KMS hires Subramanian to develop Southeast Asia markets

US membrane manufacturer Koch Membrane Systems (KMS) has hired Ravichandran Subramanian as regional commercial manager for Southeast Asia.

He will be responsible for developing the markets for all KMS products for both the Water & Wastewater and the Industrial & Life Sciences divisions of the company.

Subramanian has more than 15 years of industry experience in sales, management and product management. Prior to KMS, he had been general manager both at Keppel Integrated Engineering, an environmental EPC company, and EES Technology Pte Ltd, Singapore, a water treatment OEM, after being account manager and large projects coordinator for Dow Chemical Pacific Singapore.

Subramanian holds a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Tennessee Technological University and an MBA from Nanyang Business School, NTU. He is based in Singapore and can be reached at Ravi.Subramanian@kochmembrane.com< /a>.

“KMS is expanding its business activities in Southeast Asia in response to the growing demand for membrane-based products,” said Imran Jaferey, senior vice president of water and wastewater. “Ravi brings both the technical and commercial expertise needed for successful growth in this market.”