Umesh Shah

* Deliver strategic growth targets for India as part of Autoliv-Asia. * Member of Autoliv Asia Leadership team - Responsible to translate & implement policies, parent directions for effective management & results of Autoliv - Asia * Complete ownership of P&L for Autoliv - India * Lead customer relationship management & value creation with Indian & global OEMs. * Lead Synchronization of all global initiatives/activities wrt growth, technology & business plan deliverables.

* Operational responsibilities related to Quality, Cost, Delivery & Technology of all plants in India

* Create a compelling vision and inspire team towards achieving the same ~ 5X in 4 years * Drive sales, EBIT and growth plan in sync with the strategic growth plan aligned with the JV Board * Orchestrate sales, drive synergies between business units, functional performance management, product management, operations and supply chain with the goal of achieving profitable growth * Institutionalize effective reviewing/tracking mechanism for strategy and projects implementation * Play a pivotal role to strengthen relationship between the (Swedish-German & Indian) JV partners * Ensure Corporate governance is implemented and complete compliance to laws, guidelines and standards. * Select and lead functions/subordinate employees for their development and growth * Bring global perspectives of risks & opportunities to pursue to drive business growth and enhance total shareholder value

* Responsible for evolving strategic plans, driving actions to address risks & opportunities for group companies * Drive process of exploration and engagement for inorganic growth for the $1.5B Anand Group * Lead the mergers & acquisition process including target identification, proposal analysis, strategic & financial fit assessment, alignment with board and execution. * Institute processes to ensure effectiveness in evaluation of business proposals from strategic & financial perspective * Engage with senior management to co-evolve strategic growth plans for the group * Work with teams to explore induction and/or absorption of new-age automotive technologies in the EV age / automotive electrification * Act as a key gateway and support between senior management & the operating business teams.

* P&L responsibility of the Commercial Vehicles & Railways Business Unit * Increased domestic market share from 73% to 84% * Lead maiden OE entry for company in CV productline in Europe & ASEAN markets * Implemented operations and facilities upgradation projects * Support creation and execution of product roadmap for growth and increased penetration. * People development and skill building. * Relationship management and created technical alliance (TAA) with global technology partner. * Lead 4X sales increase and create the 1st Indian supplier entry into LHB Railways shock absorbers

• Formally create the function of strategy & business planning for the first time. • Analyze and drive actions for growth & profitability of every business segment • Create and deliver roadmap for exports growth in both, OE & after-market segments. • Lead coordinator to drive vendor consolidation / upgradation program (VSME). • Drive customer rationalization initiative after defining strategic long-term customers. • Deciding member of the capital allocation & approval team for new projects. • Act as a key facilitator between company, the Board & group to drive initiatives and reporting. • Drive strategy creation, analysis and business planning process in a structured manner. • Highlight strategic risks and develop countermeasures emerging from SWOT analysis. • Architect and drive implementation of changed organization structure for strategic growth.

• Drive share of business with OE customers in the domestic CV segment -- 80% Market share • P&L responsibility & drive export business – Trippled OE exports from Rs.24M to Rs.78M. • Upgrade & Improve producitivity of operations – Plant level - 22% improvement. • Negotiated 4 – Year long-term labour agreement & strengthen relationship with labour union. • Upgradation of product, process & facilities – 20% Capacity Augmentation • Drive human capital development process. • Act as a key support to the MD / Group Chairman on various group level special projects. • Expanded range of product line for after-market and OE spares business.

• Drove increase in cash flow & reduction in inventory groupwide during 2008 downturn –Generated Rs.1250M free cashflow. • Key resource to CEO to drive groupwide cost & quality initiatives. • Involved in assessment of new business ventures (JV's) from a financial & group product portfolio alignment standpoint. • Consolidate information/presentations for senior executive/board level meetings.

• Led development of physicals based material & labor budget to meet lifetime engg cost target. • Estimated prototype build tooling requirement using benchmarking & product build assumptions. • Coordinated all financial book closing activities and performed variance analysis / explanation. • Developed forecast, proactively identified program risks & worked with team to mitigate risks. • Delivered program engg financial cost target of $360M for Medium-Large Vehicle segment. • Led Ford-Mazda (Japan) joint platform billings and was responsible for resolution of all issues. • Key role in product cycle planning, financial analysis, projects approval in business restructuring. • Tracked and delivered PD programs within lifetime engineering cost target by identifying and driving teams to realize synergies across platform vehicle lines, -D platform savings of $3M. • Lead member of Ford’s IT task team to reduce IT costs and approve business projects < $100K.

* Held multi-disciplinary positions in engineering & manufacturing. * Was lead industrial engineer for gears process development on the joint GM & Ford 6-Speed FWD transmission. * Executed various roles in manufacturing as industrial engineer, manufacturing engineer & maintenance at the Romulus Engines Plant.

* Responsible for product performance, process improvement & manufacturing output in engines assembly, gearbox testing & cylinder block machining areas