Ramkrishna Karanth is now designated as CEO of Siegwerk India, in a recent update from the company. This gesture came just after Ashish Pradhan was named President, Asia Siegwerk.
Ramkrishna Karanth possess a gamut of experience of over 30 years, ranging from Short Service Commissioned tenure of 6 years with the Indian Air Force in Surface to Air Missiles division to many other such assignments at industry level. Industry level experience that he enjoys is around 28 years holding leadership positions and packaging head in both India and abroad.
He has handled numerous operations of packaging, logistics, maintenance, general management at Huhtamaki PPL over a humongous 15 years tenure. he has headed P&L responsibility in Rotopack UAE and the India BU of Weener Plastics, Netherlands. His last assignment was with Kimoha Entrepreneurs FZCO as chief operating Officer, based out of Dubai, where he was responsible for the profitability of business units in UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Ashish Pradhan said, “We are confident that Siegwerk India will benefit immensely under the leadership of Ramakrishna. His extensive packaging industry knowledge and experience will help Siegwerk India achieve greater success.”
“I am excited to join the Siegwerk India team and look forward to contributing towards the continued success and growth of Siegwerk in India. The Indian Packaging segment is seeing an evolving, great growth story and my efforts will be to work with the Siegwerk team to participate in this growth, with a focused approach on sustainability and environment-friendly solutions,” said Ramakrishna Karanth.