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Role Players 2020


C. Padmakumar

Chairman & Managing Director
Terumo Penpol Private Limited

A professional Manager with a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce and an MBA in Marketing, C Padmakumar is Chairman & Managing Director of Terumo Penpol Private Limited.

Padmakumar started his career as a Junior Project Executive and worked his way up from the shop floor in India's first Blood Bag company, Peninsula Polymers Limited (PENPOL). The company is now established as one of the largest manufacturing sites for Blood Bags in the world and is the market leader in India. Terumo Penpol products are sold in over 80 countries all over the world.

Padmakumar has worked in various functions including Project Management, Manufacturing, Finance, Human Resources and Sales & Marketing. He has worked as Sales Manager, TTK Pharma Limited and is now the Chairman and Managing Director of Terumo Penpol Private Limited, a subsidiary of the Japanese multinational, Terumo Corporation.

His areas of interest are Quality Management, Negotiation and Safety.

Recipient Asia Pacific Enterprise Award (APEA) 2017 for healthcare industry constituted by the NGO Enterprise Asia.

He is a Patron Member of the Trivandrum Management Association, a member of the Trivandrum Tennis Club and a Past President of the Rotary Club of Trivandrum.

He was the Chairman of CII Thiruvananthapuram Zone during the period 2011 – 13. A Member of the CII Kerala State Council and the CII Southern Region Sub-Committee on Skills for 2015 - 16. He is currently a Member of the Task Force on India@75, CII Southern Region, Member of the Core Group, CII Thiruvananthapuram Zone and ExCom member of AdvaMed.

Director, Trinity Skill Works Pvt Ltd.

His hobbies are Reading, Movies, Music and Sports. He is an enthusiastic Tennis player and Cricketer.

He is married to Sobita and they have 2 children Vishnu and Pooja.