Indian CEOs Among Global 500 CEOs Playing Big In Strange Lands

8. Sidney Toledano, Dior
Company headquarters: France
CEO's home country: Morocco

Sidney Toledano was born in Casablanca, in Morocco, where his family settled since the fifteenth century after his expulsion 'of Spain. He is the current CEO of Christian Dior Couture. Inheritance of designer Christian Dior, the company has diversified in a major way to the cosmetics and fragrances, jewelry, leather goods etc.

Sidney Toledano completed his engineering at Ecole Centrale in Paris and as the CEO of the fashion brand, Toledano has focused on promoting the products on international footprint.

9. Stephen Elop, Nokia
Company headquarters: Finland
CEO's home country: Canada

Stephen holds the tag of being the first Nokia CEO who doesn’t hail from Finland. Stephen Elop took the wheel of Nokia in September 2010, which was considered a bad time for the company as it had lost market shares to the electronics major Apple. After Elop joined the company he geared back Nokia’s operations bringing the company back in the market. So far, the outcome has been less than astral, with smart phone and traditional handset profits witnessing a sharp decline over the past few years.

10. Karl Slym, Tata Motors
Company Headquarters: India
CEO's home country: U.K.

Karl Slym, Managing Director of Tata Motors, is a graduate of Stanford University and a Sloan Fellow. Slym heads all operations of Tata Motors in India and global markets. Prior to joining Tata Motors, Slym was the Executive Vice President and Board Member of SGMW Motors in China. He had also been associated with Toyota and General Motors for over two decades.

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