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Sanjay Kumar CEO & MD at Altran, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Sanjay Kumar (47) has been appointed CEO of Altran India. Sanjay joins the Group Management Committee and reports directly to Michel Bailly, Chief Technical Officer of the Altran group.

A graduate in physics from the University of Delhi, Sanjay also holds an MBA from IRMA (The Institute of Rural Management Anand, Gujarat, India). Before joining Altran, Sanjay acquired a solid experience in the creation of new companies and the development of existing ones.

For over 18 years, Sanjay worked for the Royal Dutch Shell group where he held a variety of positions in Europe and Asia. In India, he was part of the team that set up Royal Dutch Shell's joint-venture then went on to develop Shell’s bitumen market in India. At the international level, he was in charge of turning around the oil company’s retail-sales business in 13 Asia/Pacific countries, including China. He also played a key role in launching several targeted consumer-initiative programmes in Germany, Greece and Turkey designed to boost the lubricant retail-sales business in Europe. Upon his return to India in 2007, Sanjay Kumar helped set up Shell's Aviation joint-venture in Bangalore (India), then moved to Chennai to launch a Business Intelligence and Strategic Consulting unit.

Sanjay Kumar is now in charge of the next development phase programmed for Altran India, in accordance with the Strategic Plan initiated by Philippe Salle.