Our Team
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Kelly Francis, BSc. Founder
Kelly is one of the founding partners of Coromandel Hair and Beauty. In recent years, Kelly Francis has researched in great detail, the billion-dollar global hair industry.
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Several trips to the Hindu heartland of South India have been made with her partner, internationally renowned travel writer Andrew Harris, contacts with suppliers forged, factories and workshops visited, and hair extensions successfully bought and sold. She knows what the Indian manufacturers are doing wrong.
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With her life story that encompasses early years in Jamaica, growing up in London, thirty years in New York City, including working in commercial real estate, public relations, advertising, and the beauty industry as a hair model and modelling beauty products for African American women.
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To India time and time again, journey after journey, along with associated research, now convey a full and rounded understanding of the fascinating and often widely misunderstood world of ethnic women and their hair beauty products. She has a Bachelor of Science degree from Empire State College.
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Asha Nanavati VP-Communication
Asha holds a Master's Degree in Humanities and a Bachelor of Arts & Science, minor in Business and Asha has more than ten years of experience in Marketing Management and Communications, and has worked in industries as diverse as Luxury Marketing, Beauty, Trade Fair Organization and Finance. She has managed Global Marketing campaigns as well as Content Marketing strategy for US, European, and Indian brands. For Aveda Corporation, Asha was the global marketing lead for the Holiday channel including Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and Valentine’s Day Campaign. She also was the Marketing lead for the global sampling program including travel retail.
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She has experience in leading teams remotely and has supported campaign and product launches from a continent away. Brand management and development are part of her forte, and she has worked with established and emerging brands to ensure the integrity of the vision and brand essence comes through in their online and social media campaigns.
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Currently, she is serving on the board of Alliance Educational Foundation, a non-profit educational foundation in South India where she organizes an annual international conference series bringing together eminent thought leaders from around the world. In all her positions, Asha brings a work culture of inclusiveness, team-building and mutual respect with an eye to excellence for each and every project.
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Jeffrey Bellet VP-Operations
Entrepreneur at heart, investor, and humanitarian, Mr Bellet completed his Master of Business Administration Degree in Finance and Economics.
Jeff is bi-lingual and has 16 years corporate experience building cross border supply chains over four continents- Asia, South America, Europe, and Australia.
Jeff has held middle management and executive level positions in small, medium-size, and Fortune 500 corporations in the pharmaceutical and food & beverage industries.
Jeff has 20+ years as the owner of a construction company, and has invested in and/or completed multiple real estate projects; As a global traveler and investor he sees the world for its opportunity to make a difference through entrepreneurship.
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Michel Cockerham Co-Founder, VP-Marketing
Dr Michel Cockerham is a graduate of Florida A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Master’s degree in Administration. She also holds a MBA and other advanced degrees.
Dr Cockerham has held various executive and senior management positions focused on the development of business relations and the expansion of B2C and B2B offerings, she served as VP of Business Development for Jamaica Based international Customer Contact Centers. She is the former VP of Marketing for Corkerbec Venture Partners, where she worked to help many entities grow and expand their footprint.
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She is frequently tapped to provide insight on how to create establish the operational and technological systems to expand non-profit and for profit entities. Dr. Cockerham served with an international think tank based in the Midwestern United States. During that time, she worked on projects brainstorming to provide solutions in engineering, energy, and nation-building efforts within the global community.
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She presents academic, peer-review lectures on Brand Loyalty and Intergenerational Transference of Purchase Behavior. She simultaneously she serves as ​proprietor of Jade Link Consulting Firm and was a co-producer of The Business Women of Atlanta Reality Show.
