Panasonic elevates its India business CEO Manish Sharma as chairman

Japanese electronics major Panasonic Corporation has elevated its India business CEO Manish Sharma to the position of chairman.

Sharma will now assume responsibility of leading the various Panasonic businesses and subsidiaries in India such as operational excellence, appliances company and lifestyle updates business division, a company release said.

An engineering graduate, he is the first Indian and the youngest leader to become an executive officer at the global level for the company which is an elite team of senior leaders for framing future growth plans.