Honeywell today announced the appointment of Rajesh Rege as country president for India. He assumes office on February 7, 2022, and will be based in Bengaluru.

Rege brings a strong track record of driving impressive business results and managing transformation across companies like Microsoft, Red Hat, Cisco Systems, Sun Microsystems, and Wipro. With his experience in the India market, he will add value to Honeywell’s initiatives in sustainability, digitisation, safety, and industrial automation. 

At Honeywell, Rege will spearhead India strategy that focuses on the company’s growth pillars of shaping a diversified portfolio of products and solutions tailored to the India market, driving key customer engagements, and building the talent and leadership pipeline for India. 

Rege will be responsible for the continued growth of India operations across Honeywell’s four strategic business groups: Aerospace, Honeywell Building Technologies (HBT), Performance Materials and Technologies (PMT), and Safety and Productivity Solutions (SPS).

“Rajesh Rege joins a highly capable leadership team in Honeywell’s High Growth Regions (HGR) and Honeywell India and will help build strong stakeholder engagements, offer innovative solutions to customers, and develop winning teams that can drive strong growth,” said Ben Driggs, president, HGR, Honeywell.

“I am excited to take this leadership role at a time when the growth vectors for both India and Honeywell look extremely promising. Honeywell is at the forefront of leading transformation across industries and is well-positioned to positively impact India’s ambition of ‘Make in India’. I look forward to joining a highly talented team, committed to shaping the future of the company and the country,” said Rege.