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Kalyana Sivagnanam
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Biography
Kalyana Sivagnanam is an internationally respected business leader whose career spans more than four decades across the automotive and mobility sectors. Since beginning his professional journey in 1985, he has built substantial experience across sales, marketing, corporate strategy, and regional leadership, working across some of the world's most commercially and culturally complex markets.
He spent 14 years with Ford Motor Company, where he served as Vice President for the Middle East and Africa. During this period, he played a central role in strengthening Ford's position across the region and overseeing a broad and varied operational landscape. He later joined Nissan Motor Corporation, holding a number of senior appointments including Vice President for Africa, the Middle East and India, before becoming Managing Director of Nissan Motor GB.
In 2020, Kalyana was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer of Petromin Corporation. Under his leadership, the company evolved from a conventional lubricants manufacturer into a broader mobility enterprise with interests spanning vehicle sales, after-sales services, leasing, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and digital platforms. The transformation reflected both his long-term strategic perspective and his ability to recognise shifts in the future direction of mobility and consumer behaviour.
He stepped down from Petromin in early 2026 to devote his attention fully to his work with HCP Group.
What distinguishes Kalyana's career is not simply the breadth of industries in which he has operated, but the range of business environments in which he has succeeded. His experience extends beyond automotive into consumer electronics, media and broadcasting, paints and chemicals, and luggage. He has worked across global multinational corporations, family-owned businesses, entrepreneurial ventures, and small and medium-sized enterprises, giving him a rare breadth of commercial understanding.
Throughout his career, he has developed a reputation for building businesses, restructuring underperforming organisations, establishing joint ventures, and guiding companies through periods of transition and growth. He has been particularly drawn to situations requiring decisive leadership, strategic clarity, and the ability to scale businesses sustainably across multiple markets.
40+
Years of senior leadership across global markets, beginning in 1985
Specialisms
Sectors Beyond Automotive
Forty years in this industry teaches you that the fundamentals never change. Only the language around them does. Our role is to cut through that language and give clients clarity.
Kalyana Sivagnanam
Career Timeline
Co-Founder
Devoting full attention to HCP Group's advisory practice, bringing four decades of international automotive and mobility leadership to bear for clients across the GCC and beyond.
Group Chief Executive Officer
Led the transformation of Petromin from a conventional lubricants manufacturer into a diversified mobility enterprise spanning vehicle sales, after-sales, leasing, EV charging infrastructure, and digital platforms.
VP Africa, Middle East & India · Managing Director, Nissan Motor GB
Held multiple senior regional appointments, culminating in the Managing Director role for Nissan's UK business, overseeing sales, marketing, and dealer network performance.
Vice President, Middle East & Africa
Spent 14 years at Ford, rising to VP for the Middle East and Africa. Played a central role in strengthening Ford's regional position and overseeing a broad operational landscape across diverse markets.
Start of a four-decade journey
Began a professional career that would span automotive, consumer electronics, media and broadcasting, paints and chemicals, and luggage, across multinationals, family businesses, and entrepreneurial ventures.
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