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+* [[Suresh Kumar (government official)]], U.S. government official
-{{For|the Indian politician from UP|Suresh Kumar (politician)}}
+* [[Suresh Kumar (mountaineer)]], Indian mountaineer
-{{for|the Indian cricketer|Selvam Suresh Kumar}}
+* [[S. Suresh Kumar]] (born 1955), Indian politician in Karnataka
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+* [[Suresh Kumar (Himachal politician)]]
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+* [[Suresh Rana]] or Suresh Kumar, Indian politician in Uttar Pradesh
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+* [[Selvam Suresh Kumar]], Indian cricketer
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+* [[G. Suresh Kumar]], Indian film producer
-'''Suresh Kumar''' (born February 1955) was appointed the [[Assistant Commerce Secretary for Trade Promotion]] and Director-General of the [[U.S. Foreign Commercial Service]] by President [[Barack Obama]] on February 12, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2010/02/12/suresh-kumar-confirmed-assistant-commerce-secretary-and-director-gene|title=Suresh Kumar Confirmed as Assistant Commerce Secretary and Director General of the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service|date=February 12, 2010}}</ref>
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{{short description|American government official}}
{{For|the Indian politician from KN|S. Suresh Kumar}}
{{For|the Indian politician from UP|Suresh Kumar (politician)}}
{{for|the Indian cricketer|Selvam Suresh Kumar}}
{{Multiple issues|
{{Like resume|date=May 2011}}
{{peacock|date=November 2016}}
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'''Suresh Kumar''' (born February 1955) was appointed the [[Assistant Commerce Secretary for Trade Promotion]] and Director-General of the [[U.S. Foreign Commercial Service]] by President [[Barack Obama]] on February 12, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2010/02/12/suresh-kumar-confirmed-assistant-commerce-secretary-and-director-gene|title=Suresh Kumar Confirmed as Assistant Commerce Secretary and Director General of the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service|date=February 12, 2010}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Suresh Kumar was born in [[Secunderabad]], India. His father was an Army Officer and his mother a musician. He spent the early part childhood in Delhi, where he attended Delhi's [[St. Columba's School, Delhi|St. Columba's School]]. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Economics from [[Delhi University]], an MBA from [[Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies]], and is an alumnus of the [[Thunderbird International Consortium Program]]. Between 1970 and 1985 Kumar was news and sports anchor on national television in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts-5|title=President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts|date=October 29, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216173725/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts-5|archive-date=February 16, 2017|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|df=}}</ref>

==Career==
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Kumar has spent over thirty years as an international businessman, consultant, and professor of [[management education]]s. Prior to joining the Obama administration, Kumar led global businesses of major US corporations and been responsible for business units across all continents.

Kumar was President & Managing Partner of [[KaiZen Innovation]], a management consulting firm, which he founded in 2004, that develops global commerce by establishing public-private collaborations that spur development, helping businesses extend their [[global footprint]], and installing global marketing processes and programs. At KaiZen, Kumar consulted on projects for leading institutions and corporations including the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]], the [[African Development Bank]] and the [[Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa]] (AGRA). During his time as the Special Advisor to the [[Clinton Foundation]], Kumar worked with Governments in Sub Saharan Africa and corporate CEOs to establish collaborative business models and execute farmer and market friendly programs to promote [[food security]] and stimulate [[economic development]] in the region.
Kumar is published on issues related to global management and has served as an adjunct faculty member at the [[Schulich School of Business]] at [[York University]] in Toronto.

==References==
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[[Category:University of Delhi alumni]]
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[[Category:People from Hyderabad district, India]]
[[Category:Indian emigrants to the United States]]
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American businesspeople of Indian descent]]

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