Mr. M. Lankalingam - Chairman & Innovation
Head of Lanson Group of Companies.
A Business Graduate in Marketing from California State University, M.
Lankalingam is scion of an enterprising business family. Taking to the wheels of
the flagship of the company in 1987 after his return on completion of studies
from US, he spearheaded many changes and brought about phenomenal success and
acceptance to a traditional Indian food product, PAPPADUM in the world markets.
He floated the Lanson Group of Companies, which includes M/s. Lanson Ventures,
which cater to 87% of the Premium English Pappadum market in the EU countries
supplying to brands such as Sharwoods and Phileas Foggs and stores such as Marks
& Spencers, Sainsbury, Tesco, etc. The association with the top Food Companies
in the world has given the Organization deep insight and understanding into the
concept of Quality Assurance and Customer Delight.
It has also helped the group to successfully adopt Internationally recognized
Quality Operational Systems such as HACCP, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
conforming to British Retail Consortium Technical Standards (BRC) Diversifying
Lanson Group into the automobile field in 1998, the Organization won the Toyota
Dealership by sharing ideals and attitudes that are common with Toyota. Lanson
Toyota is among the top Toyota Dealers in India. Lanson Toyota won All India
Best Dealer (Sales) Award for the years 2001 & 2002 from Toyota Kirloskar Motor
Ltd. In the year 2003, we won the prestigious Toyota Customer Service Marketing
Award from Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan.
An optimist by nature, he is an active Rotarian and Member of the Young
Presidents Organization. He is also a member of various Business Associations
such as FIEO, APEDA etc Paul J. Meyer has also trained him under Leadership
Management, Inc. USA on Effective Personal Productivity.
He has embraced the ideals in this program and much of it has been passed on to
his organization. Through the Best Practices of Carl Sewell the organization is
propelled towards a profit sharing matrix with his team of professionals and
actively pursuing his mantra "Happiness for all". Blessed with excellent people
management skills, he is a great motivator leader who endorses empathy to the
fullest potential.
This is evident from the vibrant team of people who work for him. Mr. Lankalingam
makes time in-spite of his travel and busy schedule to play golf and to spend
time with family and friends. He is passionate about fitness and so follows a
regular practice of Yoga and Pilates. He is happily married to Reetha who is not
only his life partner but his business partner as well. They are blessed with a
son Shivanka and a daughter Malvika.