Sterlite Technologies Limited announced the addition of Ashwini Bakshi as Chief Sales Officer to its global leadership team. In his new role, Ashwini will be a part of the Executive Committee of the company and will be responsible for driving the company's order book and revenues across portfolios, customer segments and geographies. Prior to joining STL, Ashwini was the Managing Director, Head of Region Europe & Africa at Project Management Institute (PMI).

He has more than 25 years of global experience working with the likes of Nokia, Ericsson and Kathrein Mobile. Ashwini has played an instrumental role in sales and strategic growth capability building. He has led and delivered a formidable financial performance for telecom giants working with world-class teams. He has led multi-billion dollar P&Ls at Nokia/Nokia Siemens and was instrumental in significantly multiplying O&M solution orders and revenues atEricsson.

He has managed a broad and global customer base spanning service providers, corporates and the public sector (MTNL, BSNL, public infrastructure, and Defence sector in India and Germany) and has been an integral part of their digital journey.