Mr. Deepak Ambadas Thombre is a Mechanical Engineer from the College of Engineering, Pune and has completed Masters in Management Studies from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai. In addition, he has attended advanced leadership/ General Management Courses at the Centre for Creative Leadership, USA, London Business School, UK, and IIM (L). He has also completed a PG Program in Executive Coaching and has been certified by Coaching Foundation of India (CFI) as a CEO Coach.

He has over 40 years of work experience across different types of organizations and has been instrumental in fuelling significant growth by creating new markets, domestic and international, in a highly competitive environment, building high performance teams, putting into place effective systems and processes, leading teams in turnaround situations, driving change- management programs. Mr. Deepak Ambadas Thombre serves as Independent Director on the Board of Dalmia Bharat Refractories Limited, Dalmia Cement (North East) Limited, AFC India Limited, Vinay Cement Limited and HPPL Industries Private Limited.