Rahul Tikoo has joined Huntsman Corporation as managing director of both the corporation’s business in the Indian Subcontinent and its Polyurethanes division in India.

In his role, Tikoo is responsible for driving corporate growth strategy and accelerating Polyurethanes division business in India. He reports to Rohit Aggarwal, president of Huntsman’s Textile Effects division, for the Huntsman India corporate business and to Steen Weien Hansen, vice president of Huntsman’s Polyurethanes – Europe, Africa, Middle East and India, for the Polyurethanes business.

Rohit Aggarwal said: “We are pleased to welcome Rahul to Huntsman and are confident that his business acumen and diverse industry experience will lead Huntsman to our next phase of growth.”

Steen Weien Hansen added: “The Indian Subcontinent is a very important emerging market for our Polyurethanes business.  Our customers respect innovation.  Under Rahul’s leadership, we will strengthen our innovation and customer-centric approach.”

Most recently, Tikoo was managing director of BYK, South Asia region. Prior to BYK, he held various roles with Agfa and AkzoNobel. He earned an engineering degree from the University of Pune and a master’s degree in business management from JBIMS, Mumbai.