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Anbalagan Kathiresan

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Member of the Board of Advisors at Landessware
📍 Greater Chennai Area, India

Anbalagan Kathiresan is a senior executive with 30+ years of experience turning around underperforming manufacturing plants in the Glass, Steel, and PVC sectors. A Master Black Belt in Six Sigma from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, he specializes in P&L management and operational excellence. Colleagues describe him as inspiring, visionary, and systematic.

He has a keen interest in applying modern technology to business, having recently completed workshops in AI Tools and using AI within MS Office. This reflects his commitment to continuous learning and enhancing processes through innovative solutions.

Unique fact: He successfully turned around a loss-making business, increasing its efficiency from 75% to 88.5% by implementing Lean and Six Sigma methodologies.

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Experience
35 Years
Current Role
Member of the Board of Advisors
Location
Greater Chennai Area, India
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Manufacturing Turnarounds
His core expertise is transforming underperforming plants into profitable, high-performing operations, with a track record of improving productivity by 30-150%.
Operational Excellence
He is a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt who utilizes methodologies like Lean, TOC, and Kaizen to stabilize operations and enhance efficiency.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
Member of the Board of Advisors
Landessware
4-2022 - 9-2025
Plant Head (Vice President-Operations)
Hindustan National Glass & Industries Limited.
4-2018 - 12-2021
Chief Executive Officer
Petrolium & Gas Company
12-2015 - 3-2018
Vice President - Operations (Plant Head)
HNGIL, Pondicherry
4-2011 - 12-2015
Plant Head (Senior General Manager - Operations)
SPC Aluminium Pressure Die Casting, Chennai
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Education
1988 - 1989
M.E
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
2008 - 2012
Diploma in Financial Management (Correspondence Course)
IGNOU, New Delhi
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