Henkel has announced the appointment of Anurag Agarwal as President of Henkel North America, effective July 1, 2025. He succeeds Pernille Lind Olsen, who will be seeking new opportunities in her home country of Denmark. Agarwal will continue to serve as Corporate Vice President, Packaging, Henkel Adhesive Technologies. He is based at Henkel’s North America Adhesive Technologies Packaging headquarters in Bridgewater, New Jersey.

Agarwal joined Henkel in 1997 as a Research Scientist in the automotive sector of Henkel Adhesive Technologies in Madison Heights, Michigan. Over the course of his career, he has held positions in research and global innovation at Henkel’s global headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany. He also served as President of Henkel Greater China for four years.

In 2024, he returned to the United States and assumed his current role as Corporate Vice President, Packaging, Henkel Adhesive Technologies.

Agarwal holds a Ph.D. in Polymer Science from the University of Connecticut and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.