April 9: CHEP, the global leader in pallet and container pooling services, has announced a leadership change in its Indian subsidiary.

Devdip Purkayastha has taken over as president, CHEP India, from April 2012. He replaces Pranil Vadgama who moves to a global role based out of the US. Prior to joining CHEP, Devdip Purkayastha was with DHL Express for eight years and his most recent role was VP, Strategic Business Development for South Asia. He is an engineering graduate from IIT Kharagpur with an MBA from IIM Kolkata.

Commenting on his new assignment, Devdip said: “The India supply networks are modernising and the trend will accelerate with the advent of GST. We will continue our customer-focussed approach to business as we aspire to make CHEP the preferred vendor of choice. We are now strategically placed to be an important player in the next phase of the supply chain evolution.”