Rakesh Sachdev is senior vice president and president of Asia Pacific, ArvinMeritor, Inc. He is responsible for managing existing customer relationships, developing new business and running the company’s operations in China, India, Australia, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam.

Reporting directly to ArvinMeritor’s Chairman, CEO and President Charles G. “Chip” McClure, he will help the company increase profitability by adding $1 billion in sales in the region over the next three to five years, increase outsourcing from the region by more than $1 billion in purchases from new and existing suppliers, and substantially expand ArvinMeritor’s engineering and development footprint in India and China.

Previously, he served as senior vice president of Strategy and Corporate Development for ArvinMeritor. In this position, he was responsible for leading efforts to develop and implement ArvinMeritor’s global strategies. Further, managed all corporate development activities including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and led internal business strategy initiatives.

Prior to that, Sachdev was vice president and controller; interim CFO; and vice president and general manager of Worldwide Braking Systems for ArvinMeritor’s Commercial Vehicle Systems (CVS) business group.

Sachdev joined ArvinMeritor in 1999 as vice president and general manager for CVS’ global trailer products group, after more than 18 years of senior management experience with Cummins Engine Company. While at Cummins, he served as chief financial officer of Cummins Automotive Business Unit. Prior to that, Sachdev was managing director, chief operating officer and chief financial officer for Cummins’ manufacturing, marketing and distribution business in Mexico. He also served as vice president and general manager for international business at Atlas, Inc., a Cummins subsidiary.

Sachdev is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi, India, with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree in finance from Indiana University, as well as a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois.