Tube Investments: Movements at the top

Chennai: L.Ramkumar has joined the Chennai-based Murugappa Group company Tube Investments of India Limited (TII) as managing director.

The appointment marks a re entry into TII for Ramkumar who had earlier headed the company's cycles division before joining Fenner India Limited. In fact, in his 30-year career Ramkumar had spent around 15 years in TI itself in various capacities.

G.Ramprasad, who was earlier president, TI Cycles, has moved over to Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited as its CEO, south in charge of the company's four southern language television channels.

Ramprasad, a commerce graduate from Madras University and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata, had handled key assignments at the Murugappa group.

As the executive director of EID Parry India Ltd and the CEO of Parryware division, Ramprasad contributed significantly to the transformation of the unit from an inward focussed to a market- and consumer-oriented one.

Prior to his current assignment, he had handled sales and marketing at various consumer goods companies such as Funskool India Ltd, Hindustan Lever Ltd and Sara Lee (in India).