Mr. Axel Berkling has been an Executive Vice President for the Asia-Pacific Region based in Singapore and Member of the Executive Board at KONE Corporation since October 01, 2016. Mr. Berkling served as Managing Director of Germany at KONE from 2012 to 2016. He began his career in the finance department at KONE Germany in 1998 and has held various regional commercial roles including managing KONE’s service business in Germany. He has also served as the Director of Kone Holdings (Australia) Limited. Prior to joining KONE, he served as the Managing Director of Nass Magnet GmbH 1996–1998 and held different roles at Arthur Andersen from 1992–1995. Mr. Berkling holds an M.Sc. (Econ) from the Fachhochschule Nordostniedersachsen.
Under his technical leadership, Gradiant has developed a platform of proprietary products that target various problems in industrial water treatment. Prakash also leads all project acquisition and deployment activities in Asia, Middle East, and the South Pacific for Gradiant. Furthermore, Prakash is the leading contributor in establishing corporate offices and research and development facilities as well as leads all subsidiaries and business units in technical aspects. While atMIT, Prakash co-developed the Carrier Gas Extraction (CGE) system which became the flagship product and foundation for Gradiant. Prakash, a holder of more than 75 patents, also invented the company’s SCE system and CFRO technology. He has his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and Masters from IIT Madras. 
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