Bhavana Bindra is the Managing Director – India, Middle East and Africa (IMEA) for The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway Company. In this role, she is responsible for leading the IMEA leadership team to deliver differential regional growth, based on a local-for-local approach. She ensures that IMEA growth investments are proactively developed and embedded in our global plans, while also holding accountability for our Pune Global Capability Center (GCC).

Bhavana has more than 20 years of experience in various roles, most recently serving as Managing Director, South Asia, with REHAU, a German polymer business, that develops, manufactures and markets products for the automotive, construction and industrial sectors. Before that, she spent more than a decade at Cummins India Ltd., a global manufacturer of engines, filtration and power generation products, serving as Vice President for the Distribution Business and the Automotive Business for Cummins in India. Bhavana started her career at the Boston Consulting Group focusing on the Financial Services and Pharmaceuticals sectors.

In 2016, Bhavana was named to The Economic Times “40 Under 40” list as one of India’s brightest young business leaders. She was also named India Inc.’s Rising Women Leaders by The Corporate Dossier. In recognition of her exceptional leadership drive to invest in people, products, and processes driving innovation and transformation, she has recently been given the prestigious ET ASCENT Business Leader of The Year 2023, besides being featured on the cover of ET Polymers.

Bhavana received her bachelor’s degree (Honors) in Economics from the Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi and her MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. Besides Six Sigma Green Belt, Bhavana holds a Senior Diploma in Indian Classical Dance (Kathak).