Timken India Limited announced a change in management. The company has promoted Mr. Aakash Dubey (Assistant General Manager ­ Plant Operations, Bharuch), effective August 1, 2023. Term of appointment: Until retirement age (60 years) unless separation/resignation occurs earlier as per Company Rules.

Brief profile (in case of appointment): Mr. Aakash Dubey is a Mechanical Engineer and an MBA in SCM from SP Jain School of Global Management. Aakash started his career in 2006 with LG Electronics India in Purchase and then joined Timken in 2007. In his first stint of 4 years in Timken, he worked across various roles including Direct Purchasing, Demand Planning for India and ASEAN countries and was also the Business Lead for Procure-To-Pay during SAP implementation in Timken India.

Aakash moved out of Timken in 2011 to pursue an MBA and then worked in a senior role in Supply Chain Consulting in Australia in large scale process improvement projects with multi - billion dollar retailers. He joined Timken back in 2017 and led the Production Planning and Purchase divisions for 2 consecutive years before taking up the mantle of leading the Supply Chain Division, Jamshedpur in 2021. The company also promoted Mr. Vamanamoorthy H (Head ­CI, Strategic Project, Sustainability & ESG).

Term of appointment: Until retirement age (60 years) unless separation/resignation occurs earlier as per Company Rules. Brief profile (in case of appointment): Mr. Vamanamoorthy H is a Mechanical Engineer from Madras University and PGDIM (SC & Operations) with 25+ years of diverse Industrial experience across various manufacturing industries in India and abroad. He started his career in 1998 with ReCP Equipments Ltd. in Engineering and worked in China with Sundram Fasteners Ltd. He Joined Timken in Jul'2011.

In this tenure, he handled all the Direct commodities and CAPEX and indirect purchasing for various growth projects. Now, he is heading the ESG function for Timken.