SINGAPORE, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Manthan Systems today announced the appointment Paul Gaddes in the position of Senior Vice President - Strategic Relationships (SEA). Paul comes to Manthan with over 14 years of experience in providing business and technology solutions across the retail and supply chain segments from both sales and implementation perspectives. His key responsibilities at Manthan would be driving go-to-market initiatives and new customer acquisition across South East Asia.

Paul brings to Manthan tremendous retail knowledge and wide range of experience in the South East Asia, his coming on board will help us accelerate the market leadership goal and ability to serve our customers better, said Mr. Atul Jalan, Manthan CEO and Managing Director on his appointment. It's a pleasure to have Paul join Manthan's senior management team.

Manthan has been recognized for its outstanding performance within a few years of its inception and has the exceptional potential to be the leader in the Retail BI (http://www.arc-bi.com/index.html) space. I am thankful for this opportunity and hope to extend my contribution in strengthening Manthan's position in SEA said Paul Gaddes.

Prior to joining Manthan Paul has worked with JDA Software where he headed two key sales departments across Asia Pacific taking accountability for generating new business as well as management of strategic customer relationships. His varied experiences also include working with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Andersen Consulting.

About Manthan Systems

Manthan Systems produces analytic solutions for global retail and CPG organizations. Manthan's breakthrough solutions (http://www.manthansystems.com/solutions.html) help retailers become more profitable by improving their decision-making process, practices and technologies. Manthan's portfolio of solutions covers the entire spectrum of decision-making with cutting edge products in retail business intelligence, to specialized analytics services. Manthan's experience spans a range of retail segments and formats having worked several fortune 500 retailers (http://www.manthansystems.com/corporate_customers.html). For more information, visit http://www.manthansystems.com and http://www.arc-bi.com.

Ajith Nayar Manager Marketing Manthan Systems Email - media.contact@manthansystems.com Ph No: +91-80-2299-0585 Fax: +91-80-2299-0586

Ajith Nayar, Manager Marketing, Manthan Systems, Email - media.contact@manthansystems.com, Ph No: +91-80-2299-0585, Fax: +91-80-2299-0586