Professional background:

As of January 1, 2019 Vivek Bhatia is Managing Director & CEO of thyssenkrupp Industries India Pvt. Ltd.

Vivek was earlier CEO - Asia Pacific at thyssenkrupp AG, driving group activities for all thyssenkrupp companies in the region. Prior to that, he led Strategy, Markets and Development for the Asia Pacific region for the Group and was based in Singapore.

Prior to joining thyssenkrupp, Vivek was with Boston Consulting Group, India where he worked extensively in the capital goods sector with clients in India and abroad on a wide canvas of topics. In 2013, he was awarded a BCG Olympics Gold Medal for the most insightful and impactful client work in the region. He earlier worked for several years as a design engineer for refineries and pipelines at Engineers India Limited.

Vivek holds an MBA (from IIM Calcutta), M. Tech. (Gold Medallist from IIT Delhi) and B.E. (with honours from University of Delhi).