Suresh Kumar

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 12 February 2010.

Suresh Kumar was born in Secunderabad, India. His father was an army officer and his mother is a musician. He spent the early part of his childhood in Delhi, where he attended Delhi's St. Columba's School. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Economics from Delhi University, an MBA from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, and is an alumnus of the Thunderbird International Consortium Program. Between 1970 and 1985, Kumar was the news and sports anchor on national television in India.