I am passionate about building trusted relationships and fostering collaboration globally to spark big ideas, break barriers and unlock value for our clients.

Farokh Balsara

Managing Partner-India Business Network (IBN)

Transformational leader driven by values and purpose. Curious by nature, ideas instigator, risk-taker and changemaker. Part-time scuba diver, trekker, and tennis enthusiast.

Farokh is EY Managing Partner-India Business Network which facilitates the entry of multinationals into the fast-growing Indian market and establishment of their Global Capability Centres in India.

Previously, Farokh has served as the Markets Leader of EY India for over a decade (2009-18) and as the Market Segment Leader for Consumer and Health (2018-24). In both these roles, he enabled our clients to transform their businesses and create sustainable value. During this period, he also served as the GCSP for the Tata, Godrej and Mahindra Groups.

As the Program Leader of EY Entrepreneur of the Year program for the past 15 years, Farokh has been involved in recognizing and motivating entrepreneurs and start-ups in India.

Farokh has also served as EY Media & Entertainment (M&E) Sector leader for Europe, Middle East, India, Africa (EMEIA) area from 2011-15, advising several large M&E companies on strategy, transactions, digital transformation and cost optimization.

How Farokh is building a better working world

With a passion for entrepreneurship in India and the power it has to transform the Indian economy and society at large, I have been building a better working world by leading our Entrepreneur of the Year Awards program to recognize these Builders of a Better India: the boldest entrepreneurs who with their creative ideas and innovative approach are shaping India’s future with confidence.

Outside of the office, my wife and I actively raise funds and manage an endowment through the Rotary Club of Bombay that has over the past decade supported over 370 needy cancer patients.

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