Hi Anant(@Anant) - Thanks for sharing your in-depth research.
IMHO, this business lacks an ‘accountable management’ who has the skill to convert the exciting market opportunity into a commercial success. Why so?
- In the past few years, the business faced tough times under the current CMD and he is still likely the key decision maker. Across various ARs, nuggets are sprinkled where hardships are assigned to various factors - external environment, wrong people in decision making etc.
- The present COO who is with the business from 2014 onwards is a core finance professional while the organization’s core business is R&D involving various fields of engineering- Electronics, Electrical, Mechanical, and Chemical.
- Past ARs assured a new CEO in FY17, but the same remains unfulfilled. Being an internal matter (suitable CEO, COO) seems most easy to fix.
With such decision-making at top, I wonder how they could influence the external environment to grow sustainably.