Goodyear India Appoints Santosh Kumar As Whole-Time Director

The Board of Directors of Goodyear India Limited on September 12 has approved the appointment of Santosh Kumar as Whole Time Director and Key Management Personnel (KMP) with effect from November 1, 2024, for a period of five years. Subject to the approval of the shareholders by means of postal ballot.

The Board also appointed Nitesh Kumar Jain, Non-Executive Director of the company, as Chairman of the Board with effect from November 1, 2024.

The Board took note that Sandeep Mahajan, on attaining his superannuation, shall complete his tenure as Chairman and Managing Director (MD) of the company from October 31, 2024. He shall also cease to be KMP.

Santosh Kumar is the Vice President, Consumer Business at Goodyear India Ltd. and has over 26 years of experience in large multinationals and Indian companies. He has previously worked with Knauf India Ltd. as the Commercial Director for India and SAARC countries. He has also worked with Hindware, where he was handling P&L for the Building Products Division; with AkzoNobel India Limited (formerly ICI India Ltd.), where he led the institutional business, East and North Regions, and Customer Marketing; and with Orica Mining Services as a National Sales Manager. He holds a bachelor’s degree in technology (mining) from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad and a postgraduate diploma in management from the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow.