Honeywell appoints Microsoft's Rajesh Rege as country president for India

Honeywell has announced the appointment of Rajesh Rege as country president for India, said a statement issued today. “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.

As the country leader, Rege will spearhead Honeywell’s 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.

He 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).


“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’," said Rege.

He has more than 32 years of corporate experience and his last assignment was with Microsoft, where he was executive director, leading the technology and cloud solutions business for India. In addition to this, he has also worked across companies like Red Hat, Cisco Systems, Sun Microsystems, and Wipro.

Honeywell employs 13,000 people across different locations including Bengaluru, Chennai, Dehradun, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Madurai, and Pune.