Santosh Hirlekar

Santosh Hirlekar serves as the Associate General Manager and Head of Sales & Business Development for India, the Subcontinent, and the Middle East at LANXESS since October 2012, focusing on the Rhein Chemie business unit and managing product lines in rubber chemicals and fuel additives. Previous roles at LANXESS include Head of Sales and Business Development and Senior Manager, among others. Prior to LANXESS, Santosh worked as National Manager for Sales & Business Development at S R I Pukhraj Additives LLP and as a Sales Manager at A. B. BROTHERS. Experience began as an Engineering Trainee at CEAT Tyres Limited. Santosh holds an MBA from the Indo-German Training Centre and a Diploma in Rubber Technology from the University of Mumbai.