Darnis Visits AHI-Carrier Joint Venture in Middle East

Carrier President Geraud Darnis recently visited AHI-Carrier, Carrier’s joint venture in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE). During his visit, Darnis met with Mr. Abdulla Darwish, a joint venture partner of AHI-Carrier and UTS-Carrier (UAE). AHI-Carrier, a distribution joint venture between AHI and Carrier, was formed in 2008 following the merger of AHI and Carrier Middle East Ltd. and was a key transaction in Carrier’s business transformation strategy.

AHI-Carrier is engaged in the sales and distribution of Carrier and Toshiba brand products in more than 40 countries including Russia, central and eastern Europe, Africa and, most recently, Australia and New Zealand.
During the visit, Mr. Darnis and his team were escorted by Qamar Rizvi, CEO of AHI-Carrier, on a tour of the company’s offices. Later, AHI-Carrier managers provided a in-depth review of the business. Darnis commended the company’s business model and complimented the team for effectively managing such a geographically dispersed and economically and culturally diverse customer base.
Darnis said, “AHI-Carrier has a unique customer-centric business model consisting of a focused sales force supported by a centralized back office where sales assistance, engineering, design and other support functions occur.”

Darnis also congratulated the AHI-Carrier team for securing the first two projects in the Middle East involving recently-launched 19XRD large, centrifugal chillers – with a total of eight units installed.

From left to right: D Isac (Finance Manager), G Umachandran (Finance Integration Manager - Carrier), Ravi Hegde (General Manager BSS) , David Appel (President, HVAC EMEA - Carrier), Geraud Darnis (President - Carrier), Qamar Rizvi (CEO – AHI Carrier), Mark George (VP Finance and CFO - Carrier), Ajit C (General Manager RLC) and Patrick Preux (VP Human Resources – Carrier)