The Board of SKF India Ltd has appointed Gopal Subramanyam and Anu Wakhlu as independent directors and Werner Hoffmann and Aldo Cedrone as non-independent directors.
Gopal Subramanyam will also be the Chairman of the Company. He is the former CEO of L&T-Komatsu and has over four decades of experience in the manufacturing sector, including various leadership roles with the L&T Group.
Anu Wakhlu is the co-founder and chairperson of Pragati Leadership, a leading consulting company focused on organizational transformation and leadership development across many sectors and is a certified coach and an acclaimed author.
Werner Hoffmann and Aldo Cedrone work within the SKF Group as CFO Asia and Global Operations Director respectively and further reinforce the SKF Groupās support and commitment to SKF Indiaās growth and profitability. All the above appointments are subject to shareholder approval in the next AGM.
The Board also approved the appointment of Anurag Bhagania as the Chief Financial Officer, with effect from 1 June 2019. Anurag joins SKF from Honeywell India where he was the Country Finance Leader and has previously held various finance leadership roles at GE, Ingersoll Rand and Eaton.