People: Husky Energy Inc (HUSKF.PK)

Mr. Asim Ghosh is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Husky Energy Inc. Mr. Ghosh was appointed the President & Chief Executive Officer of Husky on June 1, 2010. Prior thereto Mr. Ghosh was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Essar Limited (a telecommunications company) until March 2009. Mr. Ghosh began his career with Procter & Gamble in Canada in 1971 and subsequently worked with Rothmans International in what was then its Carling O’Keefe subsidiary from 1980 to 1988, his last position being Senior Vice President of the brewery operations. In 1989, Mr. Ghosh moved to India as the Chief Executive Officer of the Pepsi Foods (Frito Lay) start up in India. From 1991 to 1998 he held senior executive positions and then the position of Chief Executive Officer of the A S Watson Industries subsidiary (a manufacturer of consumer goods) of Hutchison Whampoa Limited. In August 1998, he became Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company that would become Vodafone Essar Limited. Mr. Ghosh was Chairman of the Cellular Operators Association of India and of the National Telecom Committee of the Confederation of Indian Industries. He is an independent director of Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited, a listed bank in India, and was on the Board of Directors of Vodafone Essar Limited until February 2010. Mr. Ghosh obtained an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in 1969 and received a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 1971.