ANIL SHARMA IS NEW MD OF AVERY DENNISON MATERIALS SOUTH ASIA

To continue the momentum of its dynamic growth, Avery Dennison Materials South Asia has today announced a key leadership change and named Mr. Anil Sharma as its new Managing Director. Mr. Sharma will succeed Mr. Raj Srinivasan, who is promoted to Vice President - New Product Introduction at the Avery Research Center, Pasadena, California and will shortly be relocating to the US.

In his new role, Mr. Sharma will assume full strategic and operational responsibility for driving growth, productivity and profitability in the Roll Materials business in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. He also has a shared responsibility in the management of the Graphics, Reflective and Specialty Tape business in the South Asia region.

Mr. Sharma joins Avery from Diversey Inc., a global leader in industrial detergents and sanitizers, where he served as Vice President of Sales - Food and Beverage, based in the US and several other key positions in Asia Pacific.

A global leader in pressure-sensitive technology and materials, Avery Dennison Roll Materials manufactures and markets products under the well-known Fasson brand name, including pressure-sensitive and non-adhesive coated papers, films and foils. Roll Material products are widely used in brand identity, bar-code labeling systems, product identification and other applications by label converters and consumer product companies to make brands more inspiring and the world more intelligent.