Jagdish Kumar

Mr. Jagdish Kumar, Group President, is the Group’s Chief Financial Officer and a member of the ANAND Executive Board. He is the Chairman of Henkel ANAND India, a joint venture between ANAND and Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Germany, as well as a Director on the Board of Joyson ANAND Abhishek Safety Systems, a joint venture with Joyson Safety Systems, USA; he is responsible and accountable to the ANAND Executive Board for both these companies. Besides Group Finance function, The Group Legal & Secretariat, Group Corporate Strategy & Planning, Group IT, as well as Group Corporate Communications functions report to Mr. Kumar, who also holds the position of Managing Director of ANAND Automotive.

He is a member of the ANAND Management Forum which oversees operational issues for the Group. He is also member of the Group’s Strategic Growth Council, including Mergers & Acquisitions.

He joined ANAND Group in September, 2015. Prior to joining ANAND, Jagdish was the Regional Director, strategy and M&A, Asia Pacific for DuPont. He joined DuPont in 1998 as Director – finance & planning of the South Asian operations and Chief Financial Officer for the Asia-Pacific region for automotive paints business. Subsequently, he moved on to lead multiple businesses in South Asia and the Asia-Pacific in the Printing and Packaging markets for DuPont including a five-year stint in Shanghai as Asia-Pacific leader of the Packaging Graphics business for DuPont.

Prior to joining DuPont, Jagdish worked for Tata Consultancy Services and Ballarpur Industries Limited based in Delhi as head of finance and M&A. He has a vast experience in leadership and board management roles across the Asia-Pacific in a career spanning over 33 years. Jagdish did his B.Com (Honours) from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi and PGDM from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore with a specialisation in finance and marketing.