As he takes his seat at the head of a large boardroom table, Seelan Gobalsamy does not neatly fit the profile of a CEO of Omnia Holdings.

Unlike former MDs Adriaan de Lange and Rod Humphris before him, Gobalsamy is a relative newcomer to the sector, who did not rise through the ranks at the troubled chemicals and fertiliser firm. De Lange and Humphris previously headed the key fertiliser business...

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