MR. SEKAR RAMAMOORTHY

Independent Non-Executive Director

Sekar is the current Managing Director -PZ Cussons EA Ltd Kenya & Ghana and holds a Bachelor of Engineering with First Class (Mechanical) from India. He is an accompanied professional with over 37 years of experience in FMCG and engineering projects industry and has held several senior management roles for over 17 years.

He started off as a Management trainee in Tata group India in 1987 and worked on engineering projects for 5 years. He then moved to Hindustan Unilever India for the next 9 years in operations management. He joined PZ Cussons group, UK based FTSE 250 FMCG company with global brands like Imperial Leather, Morning Fresh, Original Source, Cussons Baby etc. in June 2000 and worked in their largest manufacturing site in operations management team at Ikorodu Nigeria.

He has held senior roles in PZ Cussons Nigeria & PZC East Africa Supply Chain organizations for over 10 years. He held the role of SBU head of Supply chain services for 3 years and moved to HPZ (PZ Cussons Appliances JV with Haier) as Commercial Director in 2009, as part of his career progression, and strengthening the management team to meet the growth expectations of the business. He moved to PZ Cussons India in 2013 as Country head and Business unit director to explore and develop the opportunities in South Asia and India working closely with PZ Cussons Indonesia. He joined the PZ Cussons East Africa team in March 2015 as Managing Director. In his new role, Sekar has been focusing on growth opportunities for the Kenya and Exports Markets and streamline the operations by building a strong leadership team.

In June 2020, his role was expanded to lead the Ghana operations along with Kenya to simplify the operations and develop the growth pillars, innovation pipeline and talent development. He is a Director on the board of PZ Cussons Kenya, Ghana and India and also coordinates as Chairman of Multinational companies Caucus of Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM). He enjoys Cricket, adventure sports and travelling to places with family.