Sabinsa Announces Shifts To Executive Team

Health sciences company Sabinsa has made shifts to its executive team.

CEO Asha Ramesh is now CEO Americas with the addition of South America to her duties. The company also promoted Jan Obirek to vice president of sales US and Canada.

Asha Ramesh

Ramesh joined the company 30 years ago as manager of purchasing and special projects at Sabinsa’s manufacturing arm, Sami Labs Ltd. in Bangalore, India. She moved to the Sabinsa staff in January 2000, focusing primarily on sales and business development with involvement in various departments of the organization. Prior to being named US CEO in 2018, she was Sabinsa’s vice president of business development.

Jan Obirek

When Obirek joined Sabinsa in 2015 as regional sales manager – California he was a top-producing business executive with experience in sales management at the regional, national and international levels in the natural, mass and drug channels. A native of Poland, Obirek started his higher education at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics. He subsequently emigrated to the US and received his BA in Economics from the University of Colorado in Boulder, CO. He has broad consumer packaged goods and ingredient sales expertise with both branded and private label products.

“Both Asha and Jan have consistently shown exceptional commitment and expertise in supporting our customers’ needs and driving innovative solutions,” said Shaheen Majeed, global CEO and managing director of Sabinsa. “Their longstanding contributions have played a vital role in Sabinsa’s success, and we are confident they will bring even greater impact in their elevated roles. I congratulate them both on their advancement, and look forward to their future achievements.”