The Hindu Business Line : CavinKare CEO retires, to take up teaching

Mr K.S. Ramesh, Executive Director and CEO of CavinKare Pvt Ltd, has retired from the company. This is in line with his plans to retire at the age of 55 and pursue a career in teaching in leading management schools and consulting in the areas of marketing and business strategy, says a press release.

Mr C. K. Ranganathan, Chairman and Managing Director, CavinKare, said Mr Ramesh has made a strong and significant contribution to the company's growth during his stay since 2002.

Apart from re-orienting the company strategy towards brand building and laying down strong systems and processes in place for new product launches, he implemented several progressive measures, including a major organisational restructure and an ongoing programme of cost-cutting through value engineering.

`Rewarding'

The press release quoted Mr Ramesh as saying: "My four years at CavinKare were extremely rewarding not only for the opportunity to work with a fine set of people but equally for the tremendous learnings in marketing to the bottom of the pyramid. It's time to give back to society all my learning and I am eagerly looking forward to my next career - academics and consultancy."

Mr Ramesh is a chemical engineering graduate from the University of Madras and a post-graduate in Business Management from IIM, Ahmedabad. His 32 years of experience span marketing, sales, operations and general management. Over 20 years of his career was spent in MNCs such as Procter & Gamble, Dupont and Reckitt Benckiser.