Set Up / Scale Up
Across 3 decades plus years — from infrastructure to aviation, from retail to mobility — we have built businesses from zero to scale.
Over the last three decades plus, Harbor & Wells has been involved in building, scaling, and institutionalizing businesses across multiple sectors and geographies — from aviation and infrastructure to logistics, retail, real estate, mobility, and consumer brands.
Our journey has never been limited to advisory alone. We have worked alongside promoters, investors, and leadership teams in creating organizations from the ground up — designing structures, building leadership teams, setting up operating systems, enabling market entry, and supporting scalable growth.
From contributing to the setup of India's first privately planned hill city to supporting the expansion journey of Pizza Hut in India, from aviation and logistics ecosystems to cross-border business expansion mandates, our work reflects a consistent capability:
Building institutions with structure, execution discipline, and long-term scalability.
Today, Harbor & Wells continues to advise and support emerging and growth-stage enterprises across India, the Middle East, and Africa on organization setup, leadership architecture, operational readiness, expansion strategy, and business transformation.
Milestones
A chronological record of mandates across aviation, infrastructure, retail, real estate, mobility, and consumer brands.
19971997
Organizational structuring and recruitment mandate for a cargo airline operation in Chennai, building the workforce architecture and operational readiness framework required in a regulated aviation environment.
1999 – 20021999 – 2002
Part of the foundational setup journey of Lavasa in Maharashtra, working alongside the promoter group in establishing the organizational and operational ecosystem for India's first privately planned hill city.
1999 – 20021999 – 2002
Led setup and operational structuring for two international property consultancy firms entering India during the early institutionalization phase of the Indian real estate sector.
20032003
Associated with the early-stage setup and rollout of Pizza Hut in India, supporting operational expansion and scalable retail execution systems.
20042004
Led the setup and operational alignment of an international freight forwarding business in India, establishing organizational structure, operational workflows, and logistics coordination frameworks for scalable trade movement.
20072007
Advised on the establishment of an international relocation and packers & movers company, including organizational structuring, operational systems, service delivery processes, and execution capability build.
2012 – Present2012 – Present
Advised and supported the setup of six full-fledged real estate organizations across Western and Southern India, covering organization structuring, leadership hiring, sales architecture, operational systems, and growth alignment.
2025 – Present2025 – Present
Supported the international expansion journey of Jayem Infra, helping scale the warehousing and logistics business from India into Middle East and global markets.
2025 – Present2025 – Present
Currently advising on the setup of an integrated aviation platform in Ghana, including flight simulators, aviation training school, and commercial airline operations.
2025 – Present2025 – Present
Advising an EV company on organizational setup, franchise-led expansion, sales architecture, after-sales ecosystem, and national rollout strategy across India.
2026 – Present2026 – Present
Currently advising a beverage company on market entry, distribution strategy, go-to-market execution, and scalable business setup across India.
2026 – Present2026 – Present
Advising a GCC-based confectionery organization on India entry strategy, organizational setup, distribution alignment, market positioning, and operational readiness for expansion into the Indian consumer market.
From greenfield ventures to global expansion mandates, Harbor & Wells has spent nearly three decades building organizations, leadership structures, operational ecosystems, and scalable business platforms across industries and geographies.
