Kapil Kapoor, managing director, Timex Watches Ltd (TWL), has joined the Indian talent pool being used by multinationals for international responsibilities.
Kapoor is now being relocated to the Timex headquarters at Middlebury, US, effective August 2003.
He will now have an expanded role as regional director south Pacific and India and will oversee the south Pacific operations of Timex International in strategic markets such as Philippines, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand in addition to running the Indian operations, a company statement said.
He will continue to be the managing director of the company. Prior to his Indian assignment, Kapoor was based in Bangkok and was looking after the Far-East operations.
Recently, a raft of multinational companies such as Reebok, Pepsi, Nestle Procter & Gamble and Hindustan Lever have started looking at India as a global talent pool.
While Reebok India marketing manager Harpreet Singh Thind recently moved to company
