Sunil Kaul

Sunil Kaul, Group President, is the Group’s Chief Technology Officer, and a member of the ANAND Executive Board. He is the Chairman of the Board of Haldex India, a joint venture between ANAND and Haldex AB, Sweden, for which he will be responsible and accountable to the ANAND Executive Board.

Mr. Kaul is also be responsible for the Excellence-in-Manufacturing, Innovation, Quality Culture, and Sustainability initiatives. He is also responsible for the Group’s Emerging Automotive Technology and start-ups in Multi Material Composites with FAR-UK; Transmissions with MAZARO, Belgium and Joint Venture with Mando Corporation for Two and Three Wheeler Electric Vehicle components.

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

As Group President and Chief Technology Officer, Sunil is responsible to direct and steer the technological prowess and innovation focus of the Group as a whole, ensuring ANAND is aligned and adequately equipped to face the challenges of the future. An extremely able and dynamic leader, Sunil has been an integral member of ANAND for the past 35 years and has held various positions of increasing responsibility through his tenure.

Sunil holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Certificate in Management Education Networking from the Stuttgart Institute of Management & Technology. Sunil joined ANAND in 1985 at Purolator India. He subsequently moved to MAHLE ANAND Thermal Systems in 1996, right at the inception of the Joint Venture. Between 1999 and 2004, Sunil spent five years on deputation to Mahle Behr, Germany, where he spent the initial two years being actively involved in the Product and Process engineering of EGR technology. Subsequently, he spent the next three years heading production at Pforzheim, besides also being responsible for the transfer of the oldest line (condensers and evaporators) from Pforzheim to what was back the plant in East Germany. Sunil returned to India in 2004 to re-join MAHLE ANAND Thermal Systems, and was subsequently appointed managing director from 2009 till 2016, where he undertook several challenging projects.