Asim Ghosh
| Asim Ghosh | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 7, 1947 New Delhi, India |
| Known for | Former President and CEO of Husky Energy and an Indian mobile telecommunications pioneer |
Asim Ghosh (born December 7, 1947) is the former President and CEO of Husky Energy Inc., one of Canada’s largest integrated energy companies. He retired in December 2016 and continues to sit on Husky's Board of Directors.
Ghosh was born on December 7, 1947, in New Delhi, India. He has taken on senior leadership roles in Canada, India and Hong Kong at a number of multinational corporations, including Carling O'Keefe (now part of Molson Coors), Pepsi Foods, and Hutchison Whampoa.
Ghosh is married to Sanjukta Ghosh, whose grandfather, Rai Sahib Nagendra Kumar Bhattacharyya, was a lawyer and member of the West Bengal Legislative Council. Asim and Sanjukta Ghosh have two sons. Asim Ghosh is the son of Padma Shri Amalananda Ghosh, a respected Indian archaeologist who served as Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1953 to 1968, and Sudha Ghosh.
Ghosh graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi in 1969 with a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering. Ghosh received his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1970.
Ghosh began his career with Procter & Gamble (Canada) in 1971. He joined Rothmans International in 1980, eventually becoming the Senior Vice President with the subsidiary Carling O'Keefe, which was one of Canada’s largest breweries. In 1989, Ghosh became founding co-CEO of Pepsi Foods (India) and was tasked with setting up food operations in the country. He moved to Hong Kong in 1991 in order to set up a consumer goods joint venture between Pepsi and Hutchison Whampoa. Shortly thereafter, he became the CEO of AS Watson Industries, a subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa (1991–1998).
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