Kyrianthan Mathew Abraham has been appointed the new Managing Director of South India's largest tea plantation company - Kanan Devan Hills Plantations Company Private Limited (KDHP).
He will assume charge tomorrow, the company said.
Mathew Abraham (47), son of late K V Abraham, Personnel Manager, Tata Oil Mills Ltd, is the third generation in his family to have worked for the Tatas, KDHP said in a release today.
He is presently head of sales and marketing of KDHP and is taking over from the current MD Chacko P Thomas, who will take over another responsibility within the Tata group, the company said.
Mathew has over two decades of experience across the critical functions of tea plantations, factories and marketing having joined Tata Tea Limited in 1994 as Assistant Manager on Periavurrai Estate.
KDHP is South India's largest tea producer, exporting to various countries like the United Kingdom, Russia, the USA, Iran, Pakistan, Italy, Poland and Azerbaijan.
