DQW Exclusive: Gautam Ghosh moves out of MMD Philips India

MMD
Philips
India has undergone a recent restructuring. As per the new
changes, Gautam Ghosh, country director at MMD Philips has moved out
of India's operations, and shifted to Dubai to look after MMD Philips
and AOC's business as GM for Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia.

Speaking
to The DQ Week, Ghosh sai style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;">d,
“There
has been a change in the MMD business. From January
onwards, I'm no more looking after India business. In my new
role, I will be responsible for Philips and AOC for the Middle East,
Africa, and Central Asia regions."

Ghosh
will
work as the GM and operations head of MMD, (a brand license
agreement with Philips and a subsidiary of $13 bn TPV group). He will
be responsible for supervising the operations of MMD-TPV general
management, sales, marketing, business development customer service,
etc, for Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia.

MMD,
the
brand license holder for Philips monitors started its India
operations last year with the appointment of Ghosh, by launching an
extensive range of LED and LCD monitors. According
to the TPV spokesperson, "Ghosh has moved into a new role, and
the Philips monitor business continues to be managed by TPV India."

TPV
Technology
as a company is divided into six regions globally
including America, Europe, China, Middle East, Africa, Centr style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;">al
Asia,
India, and Asia Pacific. Hence, each six regions will be headed
by general managers.

Under
the
aegis of Ghosh, MMD Philips had got a struc style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;">tured
distribution
and channel in place. Today, MMD Philips is
present in four regions. “After spending 1 year at MMD Philips, I
had structured the entire channel and organization. style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;">It
was
then handed over to TPV India for further operations,” he said.