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'''== M Ayyappan ==

Mr. M. Ayyappan is the Chairman & Managing Director of HLL Lifecare Limited. Concurrently he is the Founder Chairman of LifeSpring Hospitals Pvt .Ltd., and Founder Chairman of Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust – one of the largest Social Marketing Organizations in India today.

Additionally he is also the Director, Rehabilitation Plantations Ltd., a joint venture of Govt. of India and Govt. of Kerala, Vice-Chairman of Centre for Management Development, Trivandrum, an autonomous body formed by Govt. of Kerala for the promotion of management studies, A Fellow member of All India Management Association, Member of the Board of Studies, Future Studies, and also of the Quality Advisory Committee of the University of Kerala and Member of the Board of Studies, TKM Institute of Management and Noorul Islam University.

A Mechanical Engineering Graduate from College of Engineering, Trivandrum, Mr. Ayyappan obtained MBA degree from Cochin University of Science & Technology. In his career, spanning over three decades, he has been associated with several organizations.

Mr. Ayyappan started off his career in Hindustan Motors, Madras. In 1991 he joined HLL as the Head of Marketing. Joining HLL as the Head of Marketing in 1991, he was instrumental in setting up and developing a strong marketing team and premium brands, which set the stage of HLL’s rapid growth as a marketing organization par excellence of a wide range of contraceptives and healthcare products. He was also instrumental in setting up a vibrant International Business Division that has spearheaded the presence of HLL’s contraceptives and healthcare aids in over 115 countries world over.

After steering the marketing functions of the company for over 12 years Mr. Ayyappan became the Chief Executive of HLL in the year 2003. In the course of last seven years he has been leading the company; it witnessed rapid unprecedented business growth with a CAGR of 36%.

Mr. Ayyappan has a penchant for innovation and technology development and this has evidenced itself in the sound R&D base of the company. His clear vision had placed the company on an audacious goal Rs.10000 million turnover. and propelled it to embark on newer business opportunities in Bio-sciences, Heath care service delivery, infrastructure management and pharmaceuticals. With long years of industry experience and a deep passion for the academic aspect of Management Science, he is a mentor and teacher to the building managers, academics and corporate.