Sumit Mitra is an eminent global business leader and alumnus of IIM Calcutta with over 30 years of proven success in transforming organisations across India, Europe, Southeast Asia, and Oceania. He is known for his dynamic leadership style, alignment with corporate culture, and the ability to turn strategy into results.
Sumit currently serves as the Managing Director at Lapp India and is a member of the APAC Executive Management Team, where he spearheads organisation turnaround, manufacturing expansions, and the creation of innovative engineering and information technology capabilities. For his outstanding leadership, he has won the highly coveted award of Manager of the Year for Production at Lapp’s Global Leadership Conference held in Germany.
In his previous role, Sumit played a crucial role in transforming SKF India and Southeast Asia through strategic acquisitions, digital transformation, lean manufacturing process improvements, and engineering center development around the globe. Some of his other assignments include turning around the Europe region of NRB Bearings, advising European companies on how to expand globally, and working on several other important initiatives with Dalmia Cement, SRF Ltd., Honeywell Automation, and Thyssen Krupp.
An expert much sort after in change management, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain efficiency, and digital transformation, Sumit is an advocate for people-focused leadership. He creates cultures that embrace change through visionary and pragmatic leadership styles. As a key influencer in world industry leadership, Sumit motivates the future business leaders.