Ramesh Natarajan is the Deputy Country Manager at DHL Express South Asia. In his current role, Ramesh holds business responsibilities across domestic & international business units of Blue Dart and DHL Express and is also leading cross-BU marketing, PR & CSR efforts of the group.

Prior to this role, Ramesh held the roles of Deputy Country Manager for DHL Malaysia as well as Head of Marketing for DHL Express in India. In his previous stint in India, in his marketing role he led the fast-paced transition of the brand in India from an agency-run operation to a 100% DHL-owned entity, from a old ‘white & red’ international express brand to the new ‘yellow’ express & logistics one-stop solution for the customers.

He has over 17 years experience in sales, marketing & general management across various industries including advertising & direct marketing, industrial, consumer durables & OTC consumer businesses. Prior to joining DHL his earlier two stints were General Manager at Wunderman India, a direct marketing & loyalty consulting company under the WPP Group and Head of Sales at CibaVision, Novartis India.

An Indian citizen, Ramesh is a mechanical engineer from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai and MBA from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi. He is married to Rama Tadepalli, who is a senior marketing professional working currently with Reliance Retail.

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