K Mathew Abraham has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Kannan Devan Hills Plantations Company Pvt Ltd, Munnar.
He is currently the Head of Sales and Marketing. He will replace Chacko P.Thomas, who will take over another responsibility within the Tata Group.
Abraham has over two decades of experience across critical functions of tea plantations, factories and marketing having joined Tata Tea Ltd in 1994 as assistant manager. He is also the Vice-Chairman of Tea Trade Association of Cochin.
KDHP is today South India’s largest tea producer, exporting to various countries like UK, Russia, USA, Iran, Pakistan, Italy, Poland and Azerbaijan. The company also owns the tea brand Ripple Premium in Kerala.