Thanasekaran serves as the Chief Marketing Officer for GPT`s Business Development & Strategy, responsible for sales, marketing and strategic planning for the company. In addition, he is responsible for International corporate affairs, market development and technology, and business transformation and innovation.
He has served the company in a number of executive assignments and international locations, ABB(Malaysia & New Zealand), BAC(US) & TAMCO(Middle East). He had been head of South East Asia Operations and led Business Development for Asia Pacific and Middle East Region. He has more than 30 years of experience in sales and operations in the Rotating Assets & Machinery for the Power Infrastructure industry – focused on oil, gas, pulp & paper, steel, cement, chemicals, mining, industrial, and infrastructure.
Mr. Thanasekaran received a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering & holds MSc in Electrical Engineering, and he is a member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, UK. He is also the Chairman of the ATRA (Association of Technical Risk Assessment) Malaysian Chapter.