Kumar Galhotra

{{short description|Indian-American entrepreneur (born 1965)}}

Kumar Galhotra (born December 1965) is an Indian-American entrepreneur who is chief operating officer of Ford Motor Company.{{Cite web |title=Ford appoints Kumar Galhotra as chief operating officer |url=https://www.automotivedive.com/news/ford-names-coo-kumar-galhotra/696995/ |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=Automotive Dive |language=en-US}} Previously he led Ford Blue, [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/business/economy/ford-reorganization-model-e.html Ford's internal-combustion business]. He previously served as the group vice president and president of Ford North America, from March 1, 2018.{{cite web |url=https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/people/ashwani-kumar-galhotra.html|title=Kumar Galhotra - Ford Media Center|publisher=Ford}} Before that, Galhotra was the group vice president of Lincoln (2014-2018) and chief marketing officer for Ford Motor Company (2017-2018). Previously he was Vice-President of Engineering at Ford Motor Co. He joined Ford in 2012 having worked for Mazda in Japan.

Galhotra completed his education at the University of Michigan–Dearborn, where he gained a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering.{{cite web|url=https://media.ford.com/content/lincolnmedia/lna/us/en/people/kumar-galhotra.html|title=Kumar Galhotra - Lincoln Media Center|publisher=Ford}}