Bhav Dhillon

Honorary Consul of India, Auckland

Bhav Dhillon is a well-known community leader and an established business leader of repute. With a sound understanding of most bilateral trade and community issues, he is a strong advocate for the India NZ relationship and involved with the Indian Diaspora in NZ for nearly 15 years.

Following his passion for the India-NZ relationship, Bhav is on the board and Treasurer of India NZ Business Council and has accompanied the Prime Minister twice on his trips to India. He is also significantly involved with all incoming senior-level ministerial visits from India to NZ.

Bhav is the Managing Director of CEMIX, an iconic Kiwi brand and a market leader that has been in New Zealand for over 30 years. The company manufactures innovative construction products.  Cemix has been part of the Deloitte Fast50 in 2011 and a finalist in the Green Ribbon Awards.

Bhav is on the board of Foundation North, Australasia’s largest philanthropic funding agency holding in trust an endowment of over a billion dollars for the Auckland and Northland communities. That endowment is used to make millions of dollars in grants each year to not-for-profit groups in Auckland and Northland.

Bhav is also the Chair of There’s a Better Way Foundation which works alongside NZ Police, Auckland Council and other like-minded organisations for creating pathways for positive change among youth at risk of gang culture and drugs.

On the community front, Bhav is the Chairman of the Kiwi Indian Hall of Fame and the Publisher of The Indian Weekender, NZ’s only weekly newspaper for the Kiwi-Indians.