By: ICN Bureau
Last updated : April 22, 2025 10:21 am
Kalra’s areas of professional expertise include strategic alliances, positioning business units, manufacturing excellence, and aligning processes towards sustainable business growth
Suresh Kalra has been appointed as CEO and Whole Time Director of Aquapharm Chemical Limited, a leading specialty chemical manufacturing company with over 40 years of experience in the chemical industry and is part of the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group and a subsidiary of PCBL (a RPSG Group company), from March 2025 onwards.
Aquapharm started as a single-product, single-location entity, and has evolved into a multi-product, multi-location enterprise, with exports constituting 80 percent of its total turnover. Aquapharm's global reach spans every major continent, serving esteemed clientele across the United States, Latin America, Europe, Japan, South East Asia, and Australia.
The diverse product portfolio caters to world leaders in various industries including water treatment chemicals, detergents, industrial & institutional cleaners, oilfield chemicals, paper mill chemicals, textile & leather auxiliaries, and construction chemicals.
Suresh has developed and led profit & growth centers from start up to significant net income contributors (business size experience US $500 million). His areas of professional expertise include strategic alliances, positioning business units, manufacturing excellence, and aligning processes towards sustainable business growth.
He started his career as a techno commercial person and learnt all other functions like marketing, media planning, supply chain, logistics, financial overview, and manufacturing while handling various on the job assignments and reaching to the current position. As a startup and greenfield specialist, he has credentials in establishing huge businesses from scratch in India and Asian markets leading a team of various nationalities.
With over 27 years of quality experience in industrial, specialty chemical, and automotive sectors, Suresh has also served on the board of Grace India for six years and developed the road map for their growth. He has served on the board of SI Group's India, Korea and Singapore entities. Till recently, he was on board of hubergroup India as Managing Director India & President Asia Region.