Jayesh Lad – Executive Director

Jayesh is also the fourth generation and first cousin to Viraaj. He too grew up learning the traits of the business from ground up. He completed Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Systems Engineering at the University of Auckland after which he worked as a Test Engineer, Electronics Engineer and late Embedded Software Developer over a span of 7 years in New Zealand. He joined the family business Bhikhabhai And Company Limited (parent company of Swits-n-Snax (Fiji) Limited) as an IT/ Production Manager in September 2006. The expertise he brings with him include engineering, project management and I.T, software programming, creative designing and research & development.

He has overseen the successful implementation of Swit-n-Snax’s first point of sale system, implementation and maintenance of  I.T infrastructure (server setup). He now serves as the  Executive Director and oversees Bhikhabhai Groups information technology, project & project management, manufacturing, research and development.

Jayesh is very involved with the Ba Gujarat Education Society & volunteers as a board member & I.T Manager for A. D Patel College, Tagore Memorial Primary School & its pre-school. He is a former student of this institute and is his way of giving back to the community. He is married with two children and has keen interest in mountain biking, outdoor activities, traveling, learning new business and engineering concepts and photography.