Background
Later they moved to England, where his father was employed sweeping factory floors, before eventually starting his own grocery store.
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Harpal Kumar
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Harvard Business School. Street John"s College.
Career
Kumar"s parents were both refugees. After graduation, Kumar was employed by McKinsey and Company as a healthcare consultant. In 1992 he was appointed chief executive of the disability charity the Papworth Trust.
In 1997 he founded Nexan Group, a venture capital-backed medical devices company.
He joined Cancer Research Technology Limited as chief executive in 2002 and became chief operating officer of Cancer Research United Kingdom in 2004. He became chief executive officer in April 2007.
Among his other roles, Kumar is a trustee of the Francis Crick Institute and the Institute for Cancer Research, and chairman of the Board of the National Cancer Research Institute. He is also chairman of the Cancer Outcomes Strategy Advisory Group in England and co-chair of the National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative.
Kumar lists his recreations as theatre, opera and football.
Kumar was knighted in the 2016 New Year for services to cancer research.
