Padma Bhushan (2011) Knight Commander of the Order of Queen Isabella (2014)
Analjit Singh (born 11 January 1954) is anIndianentrepreneur andbusinessman who is founder andchairman ofMax Group,[1] a conglomerate with interests in life insurance, healthcare,[2] and real estate. He is also the founder of Leeu Collection,[3] an international collection of boutique hotels.[4] He was also the Non-Executive Chairman ofVodafone India.[5]
Analjit Singh was born inNew Delhi, the son of Bhai Mohan Singh and Avtar Kaur. His father was the founder ofRanbaxy Laboratories.[6] Singh was the youngest of three sons.[7]
Singh served as thechairman ofVodafone India from February 2012 to August 2018.[12] He has been the key spokesperson of Vodafone in India and was the main representative of the company during the Vodafone's retrospective taxation controversy with theGovernment of India.[13][14]
Singh serves on the Founder Executive Board ofIndian School of Business.[17] He is the patron of Max Institute of Healthcare Management, one of the partner institutes at the ISB's Mohali campus.[18] He served as Chairman of Mohali Campus Advisory Board of ISB.[19]
He is on the board ofSofina SA, a Belgian holding company, headquartered inBrussels which invests in several industrial sectors.[20]
He served on the board ofTata Global Beverages and resigned in December 2016.[21] He had voted against the resolution moved forCyrus Mistry's ouster as Chairman of the company.[21][22] In his resignation letter he said that he lamented at the overall lack of transparency surrounding the sacking ofCyrus Mistry.[23][24]
He served as the Chairman ofIndian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Roorkee,[25] from 2011 to 2014. He serves on the Prime Minister's UK-India CEO Forum,[26] where he is the co-chair of Ease of Doing Business Committee along with Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO ofWPP plc. He has also served as a member of Prime Minister's Indo-US CEO Forum.[27] He has served as Chairman ofConfederation of Indian Industry's (CII) national committee on insurance and pensions.[28]
Singh serves as the Honorary Consul General ofRepublic of San Marino in India from November 2007.[29] He also served as the co-chair of Prabodhan, a forum for facilitating engagement between prominent European and Indian.[30]
