ICS Foods

Leadership

Meet the Team

Leadership Driving Operational Excellence

Meet the team behind ICS Foods

Guided by seasoned leaders who combine deep industry expertise with a genuine passion for people and performance, our leadership team brings proven knowledge, strategic visionand disciplined execution to every aspect of our operations. Their collective experience ensures ICS delivers consistent, high-quality workforce dining solutions with reliability and care across every manufacturing site.

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Debashish Yadav

CEO

Debashish is a seasoned leader in the service industry with over a decade of expertise in food and beverage operations. A graduate of Johnson & Wales University, USA, with an MBA from a renowned institution, he has honed his expertise through roles at prestigious establishments like Kimpton Hotels in Boston and the Shangri-La Hotel in Dubai. Since founding the business in 2007, Mr. Yadav has been the driving force behind its strategic vision and growth. His leadership emphasises building a team of dedicated professionals and setting new standards for service excellence and innovation.

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Ishan Yadav

COO & Culinary Director

Ishan Yadav, a Le Cordon Bleu London graduate, gained extensive culinary experience with various hospitality brands across the world. He leads operational excellence with a strong blend of global culinary expertise and business management knowledge. His hands-on experience in large-scale food service is complemented by a sharp focus on team development, innovationand delivering consistent value to clients across sectors. He brings this unique blend of culinary excellence and operational insight to strengthen our ability to deliver high-performing, future-ready workforce dining solutions.

Shankari Singh
Shankari Singh

VP - Human Resources

With over 20 years of experience in human resources and talent development, Shankari has built scalable HR frameworks and strengthened people processes at leading organisations. Her key strengths lie in her people-centric approach, talent development, leadership capability buildingand fostering diversity and inclusion.

She brings this expertise to ICS Foods to create a high-performance, people-first culture that drives employee engagement, retentionand sustainable organisational growth.

Rajinder Gupta
Rajinder Gupta

Head - Sales

With over 19 years of experience in sales, business developmentand manufacturing-sector solutions, Rajinder previously held key leadership roles at Compass Group, where he headed the manufacturing segment and delivered 33% revenue growth while expanding into new markets and securing marquee partnerships in semiconductors and large-scale manufacturing.

His strategic thinking and performance-driven execution enable him to build long-term client relationships and accelerate scalable growth for ICS Foods.

Surendra Kumar
Surendra Kumar

AVP - Purchase

With over 23 years of expertise in supply chain and procurement, Surendra brings rich experience from leadership roles at Elior India and Sodexo, along with an Executive Post Graduate Certification from IIM Kashipur. His key strengths include collaborative leadership, data-driven decision-makingand transforming traditional operations into resilient, risk-aware ecosystems.

This background allows him to strengthen supply chain resilience, optimise costsand ensure uninterrupted quality - especially through our 12+ central production units - delivering exceptional value to clients facing space constraints.

Yogesh Sharma
Yogesh Sharma

Head - Finance

With over 18 years of leadership experience in finance and business partnering, Yogesh is a qualified Chartered Accountant who previously served as CFO for North India at Reliance Brands Ltd. and held senior finance roles at Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail, specialising in working capital management and process automation.

His ability to build high-performing finance teams and drive efficiency through automation and strategic insights supports profitable, scalable growth and data-backed decision-making across ICS Foods’ pan-India operations.