Bacardi finds its new leader in India's Mahesh Madhavan

He will head the world's largest family-held liquor firm after working in various roles for 28 years

 

How often do we take interpersonal skills and/or people skills seriously and invest our time and energy to brush them up? Most professionals, working outside the fields of show business and communications, seldom realise its importance. But Bacardi’s Mahesh Madhavan is surely not one of them. The Indian management professional, who is now in line to occupy the corner office of the Cuban liquor company next year, derives his strength from his ability to manage and motivate people he works with. And that is what turned out to be the key to his success.
 
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