Madhav Sharan Regional Market Leader, Industrial, Asia Pacific Office Managing Director, New Delhi
With more than two decades of prior experience within the industrial marketplace, Mr. Sharan has successfully partnered with Korn/Ferry’s clients in the automobile, aerospace, engineering, energy, chemicals, packaging, minerals, metals and services sectors for senior executive searches and board placements. He has also been instrumental in establishing the Firm’s life sciences business in India, placing senior executives in medical devices and diagnostics, pharmaceutical and healthcare services companies.
Prior to joining Korn/Ferry in 2001, Mr. Sharan was president, Performance Chemicals with Jubilant Organosys Ltd., a leading Indian specialty chemicals and pharmaceutical company based in New Delhi. As President, he had ‘profit center’ responsibility for a diverse portfolio of performance chemicals and successfully grew these to market leadership.
Earlier, Mr. Sharan worked with ICI India Ltd for a decade where he was actively involved with sales and market development of a range of industrial chemicals, plastics and paints across the country, in addition to assignments in marketing and materials.
Mr. Sharan holds an MBA in marketing and finance from the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi University, and a bachelor’s degree of engineering (with honors) in mechanical engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) in Pilani, India.
