Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Aaron Fernandes is the founder & CEO of Aaron Fernandes Entertainment. An astute and well-travelled professional with over 15 years of experience, his expertise lies in building long term relationships with partners as well as finding immediate solutions to seemingly unsolvable problems (this skill was honed in a previous life, during his years working in the event, training, hospitality & aviation industries). Prior to founding AFE, he was General Manager of The Danceworx Performing Arts Academy (TDX) where he oversaw operations, events, special projects and business development. He managed multiple sold-out international tours for Navdhara India Dance Theatre (NIDT), one of the most prestigious and prolific dance companies in India to Canada, China, South Africa, Mexico, Germany, Israel, Turkey as well as several other countries He is currently the India Project Head for CINARS and the only Indian invited by the China Association of Performing Arts (CAPA) to be part of the Asia Performing Arts Collaboration Forum, a forum started by CAPA to increase dialogue and co-operation between Asian countries. Over the last 5 years Aaron is surely the only arts manager from India to have attended 19 international conferences in performing arts. His love of art and performance is rivalled only by his love of travel & international cuisine, so touring extensively means he can happily combine these passions.
Over saw the day to day Operations for the organization in Mumbai, along with all the International Marketing and Touring of the company.
Traveling around the world with Air India gave me immense exposure to people from various cultures, nationalities and backgrounds. The 8 years I spent with them taught me patience, strengthened my communication and interpersonal skills and improved my ability to make decisions in tough situations.
Worked as a Customer Service Advisor when I started and later was appointed as a Mentor, where I coached and assessed teams in batches of 15 and gave them on the job training and eased them into main stream operations of the particular process.