Henkel's new global director for business development

Chennai, Aug 23 (UNI) Bhavesh Muni has been appointed Henkel Electronics Group's Global Director of Business Development for India as part of the company's long-term strategy to broaden its scope in the country.

A veteran of 18 years in the electronics industry, Mr Muni spent the last four years of his career with Henkel fulfilling various sales and product management roles for the materials leader, according to a company release here.

With several top customers setting up production centres in the region, Henkel's Indian investment plan reaffirmed its promise to provide support to its customer base with unrivalled local support and access to the company's immense global resources, it said.

Henkel's development plans for India include expansion of the local sales force through direct sales and distribution channels, growth of the technical applications staff, establishment of product manufacturing and refinement of the company's logistics operations to ensure easy 24/7 access to Henkel's leading materials products.

While overseeing Henkel's development efforts in India, Mr Muni would continue to provide counsel and direction in his current capacity as Semiconductor Business Development Manager and divide his time between the company's headquarters in Irvine, California and Henkel's offices in India, the release said.

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