Opportunity Knocks
Interview with Dr. Jang Bahadur Singh Mann,
CEO, Mann Industries
When youthful exuberance coincides with a sharp
intellect, a head for business and ambition, the world/
oyster maxim comes into play.
“My father was planning on winding the business
down, so I became involved and offered to take it
over. It has been a challenge I have relished.”
A medical doctor by profession, Dr. Jang Bahadur
Singh Mann employs strategic foresight in running
Mann Industries LLC, a glass and steel provider with
big plans for the future.
Established since the 1980s the company has
demonstrated its durability and staying power.
Regarding the reasons behind this success, Dr. Mann
says,
Some of Abu Dhabi’s most esteemed companies are
counted among Mann Industries LLC’s clients, in
the provision of processed glass, architectural glass,
aluminium facades, stainless steel, structural steel, and
wrought iron.
“Retaining good talented people is very important in
business. It is advisable to listen to everyone, from the
lowest level worker right up. Everyone can make a
difference.”
Describing Abu Dhabi as his “home from home”,
Dr. Mann has grown with the business that his father
created following their move from India. Having
completed his medical education and a period of
practice, Dr. Mann took the reigns of Mann Group
from his father and has set the company on a steady
course of expansion. Speaking about this transition,
he states,
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Being not only a provider, but also a manufacturer of
a multitude of its products, Mann Industries is able
to pass on its competitive advantage to its clients, and
this is an area which Dr. Mann identifies as a crucial
selling point for his company’s services.