Imperial alumnus named CEO of the Year

Imperial alumnus named CEO of the Year. Meher Pudumjee, chair of Thermax, honoured by %0A " - Monday 14 September 2009 - By Abigail Smith - Imperial alumnus Meher Pudumjee has been named 'CEO of the Year' by the , India's leading business-focused newspaper. Ms Pudumjee, chair of energy and environmental engineering company Thermax, was recognised for steadily increasing the firm's sales and profits, and achieving this commercial success without compromising on corporate ethics. She took the top job in 2004, having joined Thermax in 1990 as a trainee engineer after completing her postgraduate studies in chemical engineering at Imperial. Her progression through the company included a stint managing Thermax's UK subsidiary, before returning to India in 1996 to join the board of directors. Ms Pudumjee balances her work commitments with a passion for music, and is both a keen piano player and an enthusiastic member of the Pune Choir Group Chambers. She believes that music has a lot of lessons for life in general, commenting: "In the UK, where I was studying, there was a piano competition for which I decided to play the Moonlight Sonata.