MUMBAI: Amalgamated Plantations Private Ltd (APPL), one of the leading Tea selling companies in Eastern India, welcomed Vikram Singh Gulia as MD and CEO to the board of its company. 

With more than 33 years of experience in the Indian tea industry, Gulia has served for 32 years at Camellia Plc, UK-owned Goodricke Group Ltd. After a brief stint as the chief operating officer at Assam Company India Ltd, Gulia joined APPL as CEO-designate in September 2019, for a planned eventual assumption of the MD and CEO role from June 2020. 

As a successful business leader and trailblazer,  Gulia has led several market-leading tea brands to their milestone moments, with his deep understanding of consumer behavior and preferences, as well as his vast experience in marketing and strategy. Following the retirement of Jagjeet Singh Kandal, former MD of Amalgamated Plantations, Gulia will look after the management of day-to-day business of the company and contribute his excellence and decade-long expertise in leading and developing APPL’s future growth.

Gulia said, “Amalgamated Plantations  has to sustain and further build the stature it occupied in the industry, in its former avatars of James Finlay, Tata Finlay and then Tata Tea. The renewed focus on quality in terms of our produce, human resource, compliance, sustainability, environment and welfare will be the foundation for Amalgamated Plantations in its pursuit for excellence”