Vish Viswanathan

Vish has been in a CEO role for two decades with top and bottom line responsibility for multiple business divisions and operations across various legal entities and plants in India. Extensive work experience spans Finance, Operations, Marketing, HR, Corporate Planning and Strategy and includes working with a Fortune 500 American MNC, a large Indian industrial house, a group of Indo-US joint ventures and a management consulting firm. He has held leadership roles in diverse industries such as automotive, engineering products, petrochemicals, capital goods, infrastructure and fertilizers. He is very customer focused and also a strong believer in human capital A leader with a global mindset, Vish has a successful track record of new launches, turning around existing operations, strategizing/implementing plans for exceptional growth, transforming the culture and scaling up as well as executing acquisitions. He has gained experience selling to a variety of end user industries including automotive, oil & gas, power, chemical, paper, pharma and metals, and also in selling through multiple channels - dealers, OEMs, EPC contractors and end users. Prior to taking on the CEO role, Vish was Director in charge of Finance and Business Planning for Visteon. His rich experience in finance covers all the different facets of finance function spanning Treasury, Tax, Accounting, Internal Audit, Analysis and Reporting, Controllership, Costing/Budgeting and Business support. Vish has been a guest faculty at various business schools in India and abroad on subjects of leadership, management, finance and economics. He has served on the National Board of Directors and Executive Committees of various chambers of commerce and also been a member of several advisory panels set up by the Central and State Government He has a unique blend of qualifications in Finance, Engineering, Marketing, Information Technology and Law.