George Stephanos - Management Consultant

Major Areas of Expertise:

• Organization Design / Staffing
• Operations Turn around & Restructuring / Streamlining
• Quality Management Systems
• Strategic Planning & Implementation process

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

Over 35 yrs experience in ALCAN Group (Indian Aluminum Company – Industrial Engineer, Personnel Supdt, General Supdt – HR, Smelter Manager, GeneralManager – Smelter, Alumina & Mines Complex, Chief Staff Manager, Chief Executive – HRD & Quality Systems, Corporate Vice President & Chief Planning Officer, Advisor to Managing Director

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Visiting Faculty for M.B.A & External Development Programmes of Cochin University, Karnataka University, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, Co-Chairman of the Board of Examinations of Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

In training / consultancy work, his clientele includes Unilever, Sri Lanka, Murugappa Group, BILT, Alsthom, INDAL, BOC India, Satyam Computer Services and Paharpur Cooling Towers. While with TQMI he has been Counselor/ trainer to HPCL, ITC, Orient Cements, SRF, IOC, Dubai Aluminum, ERCO (Sharjah), Seville Products (Dubai) etc

The above overall professional expertise coupled with over quarter century in-depth experience in HR interventions in various organizations has made him a well-rounded, matured, outstanding and reliable professional.

Qualification & Professional Experience

• B.E (Mech) degree of University of Madras
• M. Tech (Industrial Engg.) degree of IIT, Kharagpur
• Post Graduate Diploma in Production Management from West Germany
• Fellow of Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering
• Life Member of Indian Society for Training & Development
• Member of National Institute of Personnel Management.

He has over 35 years experience with Indian Aluminum Company, Limited,

(Subsidiary of ALCAN, Canada) (Vice President, Advisor to MD) in Calcutta and grew up from the position of Maintenance Engineer to General Manager of the Alumina, Smelter & Mines Complex at Belgaum in the manufacturing sites and then moved to Corporate Office holding various top positions at different point of time.

As Chief Staff Manager in the Corporate Office, he successfully reoriented and revitalized the Staff Management & Development System. He was trained in Canada in the internationally renowned HAY method of Job Evaluation and acquired expertise in Compensation System.

As Chief Executive - HRD & Quality Systems , he initiated, guided and spearheaded INDAL's Quality Movement integrating it with Training & Development, which had resulted in outstanding progress in TQM.

As Vice President & Chief Planning Officer, he revamped the Corporate Planning System and guided the Strategic Planning Activity through proper structuring of the planning process.

He was Member-Secretary of INDAL's Management Committee, and the Corporate Group. He is a senior assessor for self-assessment to EFQM Module of Business Excellence.

In training / consultancy work, his clientele includes Unilever- Sri Lanka, Murugappa Group, BILT, Alsthom, INDAL, BOC India, Satyam Computer Services and Paharpur Cooling Towers. While with TQMI he has been Counselor to HPCL, ITC, Orient Cements, SRF, Varroc Engineering, DUBAL (Dubai), ERCO (Sharjah), Seville Products (Dubai) etc

Academic and other Professional Activities

Mr. Stephanos was Co-Chairman of the Board of Examination of the Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering and was mainly responsible for getting the professional examination on IIIE recognized equivalent to Bachelor’s degree.

Formerly

• Visiting Faculty at the School of Management Studies, University of Cochin,
• Visiting Faculty in Management at the Karnataka University.
• Member of the faculty of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore for Management Development Programmes.

He also served as Hon. Secretary of Kerala State Productivity Council.

Mr. Stephanos has several publications to his credit. He has presented papers at the National Conferences of Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering, and National Institute of Personnel Management.