Dipankar Ghosh joins Apollo Tyres as Group Head, HR

Dipankar Ghosh has joined Apollo Tyres as Group Head, Human Resources (HR) for the Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa (APMEA) region. Dipankar has joined in a regional senior leadership role at Apollo Tyres and will be leading the regional HR team. Ghosh comes with 25 years of diverse experience in leading FMCG, Automobile and Service Industries, in the domain of HR Business Partnering, Strategic Human Resource Initiatives, Talent Assurance, Policy Making and Employee Relations.

Ghosh joins Apollo Tyres from Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd, where he was the CHRO, leading the HR, ER and Administration function of the FMCG company. Prior to that, he was with Diageo where he was Head, HRBP for Manufacturing Operations in India spread across multiple states and also held the role of Head, HR for Diageo’s Commercial (Sales and Distribution) Organisation for India and emerging markets. He has spent a large part of his career with Tata Motors, managing multiple roles — leading Sales HR for the Passenger Car Business Unit, setting up HR processes in the greenfield facility at South Africa, and subsequently was Head, HR of the integrated Supply Chain and Quality function across 7 manufacturing plants.

Dipankar Ghosh will be based out of Apollo Tyres’ corporate headquarters in Gurugram, India and report to Satish Sharma, President, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa (APMEA). He is a Fulbright Fellow, having completed his fellowship in Management from Carnegie Melon University, and is an alumnus of Jadavpur University.

Commenting on his appointment Satish Sharma, President, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA), Apollo Tyres Ltd said, “Dipankar’s proven expertise in strategic human resource management and business transformation across industry verticals would be a key for our ‘People’ Pillar, which is an important part of achieving our FY26 vision. He also brings along wide-ranging experience in managing multi-stakeholder interventions and developing high-performance teams.”