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Manu Dhir

💎 DiamondVerified expert

Fractional COO

Years operating
31+
Weekly capacity
3 days
Engagements
Fractional / Advisory / Project / Interim
Best fit
Best suited for companies that need embedded senior leadership without a full-time executive hire.
Board-level strategic supportFunded startupsScale-upsMid-market companiesEnterprise transformation

About

Hands-on COO with 30+ years taking businesses from launch to scale, and from loss to profit. As COO of Awfis Space Solutions, helped build a 2015 start-up into an NSE/BSE-listed market leader: FY26 revenue ₹1,493 Cr (US$176M), a 36.8% operating EBITDA margin and 60% ROCE across 266 centres in 18 cities. Brings founders, boards and investors a repeatable playbook: design the operating model, SOPs and unit economics that make growth predictable, then scale it. Proven across sectors – DHI India scaled from 2 to 17 centres, Satyam Cineplex turned around (+35% sales in 6 months), Kingfisher Airlines in-flight catering launched in 45 days – and currently incubating a new subsidiary for a listed parent, from structuring and seed-round design to go-live.

What this leader can help with
Current context shaped by AWFIS Space Solutions Limited
Engagement shape
Fractional / Advisory / Project / Interim
Current or recent mandate
COO | AWFIS Space Solutions Limited
2015-02 - Present | Director

Companies looking for this kind of leader are typically buying decision support, operating cadence, and hands-on executive judgment in one engagement.

Career highlights

Representative mandates and operator context

COO
AWFIS Space Solutions Limited
2015-02 - Present
Director
Principal Consultant
Freelance
2014-06 - 2015-01
Director
COO
DHI International
2011-03 - 2014-05
Senior
President Operations
Satyam Cineplex. Now PVR INOX
2010-08 - 2011-02
Head
Full background

Experience

Work
COO | AWFIS Space Solutions Limited
2015-02 - Present | director
Work
Principal Consultant | Freelance
2014-06 - 2015-01 | director
Work
COO | DHI International
2011-03 - 2014-05 | senior
Work
President Operations | Satyam Cineplex. Now PVR INOX
2010-08 - 2011-02 | head
Work
COO | Entertainment World Developers Pvt Ltd.|
2008-08 - 2010-07 | head
Work
Head of Operations | Landmark group
2006-07 - 2008-07 | head
Work
General Manager | Sky Gourmet & MARS restaurants
2005-03 - 2006-04 | head
Work
Head Operations | The East India Hotels Limited
1995-02 - 2005-05 | head