Chandra Kumar

Title: 
Desautels Global Expert; President, Baking Division - Nestlé USA Inc.
Chandra Kumar
Degree(s): 

MBA’91

Biography: 

Chandra Nath Kumar is the President of the Baking Division at Nestlé USA, starting this role in October 2020.

Prior to joining the US division, Chandra joined Nestlé Canada Inc. in April 1998. Since then, he has held progressive roles in the organization across multiple Markets and Divisions, including expatriation assignments in Switzerland, Brazil and Poland. His last expatriation was as the Chief Financial Officer for the Poland & Baltics Region. He returned to Canada in 2014 and was promoted to be the President of the Ice Cream Business, and eventually became the President of the Confectionery division in 2017.

Born and raised in New Delhi, India, Chandra completed his engineering degree from Birla Institute of Technology & Science in Pilani. He complements his engineering degree with an MBA from McGill.

Specialization by geographical area: 
Washington DC
Group: 
Desautels Global Experts
Stream: 
Business Development
Leadership
Operations

Contact

For more information about our Desautels Global Experts, please contact:

lynn.mark [at] mcgill.ca (Lynn Mark)
Manager, Alumni Programs
514-398-2388

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