Monnanda Appaiah (Bhavish).

Monnanda Appaiah (Bhavish) a Business Leader from Kodagu is the Managing Director at Wienerberger India. He has over two decades of multidisciplinary experience focused primarily on the manufacturing sector. Since 2010 he has been heading the Indian subsidiary of Wienerberger AG, the world leaders in building material manufacturing.  He strongly believes that technological advances should ultimately lead to protecting the environment from over exploitation. He is passionate about innovations that can help humanity harvest the best of nature while addressing the challenges of mankind.

Family

Father

Monnanda Bopanna

Mother

Monnanda ( Cherianda ) Kamala

Wife

Monnanda ( Kodira ) Prarthana 

Daughter

Monnanda Manya

Family Tree

Education

• BE from NIT, Surthakal
• Management Development Program, Canada-1997 – 2000
• National Institute of Technology Karnataka-1985 – 1989

Experience

• Managing Director- Wienerberger India Private Limited-Jul 2010 – Present 9 years 5 months
• Vice President-Aditya Birla Group-2000 – 2010-10 years
• Sales Head -West-INDAL (subsidiary of Alcan Aluminum Limited)1997 – 2000 -3 years

Career

• He started his career with the Canadian multinational, Alcan and worked in various functions ranging from product development, production planning, business development and Sales & Marketing in Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore & New Delhi.

Achievements

• He worked on a strategic project for Alcan, Canada in Montreal. In the year 2000, Mr Appaiah became part of the Aditya Birla Group based in Mumbai and was responsible for the Alumina chemicals export business. In this responsibility, he was in charge of business in 35 countries.
• Appaiah assumed the role of Managing Director, of Wienerberger, (an Austrian brick maker which is the world’s largest producer of bricks, and number one on the clay roof tile market in Europe) India in July 2010.
• Apart from spearheading the Indian operations for Wienerberger, he created a market for sustainable, light weight building materials in India, develop awareness for the Indian consumers in green, sustainable construction processes; introduce, alternative, renewable energy concepts & technology in the field of manufacturing building materials.
• He has been associated with multinational manufacturing giants like Rio Tinto Alcan (formerly known as Alcan Aluminum Limited), and the Aditya Birla Group. With Alcan he worked in various functions ranging from product development, production planning, business development, Sales & Marketing. At Aditya Birla Group he was heading the Alumina c export business, with presence in 35 countries.