. 

Topic discussed will include:

  • The rapid rise in food delivery to become the most penetrated digital service in the post-pandemic world (according to the e-conomy study 2021);
  • Why despite rapid adoption, there’s still headroom for growth;
  • The evolving relationship between brands and food delivery platforms

The webinar is scheduled for March 15, 2022 at 3:30 pm SGT.

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Speakers

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Sapan Sharma

VP – Digital Commerce & OOH Channels
Unilever

Chan Ming Lih
Chan Ming Lih

Industry Principal – Mobility
Frost & Sullivan

Unnat Varma
Unnat Varma

Managing Director
Pizza Hut Asia Pacific

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Saad Ahmed

Managing Director, Commercial
Grab

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Joji Thomas Philip

Founder & Editor-in-Chief
DealStreetAsia (moderator)

Webinar sponsor

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Good discussion with very exceptional speakers.
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Sapan Sharma

In his current role, Sapan Sharma leads sales operations and channel strategy development for Unilever Ice Creams' business globally. He has built an exponential growth business in the quick commerce / rapid delivery space as well as transformed the route to market through B2B digital selling models that touch 3 million stores. He also leads Out of Home Channels across 40 countries and is engaged in reimagining an end-to-end ecosystem post-Covid. Sharma has a wealth of FMCG experience having spent over two decades in the field – first at Indian FMCG giant Dabur and for the bulk of his career at Unilever across India, UK and the Netherlands. Previous to his current role, he was Chief Delivery Officer – Delivery Ecommerce at Unilever, responsible for leading the global on-demand delivery model for ice creams, foods, and refreshment categories. On his watch, the business grew from €240 million (over $272 million) to €1 billion (over $1.1 billion) GMV (Gross Merchandise Value)/CSV (Consumer Sales Value) in just over 24 months.
UnileverVP – Digital Commerce & OOH Channels
Unilever

Chan Ming Lih

Ming works closely with leading OEMs in North America, Europe and Asia regions, in areas of passenger vehicles, two-wheeler vehicles, commercial vehicles, off-highway vehicles, powertrain solutions (including electric vehicles), mobility trend solutions (including mobility-related industry convergence, aftermarket aggregation, digital freight brokerage, shared mobility solutions and online business channels); and other areas of technologies (including turbocharging and braking).

Ming’s performance has been well recognized in Frost and Sullivan where she was recognized for Outstanding Achievement and Best Report of the Year 2018. Her expertise includes new business development, growth opportunities, brand management, benchmarking and market positioning.
Frost & SullivanIndustry Principal - Mobility
Frost & Sullivan

Unnat Varma

Unnat Varma is the Managing Director for Pizza Hut Asia Pacific, including China and India. Pizza Hut is the largest pizza brand in the region. Prior to this role, Unnat was Managing Director for the Indian subcontinent. Pizza Hut is owned by Yum! Brands which also owns KFC, Taco Bell and The Habit Burger Grill worldwide.

Unnat has 27 years of experience, of which he has spent 16 working with Yum! Brands. He joined Yum! in 2006 as Director Marketing – KFC for the Indian subcontinent. He spent five years in that role and built the foundation for KFC’s success and growth in India. In Jan 2011, he was given the responsibility of building Taco Bell as the next growth engine for Yum! in India. After successfully proving the consumer and business proposition for Taco Bell and appointing a new franchise partner, Unnat was given the responsibility of the Pizza Hut brand in Jan 2015.

Prior to joining Yum! Brands, Unnat worked with Gillette in India for 11 years across Sales and Marketing functions.

Unnat has a degree in Engineering and Management from University of Poona and a MBA from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune. He is married and has two children.
Pizza Hut Asia PacificManaging Director
Pizza Hut Asia Pacific

Saad Ahmed

With over 15 years of experience in the field of sales, business development and management consulting, Saad leads a dynamic team supporting Grab’s enterprise merchant-partners in Southeast Asia. He and the team are focused on helping these merchant-partners grow and optimise their presence on the platform across the different verticals within the Grab ecosystem, which includes GrabFood, GrabMart, GrabExpress, GrabPay and GrabAds.

Saad was previously the Regional Head of Business Development and Partnerships for GrabFood, where he built and led the team responsible for acquiring and managing key restaurant partners across Southeast Asia.

Prior to joining Grab, Saad was previously the Head of Business Development for Uber in Southeast Asia, as well as India. He has also held roles in the Tata Group, Times of India Group, and Publicis (France).

Saad holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Indian School of Business.
GrabManaging Director, Commercial
Grab

Joji Philip

Joji is the founder of DealStreetAsia. He is a 24×7 information enthusiast, currently based in Singapore, and leads a pan-Asia team. Prior to this, he was among the most prolific journalists in India, and chronicled the communications/telecoms segment, breaking some of the biggest stories in these sectors, during his tenure at The Economic Times, and Business Standard. Since 2013, he has also been with Mint, a financial daily from HT Media Ltd. Joji has won the Business Standard-Seema Nazareth Award for Excellence in Journalism in March 2006. He is a twitterholic and a soccer fan who is only off the internet when motorcycling in the Himalayas.
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