CA K Sivaperoumal – M.No. 210014

1. CA K Sivaperoumal – M.No. 210014 CA Professional Achiever Award photo Deputy General Manager Caterpillar India Private Limited subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc USA

2. Turnover (Sales) of the Company in Rupees: INR 3,000 Billions • Net worth of the Company: INR 646 Billions • Market Capitalization of the Organization: INR 2,750 Billions Note: Please give details of the company where the person is located. For CA Business Achiever or CFO where person is handling multiple companies within a group, please give composite details of all companies under the domain of nominee. Details of Individual companies may be given separately. The applicants of CA Professional Achiever should give details only of the company where they are working.

3. About the Organization Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel electric locomotives. It is also a leading service provider through Cat financial services, Remanufacturing, Logistics and Rail. With 2011 Sales & revenues of $60.138 Billion, Caterpillar has been making sustainable progress possible on every continent and was ranked by Fortune as the number one admired company in the Industrial and farm equipment category and number 19 on world’s Most admired companies list this year. Asia pacific shared services (APSS) provides valued accounting, related shared services and decision support to help Caterpillar achieve its goals. We are recognized for providing value added low cost services by ensuring strong fiduciary responsibility reporting and regulatory compliance, with 200+ workforce in Bangalore and Tianjin. India Shared Service Center working from Bangalore provides accounting and related shared services support for 15+ legal entities in the region which covers India, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Indonesia and Australia, handling business volume transaction of close to $12 Billion Sales & revenues.

4. Key Role in the Organization (Abstract) 1996 - Graduated from Bharathidasan University in Business Administration 2000 - Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India 2000 - Accounts Officer, Hindustan Motors Limited (HML) responsible for Accounts Payable & Financial Reporting for the Pondicherry plant Operations 2001 - Caterpillar Acquired Earthmoving division of HML and moved to the rolls of Caterpillar India Private Limited (CIPL) 2003 - Deputy Manager, Financial Reporting responsible for the Thiruvallur Plant Operations, CIPL 2006 - Manager, Financial Reporting, Shared Services Center responsible for all Caterpillar Legal Entities in India 2009 - Senior Manager, Financial Reporting, responsible for all Asia pacific Legal entities handled from SSC Bangalore in the business nature of Manufacturing activities 2010 - Senior Manager, Financial Reporting, responsible for all Asia pacific Legal entities in the business nature of Marketing and trading activities 2011 – Deputy General Manager, General Ledger and Reporting function for all Caterpillar Asia Pacific Legal entities handled from Shared Service Center Bangalore

5. Key Role in the Organization (Current Position) • Responsible for meeting US GAAP, Local GAAP and statutory accounting compliances for the entities handled from India Shared Service center, Bangalore • Acts as a trusted advisor for Business Partners and provide Strategic support to Greenfield project implementation from accounting perspective • Manage the relationship with the Process Partners, develop and administer the Service Level Agreements • Process owner for the Sox controls relating to GL, Revenue, Inventory & tax and also responsible for standardizing and streamline GL Reporting and Inventory accounting processes to align with global process • Perform risk assessment on processes handled, prioritize and develop risk mitigation plans. • Support audit reviews both external and internal • Attract, retain and develop people with Deep Expertise in technical accounting/business acumen and building sustainable talent pipeline for accounting pool in this region • Business Process Owner and Subject matter expert for SAP implementation from FI module

6. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS • Dedicated my 12+ years of accounting professional services to Caterpillar and feeling proud for the learning experience and opportunity provided to me by this great company. I’m credited with a variety of technical, business and system knowledge through out my work span which are challenging and at the same time interesting. • Across my career acted as a mentor for fellow accountants and helped them to build a successful career in the accounting profession. I was considered in my organization as “Serves as a Go to person” for all accounting and technical topics including ERP system related expert opinion. I do this without any boundaries and cut across organization and peoples of various grades/position. All along I felt that the more I give, its coming back to me with multiple folds of knowledge from the experience of others with whom I interact. • Below were some of the Key events organized by me for the benefit of all accounting fraternity members in the company: • Technical Accounting knowledge sharing session – On going event to make sure the people who does the activity, share the technical and process update with other team members, for mutual benefit • Accounting Forum meeting to connect the people with in shared services, Business partners, Audit firm to enable a platform to discuss about the common issues and understand from each other’s perspective • IFRS workshop to understand the transition and other technical requirements applicable for Caterpillar

7. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS • Implementation of various Corporate initiatives to support the goal of establishing a “World Class Accounting” organization across the globe. I was responsible with the task assigned on this which included preparation of Business manager checklist, Risk assessment and Account reconciliations which served as a good base to improve the transparency as well as the quality of financials submitted both for consolidations as well as for the Local GAAP requirements. • During my career I have been assigned with the task of ERP implementation for Cat India legal entities and this opportunity helped me in both learning the system fundamentals and as well work towards setting up the system process to meet the technical accounting requirement from both Local and US GAAP requirements. After this major implementation, I’m participating as an SME for various new projects involving SAP implementation to ensure that business requirements were properly defined and also bridge the gap between the accounting system user and the system implementation team, which proved successful in many deployments. • Supported the Shared Service implementation strategy, by directly working for India entities migration to the Shared service center in Bangalore and provided transactional support for other regional entities transition on a need based. This opportunity has provided, an entirely new zone of experience and changed the way in which accounting processes was handled prior to the transition. Ensured that accounting activities were all documented and process maps drawn to make it more process focused than people dependant.

8. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS • During my career span, Caterpillar has provided me with various opportunity for both structured and unstructured training programs to help me keep updated with the developments in both technical and soft skills. Few to mention here: • US GAAP Technical Accounting presentation – By the consolidation team • Service tax and IFRS – ICAI online course • Powering up – Technical & Leadership program – Peking University, Beijing • Making Great Leaders – Graded for Leaders as Teachers • Stepping into Leadership – Indian School of Business (ISB),Hyderabad • 6 Sigma Green Belt certification • Class A production process/Caterpillar production system (CPS) • Sarbanes Oxley Compliance –Implementation workshop Non US subsidiaries • Project management tool and MS office packages • FI/CO SAP certified course (MAARS, Chennai) • Training on Corporate systems/ in Singapore. • Advance Manager Program • Knowledge Sharing session (internal) • Other Key projects worked during my career: Caterpillar acquisition of Hindustan motors limited, Mergers & Plant closure activities relating to Cat India legal entities, Accounting process set up for new business activities in the region, New processes support for profit center accounting, Implementation relating to Pension cost accounting process, Stock based compensation accounting, Tax accounting process etc., Shared service transition for an Australia entity. • Received an award from CFO Forum Recognition for the contribution towards ERP and Shared Service set up for India entities