Alagesan Thasari

Alagesan Thasari currently serves as Director & Head of Automotive Business for SKF Group, overseeing a $400 million automotive sector across India, South East Asia, and ANZ with full P&L responsibility. Previous roles include Board Commissioner for PT. SKF Indonesia, Chief Technology Officer for India & South East Asia at SKF, and Global Vice President of Product Management & Engineering at Alstom. Alagesan has extensive experience at Caterpillar Inc., where roles spanned from Managing Director of the Global Engineering and Technology Center to various engineering and project management positions. Earlier career highlights include roles at Wipro, Perlos, Bharti Airtel, and TVS Motor Company. Alagesan holds an MBA from Durham University Business School, Executive Education from the Indian School of Business, and degrees in Manufacturing Management and Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, along with a diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Ramakrishna Mission Technical Institute.