Thimmaiah has more than 30 years of experience in various leadership roles. He has been in the business leader role for more than 15 years at well-known MNCs. Before joining MTL he was VP, MD & CEO at Meritor, Inc responsible for Asia Pacific region which includes Manufacturing, R&D, Sales & Marketing across India, China, Australia, Japan, Singapore, etc. He spend 10 fruitful years at Meritor. Prior to Meritor he was Managing Director at Honeywell Turbo Technologies for 8 years. Preceding Honeywell he worked at operational leadership roles at Cummins, Tata Cummins & BEML.
He is driven by his strong sense of achievement that emanates from his ability to create the required strategic plan and execution for the future of the company. He has spent his 15 years of his initial years in manufacturing while executing green field projects & turning around brown field business.
Thimmaiah is a proven people manager & has a strong foundation in process orientation and relevant operational excellence techniques like Lean, Six Sigma, TQM, TPM, etc.
Thimmaiah brings a rare combination of an Indian upbringing, with a deep understanding of what works effectively in a multinational corporation.
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