COLOGNE, Germany - Pumps and water technologies company EKKI announced the appointment of Dr. Sujit Banerji, emeritus professor, WMG, University of Warwick, U.K. as chief advisor. 

Banerji will hold responsibility for strategy at the group level. In addition, Banerji will lend his expertise in globalization and operations management, across the group. The Warwick professor, who has been commended as ‘a leading advisor and thought leader’ will help EKKI and the group management to design and execute an appropriate strategy. 

Banerji studied at IIT, Kharagpur for a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's degree in industrial engineering. He then did his Ph.D. in operations research at the University of Manchester and Cambridge University. He has also taught at the Singapore Management University.