Mr. H K Agarwal is Managing Director of Grasim Industries Limited, a flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group (ABG) and Business Director of the Group’s global Pulp & Fibre Business Birla Cellulose. He is also Director of Aditya Birla Management Corp. Private Limited, the apex corporate body that provides direction and vision to the Group companies.
Over the last four decades, Mr. H K Agarwal has held leadership positions in the Aditya Birla Group's Cement, Chemicals, Advanced Materials, and Pulp and Fibre businesses.
Mr. Agarwal, a chartered accountant with an all-India rank, has completed a number of national and international management and leadership development programmes, including an Executive MBA from Sasin, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, and an AMP at Harvard. He received the Chairman's “Outstanding Leader Award” in 2012 and the "Certificate of Excellence" in 2021 for his outstanding contribution to Grasim's growth.
He is an avid runner and a firm believer in the Power of Teams.