National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI), the provider of solutions that enable engineers and scientists to solve the world's greatest engineering challenges, today announced the appointment of Mr Chandran Nair as Vice President for Asia Pacific.

          Previously the Managing Director for ASEAN, Mr Nair has been instrumental in establishing NI’s footprint in Southeast Asia and consistently delivering double digit growth. In his new role, Mr Nair will be responsible for growing NI’s business in China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, Oceania and Taiwan.

          Mr Nair began his NI career in 1997 and went on to lead the successful initiative for a new PXI instrumentation standard that is the industry-standard platform today. In 2003, Mr Nair became the Managing Director for Southeast Asia where NI grew its market share exponentially and successfully forayed into emerging markets like Myanmar.

“Asia is a true hotbed for innovation. These are very exciting times and I’m honoured to be leading the National Instruments’ team in Asia to continue creating the future generation of innovators in this region,” Mr Nair said.

          Half of the economies in Asia Pacific landed in the recently released Global Innovation Index top 40. Singapore remains at the top of the regional rankings at 7^th place, followed by Hong Kong (11^th), the Republic of Korea (14^th) New Zealand (15^th) and Japan (19^th).

          On the heels of Nair’s appointment, NI also named Mr Matej Krajnc as the new Managing Director for ASEAN and ANZ. With over 30 years of engineering industry experience, Mr Krajnc will be responsible for the growth of NI’s presence, visibility, sales, and application engineering throughout Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia.

          NI has a long-term track record of growth in Asia and globally. It is one of Top 25 Best Multinational Workplaces ranked by Great Places to Work Institute for four years, and has been one of FORTUNE 100 best places to work, for 15 consecutive years.

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