Lakshminarayanan replaces Philip at Lenovo

This month seems to be a favorable time for many heads of departments in leading organizations to look out for a change. Anil Philip is the latest entrant in the list of high profile people quitting the organization following Neelam Dhawan of Microsoft and Rajan Anandan of Dell India, who quit their respective organizations last week.

However, plans of Philip’s next move remain undisclosed.

In the meantime, Lenovo announced the appointment of Ramprasad Lakshminarayanan as VP—Transactional Consumer Sales for India. Lakshminarayanan will be responsible for the management and growth of Lenovo’s channel business, spearheading the business development of Lenovo’s consumer brand PCs, IdeaPad and IdeaCentre, and developing the consumer sales network across the country.

Speaking about the announcement, Amar Babu, MD, Lenovo India said, “Ramprasad brings with him almost two decades of rich experience in the transactional business space. His commitment to grow and foster channel partnerships will be of immense value to Lenovo as we aim to grow our consumer PC business by penetrating cities and towns across India.”

“Lenovo has achieved significant success in the Indian PC market and has built a credible brand globally. Its dynamic global culture, history of innovation and customer satisfaction are appealing as well as challenging. I look forward to being part of the company’s future growth and success,” said Lakshminarayanan.

Prior to joining Lenovo, Lakshminarayanan was the Associate VP at HCL Infosystems Ltd. He has over 19 years of experience in handling channel, distribution and direct account business in HCL Infosystems. Beginning his career in the infrastructure business, Lakshminarayanan’s subsequent mandates involved handling the distribution and channel business in various capacities. He is credited with creating and nurturing Toshiba’s laptop business in India, for almost a decade.

When contacted, a spokesperson from Lenovo informed that Philip’s portfolio would be shared between Lakshminarayanan and Babu.

Philip wasn’t reachable for his comments and is said to be on leave. The spokesperson informed that Philip would leave the company by July 1 week.