R. S. Subramanian

R S Subramanian is currently the SVP & Managing Director, DHL Express India, a member of the DHL Express Asia Pacific Management Board and a Director on the Board of Blue Dart Express India Ltd.

With over 30 years of experience in Product-led as well as Service Industry, Subramanian has extensive knowledge across areas of business strategy, Marketing, Team development and Customer Management.

He joined DHL Express India as the Head of Sales, subsequently moving up to the position of Vice President for South Asia Cluster (RoSA) wherein he was managing DHL Express operations in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives and Bhutan. He was instrumental in restructuring and developing DHL operations in these markets.

Subramanian assumed the role of Managing Director, DHL Express India in 2010.

India business grew manifold to a leadership position in the last decade with investments in best in class infrastructure, state of the art technology and strong people processes.

Under his leadership, DHL has won many accolades and is today recognized and respected as a best practices organization. DHL Express has consistently featured in the India’s Great Places to Work list by GPTW since 2013. DHL Express ranked No 2 globally, and has been in the Top 5 Great Places to Work for the past three years. The company was named as a Top Employer by the Top Employer Institute - six times in a row.

Prior to DHL, Subramanian spent 14 years with Hindustan Unilever Ltd in a variety of Sales, Brand Management and Export Management roles.

Subramanian is a Graduate in Industrial Engineering and a Masters in Management from IIM – Bangalore. He is Gold Certified in First Choice which is Deutsche Post DHL’s internal quality program based on the Six-Sigma DMAIC methodology.

Subramanian is Member of the Management Committee of Express Industry Council of India (EICI) and Indo-German Chamber of Commerce (IGCC). He is also a member on the Governing body of Logistics Sector Skill Council (LSC) under Ministry of Skill Development and promoted by CII.