Accel Limited announced the appointment of Raghu Kilimanoor Varma (K R Varma) as Additional Director on the company’s Board, effective March 30, 2022.
According to the company’s exchange filing, “we wish to inform you that the Board of Directors of the Company at their Meeting held on so” March, 2022 have considered and approved the appointment of Mr. Raghu Kilimanoor Varma as an Additional Director ln the Board of Directors of the Company with effect from 30th March, 2022.”
Varma has an experience spanning 45 years in Profit Centre Management. Factory Operations, Marketing and Sales and Joint Venture management.
He graduated from College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala University in 1974 in Mechanical Engineering. After an initial training programme in Western India Plywoods, he moved to Chennai and took up a position in sales in Durametllic India, an Indo American JV serving the process industry. Durametallic (presently Flowserve Sanmar) is a part of the Chennai based Sanmar Group.
After working in marketing and sales in HO, Chennai, Hyderabad and Delhi branches, Varma was appointed as the National Sales Manager of BS&B Safety Systems India Limited, an associate JV company based at Chennai. He moved into a Profit Centre Head position within a short time, handling all aspects of the company including JV co-ordination, a statement said.
Varma was actively involved in ERP Implementation and various certifications during this period. Subsequent to this, he worked as Profit Centre Head in various other JV and non JV companies like Flowserve Sanmar, FMC Sanmar and Sanmar Engineering Services involving manpower of 500 + and turnover of INR 3.5 billion.
Varma has been instrumental in achieving significant top line growth coupled with ROCE growth. He travelled extensively in Asia Pacific, Japan, Europe and USA as part of the export marketing programme. He has wide exposure in various fields like Key accounts management. International Marketing and sales, JV relations and sales effectiveness enhancement.
Currently, Varma works as a Business Advisor to selected companies.
Accel Limited began its journey in the year 1991 as a vendor independent IT services company headquartered in Chennai, India.Â
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