Consul General of Canada Sarkar is based in San Francisco, USA. Rana has accreditation for Northern California and Hawaii as well and was appointed in 2017. He is also a member of Canada’s NAFTA Advisory Council. He moved to Canada from India when he was a child.
Rana previously served as National Director for High Growth Markets at KPMG Canada, and co-chairman of the advisory board at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. From 2009 – 2013, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canada-India Business Council. In 2005, he co-founded Content Partners, a global content agency (sold in 2009), and, in 2001, the advisory firm Rawlings Atlantic Limited. He began his career as a consultant at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in London and Munich and helped establish Roland Berger in India. He also served as a visiting lecturer at the London School of Economics and the CASS Business School at the University of London.