Singapore, Apr 26 (PTI) Singapore’s leading food and agri-business Olam Group has appointed Indian-origin global tech leader Maya Hari as the Chief Executive Officer of its climate-tech venture Terrascope, which empowers companies to accurately and efficiently reduce their emissions through its smart carbon management platform.
Hari joins Terrascope from Twitter, where she served as the Vice President of Global Strategy and Operations, and as the Vice President and Managing Director of Asia Pacific (APAC). She has two decades of experience in technology and digital lifestyle from companies such as Twitter, Google, Conde Nast, Samsung, Microsoft and Cisco.
“I am thrilled to be stepping into a new adventure as CEO of Terrascope, a climate-tech company focused on helping large enterprises on their Net Zero journey via smart carbon SAAS platform, backed by @Olam, she said in a tweet.
Hari said she was “excited” to be at the forefront of this transformation via Terrascope. Terrascope, one of the most promising climate-tech ventures today, addresses a very real problem many companies face in their climate action strategies.
While a growing number is commendably committing to net zero, most are unable to make a real impact because they underestimate the challenges in measuring, managing and reporting their data along the way. Terrascope simplifies that journey for them, she said in a statement.
Terrascope addresses two key challenges companies face in their decarbonisation journey, namely the speed and accuracy of data collected; and capturing Scope 3 emissions, which are the indirect emissions across the value chain typically constituting the bulk of a company’s carbon footprint.
Its data science and machine-learning platform enables companies to do both while giving management the ability to track progress through centralised dashboards to better chart their decarbonisation journey.
We are seeing strong demand for Terrascope’s solutions and are delighted to welcome a strong and experienced leader like Maya to lead the business and to steer it to the next phase of growth, said Suresh Sundararajan, CEO of Olam Ventures.
With Maya at the helm, I am confident Terrascope will grow from strength to strength and help more companies achieve their net-zero ambitions, he said. Earlier this year, the company appointed Mathavan Arugalaimuthu as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Terrascope.
The Terrascope platform powers Olam’s emissions measurement, demonstrating clear improvements in accuracy and measurement cycles. The platform has subsequently completed multiple pilots across the food and beverage sector in the UK and Asia. The company is currently engaged in additional client engagements across different industry sectors.
Established in 1989, Olam Group is a leading food and agri-business supplying food, ingredients, feed and fibre to 20,900 customers worldwide with a value chain spanning over 60 countries and includes farming, processing and distribution operations, as well as a global network of farmers.