Amid COVID-19, Sabinsa president rushed home to India

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Amid COVID-19, Shaheen Majeed of Sabinsa – a manufacturer, supplier and marketer of herbal extracts and other products – rushed home to India from the United States. He discusses his recent travels and the growing pandemic's impact on global commerce.

As Sabinsa’s president worldwide, one of my duties is to support our global business units, whether that be for executive meetings or various trade events. I was in the U.S. to attend Natural Products Expo West. When its understandable cancelation occurred, I decided to spend time until my return ticket home visiting customers in California and holding meetings at our Utah facility. Although I have been living in India with my wife and kids and based in our Bengaluru headquarters for the past three years, I still maintain a secondary residence in Payson, Utah. This arrangement is standard practice when I attend U.S. tradeshows...