Business Network International (popularly known as BNI) is the world’s leading referral organisation and a platform for business owners to come together. The mission of the organisation is to increase members’ business “through a structured, positive and professional referral marketing programme that enables them to develop long-term, meaningful relationships with quality business professionals.”
The international organisation has over 2,70,000 members in 9,400+ chapters worldwide. In India itself, BNI has over 725 chapters spread across 82 cities.
In 2020, BNI India has over 725 Chapters with 34,583 Members, locally passed over 20,14,758 referrals, which generated INR 13,955 Crores in closed business. That’s an average of ₹68,536 per referral.
Sunil Sethia is an Advisor and the Executive Director of the BNI Chennai CBD-B region. He is also an Advisor to the BNI Chennai South region.
Sunil’s induction into BNI took place in 2012, a year after the BNI Chennai CBD-B region was started. He transitioned quickly from a member to the Executive Director, taking the 60-member region to one with over 19 chapters and nearly 1000 active members. By the end of 2020, BNI CBD-B alone is expected to carry out business of 1900+ crores, solely through member referrals.
Over the last 8 years, Sunil has represented BNI as a national trainer and conference speaker on several key platforms. He has also developed and facilitated result-oriented training programmes and workshops for various chapters of BNI in Chennai, Bengaluru, Puducherry, Hyderabad and Vijayawada.
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