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Ranganath Gopalan
Managing Director, Wilmar North America
Ranganath Gopalan is a dynamic leader with extensive experience in business development, operations management, team development, and sales. He has excelled in aligning strengths and needs for all segments, including Sales, Operations, and Team Development, and has built SOPs that fit with new locations' cultures. He has expertise in developing collaborative environments to create effective, devoted employees, and has retained team members over the years with few moves for better opportunities.
Ranganath has a degree in mechanical engineering from Bangalore University and a Master's degree in Business Administration from XLRI Jamshedpur. He has worked with various organizations, including Wilmar Trading Pte Ltd, Peter Cremer (Singapore) GmbH, Pan Century Edible Oils Sdn Bhd, BPL Limited, and Lintas India Limited.
He is currently the Managing Director and General Manager at Wilmar North America, where he manages all of Wilmar assets and Wilmar's joint ventures in the region while expanding Wilmar's scope of activities. Ranganath is a true transnational, having lived in India, Malaysia, Singapore, and now Houston, TX.
In his free time, Ranganath enjoys an active lifestyle, running, cycling, and hitting the gym. He is also an avid cricketer, and he enjoys spending time with his son on the cricket field.
