Hon. Suresh Kumar currently serves as Member of the Executive Committee and the Global Leadership Team as well as Head of Government Relations US ad interim.
Suresh Kumar has an Economics degree from Delhi University and a Masters in Management from Bombay University. Suresh has more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry beginning in 1978 in India with Johnson and Johnson. At Warner Lambert from 1989 to 1999, he held increasingly senior roles in consumer healthcare in Canada, North America, Latin America and Asia. Mr. Kumar again joined Johnson & Johnson in 1999 as a Member of the Group Operating Committee and International Vice President of the Worldwide Consumer Pharmaceuticals business.
In 2006, Mr. Kumar joined the Clinton Foundation as Special Advisor focused on Sub-Saharan Africa, where he created programs focused on enhancing lives through improved agricultural performance and food security.
In 2010, the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Mr. Kumar as Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service where he spearheaded global trade for the Obama Administration.
Since 2013, Mr. Kumar has served as a Partner with Oliver Wyman leading the firm's Public Sector Practice and as part of the Health and Life Sciences Team.