Pradeep Tognatta appointed senior vice-president for Samsung India

Samsung India Electronics on Friday announced the appointment of Pradeep Tognatta as senior vice-president for Home Appliances division. Prior to this, he was managing the Indian operations of Singer India. Tognatta has over three decades of experience and has previously worked with various consumer durable companies such as LG, Videocon and Philips India.

Tognatta, on his future plans for the home appliances division, said, "I intend to take forward the consumer durables business of Samsung to greater heights by penetrating deeper into the markets across all product categories thereby improving upon the market share."

Commenting on the appointment, K S Kim, president and CEO, Samsung South-West Asia said, "We are delighted that Mr Tognatta has joined us at Samsung where we pride ourselves on having a team of motivated and successful professionals. His varied experience in the consumer durables industry will complement the company's existing multi-disciplinary skills which are the fundamentals for a successful business."

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