Lexmark India gets new chief

Easwaradas Satyan

Ingram Micro, vice president-marketing, P G Kamath has moved to Lexmark India

to take up charge as Country GM. Kamath ended his nine year stint at Ingram

Micro and has 15 years experience of IT distribution. At Ingram Micro, he was

responsible for nationwide sales, marketing, and partner management and has set

an impeccable record in the IT distribution industry.

In anticipation of his move, many of the functions that Kamath used to handle

were slowly moved to report directly to Ingram Micro India managing director, N

Y Prasad. Sanjay Zadoo was brought in as the sales head in end-2001. He has

since been elevated to the position of deputy general manager. A direct

replacement of Kamath is therefore not seen as a possibility.

Lexmark India is one of the principals of Ingram Micro. Says Kamath, " I

had seen enough of the distribution industry. I wished to see the other side of

the coin". While he describes distribution to be a fulfillment business

dictated by vendor policies, he is extremely satisfied at having created a

differentiation for Ingram Micro. He replaces the existing country head, Frances

Duggan who is based in Chennai and is shortly expected to move back to Lexmark

Singapore. Lexmark is a $ 4.1 billion printing solutions company with laser and

inkjet printers, multifunction printers, and associated services and supplies

for the home and corporate markets, serving 150 countries.

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