Background
Ghosh was born on December 7, 1947, in New Delhi, India. He is the son of 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 was born on December 7, 1947, in New Delhi, India. He is the son of 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 Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1970.
Listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Husky produced an average of 346,000 barrels (55,000 m3) of oil equivalent per day in 2015. He has taken on senior leadership roles in Canada, India and Hong Kong at a number of multinational corporations, including Rothmans International, Pepsi Foods, and Hutchison Whampoa. Ghosh is married to Sanjukta Ghosh, with whom he has two children.
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 is one of Canada’s largest breweries. In 1989, Ghosh became founding co-Chief Executive Officer 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 Chief Executive Officer of AS Watson Industries, a subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa (1991–1998).
In 1998, Ghosh took the role of leading Hutchison Whampoa’s telecommunications joint venture in India, where he served as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Hutchison Essar Limited.
Ghosh served in the role until announcing his retirement in March 2009. During his tenure, the company grew from a one-city operation to become the country’s second-largest mobile phone provider, with more than 63 million subscribers. In 2007, he presided over the sale of Hutchison Whampoa’s stake in the company to Vodafone in a deal that valued the business at approximately $19 billion.
In June 2010, Ghosh became President and Chief Executive Officer of Husky Energy.
Ghosh sits on the Board of the Business Council of Canada, is the former Chairman of the National Telecom Committee of the Confederation of Indian Industry, former Chairman of the Cellular Operators Association of India and a distinguished alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.