LAVA appoints new CMO

LAVA International Limited has appointed Sanjeev Agarwal as Chief Manufacturing Officer. Sanjeev will play a key role in providing a fillip to the company’s plan of starting a manufacturing unit in India.

Commenting on Sanjeev’s appointment, Hari Om Rai, Chairman & Managing Director, LAVA International, said, “Sanjeev brings extensive manufacturing experience to LAVA’s qualified Executive Management Team. Sanjeev brings with him around 24 years of rich experience of working in the operations/manufacturing sector which will help in augmenting LAVA’s manufacturing capabilities and also focus on starting domestic production of LAVA’s mobile devices in India.” Before joining LAVA, Sanjeev has worked as a Head of Operations with Lite-On Mobile (January 2012 to July 2014) and as a General Manager (Operations) with Moser Baer India Ltd (Dec-2008 to Dec-2011). Some of his other stints include working for companies like Celetronix India, LG Electronics, Sony India and Calcom Vision. Sanjeev has won several accolades in his career as a manufacturing and operations professional. He was the first-ever professional in the country to lead Greenfield Project for electronic memory and semiconductor wafers assembly.