Management-Profile
Mrs. Amrita P. Deodhar – Chairperson and Whole-time Director
Mrs. Amrita Deodhar is a commerce graduate. She is a successful entrepreneur for over four decades having set up Electronic Manufacturing Unit in SEEPZ in 1975. She set up distribution company representing several international companies producing high tech electronic test equipment and analytical test instruments. After strengthening the company with a nationwide sales and service network and securing large market share, she sold that enterprise to a US Multi-national in 2011. She brings to Aplab Board her long experience in building business ventures and making them a commercial successes.
Mr. Sanjay Mehta – Managing Director
Mr. Sanjay Mehta is the Founder and Managing Director of Protolab Electrotechnologies Pvt. Ltd., situated in Navi Mumbai with manufacturing verticals for Input Devices, Printed Electronics, Automotive Components, Smart Cards and Smart Packaging. A qualified B.Com. MEP (IIM-A) graduate with 35 years of work experience.
Mr. Haresh G. Desai - Independent Director
Mr. Haresh G. Desai is a Chartered Accountant. He is a founder-partner of A. V. Rajwade & Co. and Rajwade Treasury Consultants, pioneers in the field of advisory services on foreign exchange risk management to corporates as well as banks and financial institutions in the private and public sector, to Indian and foreign companies. He expresses his views on markets in the in-house risk management newsletter ‘Currency Risk Management Report’ (largely subscribed by corporate treasuries). He has also co-authored a book, “Foreign Exchange, International Finance and Risk Management”. He has conducted over 400 training programs on forex risk management, training a large number of Indian treasury personnel and non-treasury senior staff in the country. He has been a visiting faculty at several institutions, including Indian Institute of Management, Indore, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, and S. P. Jain Institute of Management, Mumbai.
Ms. Uma Balakrishnan – Independent Director
Ms Uma Balakrishnan has done her graduation in Commerce and has an MBA (Finance) from Mumbai University. She has over 25 years of Finance experience having handled various facets of Finance, Accounting and Management across different industries. She was responsible for Corporate Planning & MIS, Budgeting, Process Improvement, Financial & Operations Management, Business & Financial Restructuring, Mergers & Acquisitions. She has a track record of streamlining operations, facilitating and executing new projects and initiatives. She has worked with Crompton Greaves Limited, Jabil Circuit India Limited (subsidiary of Jabil Inc), Hindustan Construction Company Limited and Quinnox where she has held Senior Management & Leadership Positions and has been part of Corporate Management Committees.
