NON-EXECUTIVE
INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS

Mohan Nambiar is a graduate in Economics and has more than 41 years of experience as an industrialist. He serves as the senior most Director on the board of the company. He also serves as Director on the Board of Lakshmi Apparels and Wovens Ltd. and The Palani Andavar Mills Ltd.

Vijayakumar is the grandson of late Sri. G.D. Naidu. He is a graduate in science and has more than 27 years of experience as an industrialist. He is the Managing Director of LG Balakrishnan & Bros Ltd., a leading manufacturer of automotive chains in India. Vijayakumar is also a Director in several other companies.

Dr. Ganesh Devaraj is a technocrat industrialist. He is an engineering graduate in Electronics and Communications and holds a master of science degree in Electrical Engineering. Dr. Ganesh Devaraj also holds a doctorate from USA. He possesses more than 17 years of experience as an industrialist. He is also the Managing Director of Soliton Technologies Private Limited, Bangalore.

Ramprasad is a graduate in science and also holds a master’s degree in Business Administration. Ramprasad possesses more than 25 years of experience as a finance consultant. He is the Chairman of Mape Advisory Group Private Ltd., a Chennai based investment backing firm. Ramprasad has structured several complex deals in his long career.

Aruna Thangaraj is the Managing Director of AGT Electronics Ltd, Coimbatore. She has worked as an instructional design and training consultant for oil and gas companies in Houston, Texas. She was also involved in several organisational intervention projects during this time. She was the Convenor of Indian Women Network of CII Coimbatore zone and is currently the co-convenor of the ICT panel of CII Coimbatore zone.
NON-EXECUTIVE
NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS

Sudarsan Varadaraj is the brother of Dr. Jairam Varadaraj. He is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering and also holds a master of science degree in mechanical engineering from the USA. Sudarsan Varadaraj has more than 27 years of experience as an industrialist. He is the Managing Director of Elgi Rubber Company Limited which has operations in several countries. Sudarsan Varadaraj is also a Director in several other Coimbatore based companies.

Dr. Balaji Naidu is a qualified medical doctor and has more than 30 years of experience in the medical profession. He is also a Director in a few other companies.

Harjeet Singh Wahan is a bachelor in Electronics Engineering and Management. He has been a professional manager in several leading engineering companies and possesses 30 years of experience in quality and business processes.

Dr. Jairam Varadaraj serves as the Managing Director of Elgi Equipments Ltd. and Board Member of Elgi Ultra Industries Ltd., Elgi Rubber Co., Magna Electro Castings, Precot Meridian Ltd. and Thermax Ltd. Dr. Varadaraj is a third-generation entrepreneur from the illustrious business family of LRG Naidu. For nearly 30 years, Dr. Varadaraj has led and guided the organisation’s business interests in textiles, polymers, mechanical machines and consumer appliances. Prior to which, for around four years, he was engaged in teaching and research in the United States.
Dr. Varadaraj is ex Chairman of the Tamil Nadu State Committee of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and past member of the Southern Region Council of CII. He holds a master’s degree in business administration from George Washington University, USA, and a PhD in international business from the University of Michigan, USA. He owns the distinction of holding four patents in the fields of compressors, drive belts, consumer appliances and food manufacturing.

Ramesh Ponnuswami is responsible for ELGi’s business in India, South Asia, Africa, Middle East, SEA and Oceania. He is also the Director of ATS ELGI Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of ELGi. He joined ELGi in November 2011.
Prior to joining ATS ELGI, he was with the EID Parry (India) Limited, a Murugappa Group company, as Vice President – Operations. He was with Parry for ten years, handling several roles involving sugar, power and distillery plant operations, sales and marketing. He also led the project team that engineered, built and commissioned Asia’s largest port based sugar refinery. Before joining Parry, Ramesh Ponnuswami worked for five-and-a-half years at Sugar Research Limited in Australia as business development manager, responsible for selling technology and services to sugar companies worldwide.
Ramesh Ponnuswami holds a mechanical engineering degree from India and an MBA from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. He was part of the Murugappa Group Business Leadership Program.

Chris Ringlstetter is responsible for all of ELGi’s European operations, including Rotair. He has 25 years of business leadership experience with Ingersoll Rand and Doosan. His career has spanned application engineering, marketing, service and sales management, product management. He was the president of Ingersoll Rand’s air treatment division – a $200 million global business with full P&L responsibilities, including three manufacturing facilities. He has worked in multiple countries including the US, Germany, Italy, England and Belgium. He speaks English, German and Italian fluently.
Prior to joining ELGi, Chris Ringlstetter was the European president of the Luminator Technology Group, which makes passenger information systems for the mass transit and aerospace industries. In this role, held full P&L responsibilities over Europe, ME, Africa and Asia and led two manufacturing facilities.
Ringlstetter has an MBA from Duke University, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University.

Jayakanthan is responsible for Human Resources, Elgi Business Systems (EBS) and Corporate Strategy.
Jayakanthan has close to 29 years of industry experience. Prior to ELGi, he has worked with Bajaj Auto Ltd., Tata Honeywell Ltd. and Kennametal India Ltd.
He is a commerce graduate from the University of Madras and holds a certificate in financial management and a diploma in computer programming.

Rajesh Premchandran is responsible for ELGi business operations in India, South-Asia, Africa and Middle-East.
Premchandran has 26 years of experience in the automotive and industrial segments. He has worked for Precision Fasteners, Timken India and Danfoss Industries in the past.
Premchandran is a mechanical engineer from Bangalore University, with a post-graduate diploma in sales from National Institute of Sales, Chennai, and a diploma from Darden School of Business, University of Virginia.

David Puck heads the US operations of ELGi which includes ELGi North America, Pattons Inc. and Pattons Medical.
Puck has over 25 years of experience in companies such as Siemens AG, Ingersoll Rand and Doosan.
He holds a master’s degree in business administration from Wake Forest University, besides a master’s and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from North Carolina University and Iowa State University, respectively.

Sriram Srinivas currently heads the operations at ELGi. Earlier, he was the Chief Financial Officer at ELGi and also looked after the company’s business in China, Oceania and South-East Asia (COSEA). Srinivas has more than 35 years of experience in the industry. He was the Financial Controller of the Cholayil Group before joining ELGi. His other assignments were in Mather & Platt India Ltd. and Shaw Wallace & Co. He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) and a Fellow Cost and Management Accountant (FCMA), besides being a certified information systems auditor. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Madras University.

Ajit Singh is responsible for global product management and marketing. Ajit has over 30 years of experience having held business leadership positions with Busch Vaccum, Raychem and Ingersoll Rand, across sales, marketing, new products and operations.
Singh is passionate about history and likes reading about world history. He is working on a compilation of articles on events in Sikh history in the form of short write-ups for young readers.

Ragu Gunabooshanam leads the finance and IT functions globally for ELGi and has over 23 years of overall work experience.
Ragu Gunabooshanam began his career in IDBI Mumbai and later joined Praxair in the US, where he worked in various roles for 9 years before moving back to India to accept a leadership role in the same company. He worked last in Praxair India as Vice President, Finance.
Besides being a Cost Accountant and a Chartered Accountant, he also has an MBA, Finance from The Pennsylvania State University, USA.
Ragu Gunabooshanam has managed multicultural teams in the US and India with individuals of diverse nationalities and ethnicities. He won the Great Manager Award in 2016 as part of the Great Manager Awards Program run by People Business & Times of India Group.

Dr. K. Venu Madhav is responsible for new product development, technology development and innovation with a view to meeting global market requirements. He has close to 24 years of industrial experience and has been with ELGi since 1998, barring a short stint in a research organisation after his master’s degree. Dr. Venu has played a pivotal role in designing air ends and has been singularly responsible for bringing the “know why” of rotor design to the company. Venu Madhav holds a doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering with specialisation in compressors from City University, London. He has several technical publications and 2 patents in compressor technology to his credit. Apart from this, he enjoys playing badminton with his children and reading during his leisure time.
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