Chairman

Mr R Seshasayee is a Chartered Accountant and started his career with Hindustan Lever Limited (a subsidiary of Unilever) in 1971. Mr Seshasayee joined Ashok Leyland in 1976. Appointed as Executive Director in 1983, he was elevated to Deputy Managing Director in 1993  and has been the Managing Director since April 1998.

On the National Council of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for over fifteen years, Mr. Seshasayee has been Chairman of several national committees of CII including on Eighth Plan, Economic Affairs, Defence and Surface Transport.

He was a member of the Government of India delegation to Doha Ministerial Round of WTO in 2001. He was also past Chairman of the CII-Southern Region. Currently (2003-04), he is Chairman of the National Committee on Surface Transport. He is also associated with several charitable, cultural and social welfare organisations.