Executive Leadership

Thomas Kehl has been the Chief Executive Officer for the International Business of GMM Pfaudler since Februrary 2021. Previously, he was serving as the Chief Executive Officer of the Pfaudler Group. 

Prior to joining Pfaudler in 2016, Thomas was the President and CEO of Coperion Group where he was responsible for the Compounding Machines and Service business. 
His extensive experience in the industry includes holding positions as Managing Director at Rieter Automatic and Senior Vice President of Rieter AG in Switzerland, CEO of Freudenberg Nonwovens and several executive positions within the Hoechst Group and their subsidiaries. His international experience includes five years in various management positions in the USA. 

Thomas holds a degree in Marketing and General Management from The University for Applied Sciences Mainz.

Aseem Joshi has been Chief Executive Officer for the India business of GMM Pfaudler since November, 2021. He has over 20 years of rich experience in technology, consulting, strategy, sales and manufacturing. 

Prior to joining GMM Pfaudler, Aseem worked at Honeywell where he led various businesses in India, across sensing, scanning and building industries. 

Aseem started his career with IBM in the United States, setting up a cutting-edge semiconductor fabrication plant and working on bringing innovative new chips to the market. As a consultant with McKinsey in the US, he worked across industries driving M&A, sales strategies and operation improvements. In 2010, he moved to India with Eaton Fluid Power, working on their growth strategy and then operationalized it as the Sales and Marketing Leader. Most recently at Honeywell, he successfully setup a new smart city focused global business, with teams in India, Middle East and the US.

Aseem has an MBA from INSEAD, France, MS in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Virginia Tech University, USA and a BE in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pune.

Alexander Pömpner has been the Chief Financial Officer for the International Business of GMM Pfaudler since February, 2021. Previously, he was serving as the CFO of the Pfaudler Group since June 2020. 

Alexander has over 15 years of experience in various Finance / M&A roles in Private Equity portfolio companies. He was previously the Chief Financial Officer for the Vision Ophthalmology Group, an international distributor in the Ophthalmology industry. Prior to that, Mr. Pömpner spent three years as CFO of the BBI Group, a global manufacturer of raw materials and lateral flow test for the diagnostic and healthcare industry, based in Cardiff, Wales / United Kingdom. Earlier he held various roles in Europe and Asia with the Chemical Distributor Azelis and the industrial packaging manufacturer Mauser. 

Alexander holds an MBA degree from the University in Cologne, Germany and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) qualification.

Manish Poddar has been the Chief Financial Officer for the India Business of GMM Pfaudler since January 2021. 

He has 22 years of rich experience across B2B and B2C space with Global and Indian MNCs. Prior to joining GMM Pfaudler, he was with Diversey India, wholly owned by global PE firm Bain Capital, as Regional Controller of South APAC. Before this he worked at Sun Pharma (Ranbaxy) and Louis Dreyfus, India.

Manish is a qualified Chartered Accountant and B.Com from Delhi University. His other education qualifications include an Executive MBA in IFRS, Treasury & Forex Management and Information Systems Audit.