Sumit Mitra

Chief Executive Officer TESCO Global Business Services

Dr. Mitra is currently the Chief executive officer for Tesco PLC’s Global Business Services division and CEO of Tesco Bengaluru entity. Dr Mitra is also board member of Tesco’s joint venture (Trent Hypermarket and Booker India) with the Tata Group. Dr. Mitra is a versatile senior executive and board member with over 20 years’ experience in outsourcing, P&L management and client management & Business transformation. A strategic thinker with shrewd commercial acumen and experienced in building and managing large globally diverse teams. His track record on execution is through his unique ability to join the dots in a complex multinational environment and making things simple.

Prior to joining Tesco, Dr. Mitra was the Managing Director of British Telecom (BT), where he conceptualized and executed BT’s Global Business Services (GBS) model with direct responsibility for 10,000 plus employees across 9 countries and several 3rd party vendors. Sumit led BT GBS to one of the top 25 best employers in India and Budapest as the best shared service centre in Europe.