Kamal Bali

Kamal has been spearheading top global and Indian brands as President & CEO for over two decades. For the last 12+ years, he is the President & Managing Director of Volvo Group in India, based in Bangalore.Conferred the "Distinguished Alumnus" award by the IIT Roorkee and 'Bharat Ratna Sir M Visvesvaraya Award 2023', Kamal has an illustrious career spanning over four decades, predominantly in automotive & engineering industry. Starting his career with EICHER Group in 1981, Kamal has worked with well-known Indian brands and established multinational corporations in India. He has accumulated precious cross-functional knowledge, is respected for his strong values’ based leadership and professionalism with strong work ethos.In December 2019, Kamal was Knighted and awarded one of Sweden’s highest honours in the Royal Order of the “Polar Star: Commander” by Their Majesties, the King and Queen of Sweden for his untiring support to the Swedish commerce & industry in India.He is also the recipient of the prestigious “2019 Machinist Lifetime Achievement Award” and "Inspiring CEO 2021" by the Times of India Group.Kamal also holds / has held the following board and advisory positions :-> Chairman of Swedish Chamber of Commerce India; > Formerly Independent Director at Antrix Corp Ltd (commercial arm of ISRO, 2019 - Aug 2025)> Member Governing Board, IIT GN> Independent Director at ITC Hotels Ltd> Non-Executive Director at Volvo Financial Services India Pvt Ltd> Chairman of CII Southern Region (23-24).