Sukpal Singh Ahluwalia

Founder and Non-Executive Chairman, Dominvs Group

Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia is Founder and Non-Executive Chairman of Dominvs Group, a family-owned real estate, hospitality and investment company with more than £750m under management, including a portfolio of hotels across the UK.

Through Dominvs, Sukhpal and the Ahluwalia family have invested in a range of businesses in both the UK and India, including Digraph. He is also the Chairman of the Advisory Board of VAR Capital, which was the winner of Euromoney’s Best Family Office award in 2018. In 2019, Sukhpal founded the Ahluwalia Family Foundation to formalise his family's philanthropic giving.

Sukhpal was previously Founder and Chairman of Euro Car Parts. He founded the company in 1978 from a single site in Willesden, London, and grew the company into the largest distributor of car parts in Europe, operating from more than 300 sites across the UK and employing more than 12,000 people. The company was acquired by Nasdaq-listed LKQ Corporation in a transaction valued at £280m. Sukhpal served as a Global Board Director of LKQ Corporation between 2011 and 2018, and was also Chairman of LKQ’s businesses in the UK, Ireland and India.

Sukhpal arrived in the UK in 1972 as a refugee, fleeing the regime of Idi Amin in Uganda. He maintains strong links to India through both business and charity and plans to retire to the country in the future.