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- #### Mr. Bharat Puri

  Chairman, CII National Committee on FMCG and Managing Director, Pidilite Industries

  #### Mr. Bharat Puri

Chairman, CII National Committee on FMCG and Managing Director, Pidilite Industries

Bharat Puri is currently the Managing Director of Pidilite Industries Ltd, having joined the Board of Pidilite Industries Ltd as an Independent Director in 2008 and being appointed Managing Director in April 2015.Pidilite is India’s leading manufacturer of consumer adhesives, sealants, construction chemicals, art and craft products as well as polymer emulsions.Over the past few years, Pidilite has emerged as one of India’s most respected consumer companies.
Bharat was at school at the Lawrence School Sanawar, graduated in Commerce from Punjab University and completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Management (MBA) from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Starting his career with Asian Paints in 1982, he rose to eventually heading Sales and Marketing for the company. He moved to Cadbury India as Director of Sales and Marketing in 1998, and was appointed its Managing Director in 2002. In 2006, he was posted to Singapore in a Regional role. He then held senior leadership positions in Sales, Marketing and General Management, at the regional, and global level, culminating in his becoming Global President, Chocolates, Gum and Candy, for Mondelez International. Bharat has been a successful global business leader who has built, energised and led diverse teams across numerous geographies in both developed and developing markets.
As a person, Bharat can be described as open, curious, fair with a strong bias for action and a strong belief in the power of teams.

- #### Mr. Deepak Iyer

  Co-Chairman, CII National Committee on FMCG & Managing Director, Mondelez India

  #### Mr. Deepak Iyer

Co-Chairman, CII National Committee on FMCG & Managing Director, Mondelez India

Deepak Iyer is the President of Mondelez India Foods Pvt. Ltd and is responsible for leading the business in India. Deepak is also part of the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) Leadership Team.
With around thirty years of management experience spanning Sales, Marketing, Franchise Management and General Management, he has extensive experience in the FMCG space.
Prior to Mondelez, he was the CEO and Managing Director of Bharti AXA General Insurance Co Ltd.
He has also served as CEO and Managing Director, Indian Subcontinent at Wrigley India Pvt. Ltd,
Deepak was earlier with PepsiCo Inc. for several years working in different roles in South Asia and Africa. He has also worked in Marico Industries, Coats Viyella and Tata Telecom Ltd.
He holds a Master of Management Studies (MBA) from SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai and a Bachelor of Engineering from Sardar Patel University, Gujarat.

- #### Mr. Mukul Deoras

  President - Asia Pacific Division Colgate-Palmolive

  #### Mr. Mukul Deoras

President - Asia Pacific Division Colgate-Palmolive

Mukul Deoras is the President, Asia Pacific Division for Colgate-Palmolive, Chairman of Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited, and is also a Board Member of Wyndham Hotels and Resorts.
A global business leader, with 30 plus years of experience in the FMCG industry, Mukul brings a wealth of knowledge and experience across various aspects of the industry. From building brands, to go-to-market approaches, he specializes in new business models and operationalizing a series of business-strengthening and capability-building initiatives.
Prior to his current role, Mukul was Chief Marketing Officer at Colgate and was instrumental in scripting the brand purpose of Colgate's global portfolio of brands including the flagship brand, Colgate. Over the past 17 years at Colgate, Mukul has worked across multiple geographies in operational, regional and global roles. His assignments have taken him across the world with experiences in Thailand, New York, India and Hong Kong. Mukul began his journey at Colgate-Palmolive Thailand, a business unit he led. Post that, he moved to New York as the global head of Colgate's Personal Care business.
A postgraduate in Management from IIM-Ahmedabad, Mukul began his career with Hindustan Unilever and held positions in sales and marketing prior to joining Colgate.

- #### Mr. Piyush Pandey

  Chairman of Global Creative & Executive Chairman, India Ogilvy

  #### Mr. Piyush Pandey

Chairman of Global Creative & Executive Chairman, India Ogilvy

Piyush is the most celebrated advertising person, who’s credited for changing the face of Indian advertising and for putting Indian advertising on the world map.
He is known for his famous work on Cadbruy’s Dairy Milk, Fevicol, Fevikwik, Asian Paints, Pulse Polio, National Literacy Mission and many more. Piyush also wrote the lyrics of the national integration song ‘Mile sur mera tumhara’.
Piyush has been named the most influential person in advertising for fourteen years in a row. He was the first Asian to be the Jury Chairman at Cannes in 2004. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Advertising Agencies Association of India in 2010, the Clio Lifetime Achievement Award in New York in 2012, the ‘Padma Shree’ in 2016 and then the highest recognition in the world – the Lifetime Achievement Award, Lion of St. Mark at Cannes in 2018.
He published his first book Pandeymonium in 2016.

- #### Mr. Prasanth Kumar

  CEO, South Asia GroupM

  #### Mr. Prasanth Kumar

CEO, South Asia GroupM

Prasanth Kumar is the Chief Executive Officer – GroupM South Asia managing India,Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Most recently as GroupM’s COO South Asia, he was responsible for driving operational excellence, while leading teams across OpCos, Trading, and Specialised Units to drive client delight while fortifying partnerships.
Prior to that, Prasanth oversaw Mindshare’s rapid expansion in the market as its CEO. Bringing it to a market-leading position and winning numerous global awards. Under his leadership, Mindshare India developed a record for the most number of new business wins by a single market and created a tradition of external accolades, including a Glass Lion at Cannes, a Grand Prix at WARC and an average of over 250+ external awards per year. Mindshare India was also recognized globally as number 2 in the Gunn report. Prior to Mindshare, he led the GroupM Central Trading Group across South Asia and championed exciting partnerships in digital and traditional media.
Prasanth has held several roles across Mindshare and GroupM over the years. Prasanth joined Maxus Bangalore in 2004 and now has spent more than 15 years with GroupM. PK, as he is known amongst friends, is an MBA graduate from Madras University. He was the first Indian to win the APAC Media Planner/Buyer of the Year title.

- #### Ms. Priyanka Gill

  Co-founder Good Glamm Group

  #### Ms. Priyanka Gill

Co-founder Good Glamm Group

Priyanka Gill is a digital media entrepreneur. She is the Co-founder of Good Glamm Group and Founder & CEO of POPxo-Plixxo.
In 2014, Priyanka founded POPxo with the vision of creating a digital community for women powered by relatable and engaging content. Today, with 88 million active users across platforms, POPxo has become ubiquitous in the digital lives of women in India - with 3 out of 5 engaging with POPxo articles, videos & memes every month.
Recognizing that influencer marketing would go on to become one of the most essential forms of brand building, she launched Plixxo in 2017. It’s a platform that connects brands and digital media influencers. Today, it is India’s most engaged influencer marketing platform with 200,000+ influencers onboarded.
In August 2020, POPxo-Plixxo merged with MyGlamm. Priyanka joined MyGlamm as co-founder. MyGlamm has a portfolio of over 800+ beauty products across makeup, skincare and personal care. Backed by Amazon, Bessemer Venture Partners and Wipro Consumer - MyGlamm is India’s fastest growing direct-to-consumer beauty brand.
In September 2021, with the formation of Good Glamm Group, Priyanka was elevated to the position of Co-founder of Good Glamm Group, a digital-first house of brands that brings together innovative and fast-growing beauty and personal care companies. With a vision to become the ‘Digital CPG Conglomerate of the Future’, the Good Glamm Group has earmarked USD 100 million to scale and acquire and build brands that millions of users will love.
In November 2021, Good Glamm Group entered the Unicorn club with a valuation of $1.2 billion by raising $150 million in Series D round co-led by Warburg Pincus LLC and Prosus Ventures.
Priyanka is a board member of the TiE Delhi-NCR chapter. In July 2021, she also joined the board of CXXO by Kalaari Capital which aims to help female founder-CEOs #LevelThePlayingField by building a network of capital, coaching and community for them.
Priyanka graduated from Lady Shri Ram College for Women with BA (English). She pursued her MA (Modern India) from Kings College London. She has recently been accepted into the EMBA - Global programme run jointly by London Business School and Columbia Business School. She is pursuing the degree alongside her current role at the Good Glamm Group.
She began her career as a journalist contributing to publications like The Independent, The Guardian, Travel & Leisure, Vogue India, Grazia India and Hello! India. Priyanka has also been a contributing editor to Harper’s Bazaar India.
She has been recognized as an entrepreneur and innovator through some prestigious awards; the 100 Technology Leaders, Impact (2020), BW Businessworld 40 Under 40 Award (2019), CNBC Young Turks Conclave - Young Business Women Awards (2018), ET Now Leaders of Tomorrow - Young Woman Entrepreneur of the Year (2018), FICCI Flo - Power To Empower Award (2015).
Priyanka lives in London and is the mother of two energetic kids. She is an avid reader - she read 100 books in 2019. She enjoys cooking healthy food that complements her passion for fitness. As an entrepreneur, Priyanka mentors young emerging leaders and speaks on a multitude of forums on digital media, growth and her personal journey.

- #### Ms. Shalini Unnikrishnan

  Managing Director & Partner Boston Consulting Group, Chicago

  #### Ms. Shalini Unnikrishnan

Managing Director & Partner Boston Consulting Group, Chicago

Shalini Unnikrishnan is a Managing Director and Partner at the Boston Consulting Group, and a member of BCG’s Social Impact Global Leadership team. She is the global topic leader for Climate, Sustainability and Societal Impact for the Consumer Practice. In this role, she works across top Consumer Product companies and Retailers globally on their ESG strategy, operationalization, business model innovation and value creation. Shalini has deep experience particularly in plastic waste and circularity, agriculture and nature based solutions. She also works with leading foundations and governments in developing countries across Asia and Africa, linking private sector action with sustained economic development solutions. Shalini is on the Food and Land Board of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the Board of Tony Blair’s Institute for Global Change.

- #### Mr. Sandeep Deshmukh

  Co-founder & CEO ElasticRun

  #### Mr. Sandeep Deshmukh

Co-founder & CEO ElasticRun

Sandeep is co-founder and CEO of ElasticRun, a b2b ecommerce platform for rural Kirana stores. Prior to launching ElasticRun, Sandeep has been a part of the pioneer team that launched Amazon in India. He had been a software engineer at Apple in Silicon Valley before moving on to the business side. Sandeep is an instrumentation engineer with business masters from IIM Ahmedabad.

- #### Mr. Abheek Singhi

  Managing Director and Senior Partner Asia-Pacific Leader, Consumer and Retail Practice Boston Consulting Group, Mumbai

  #### Mr. Abheek Singhi

Managing Director and Senior Partner Asia-Pacific Leader, Consumer and Retail Practice Boston Consulting Group, Mumbai

Abheek Singhi has led Boston Consulting Group’s Consumer and Retail practice in Asia-Pacific and has been a member of the Global Practice Leadership Team. He was nominated as a BCG Fellow in 2016. Abheek has more than 20 years of experience with clients across the globe
Abheek has partnered closely with clients across various sectors in delivering transformative impact – both with large corporations as well as mid-sized organizations. He has deep experience in strategy development and execution. In recent years, he has worked closely with organizations to deploy the impact of digital technologies and analytics for their business.
Abheek has been a member of the National FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) Committee and the National Retail Committee of the Confederation of Indian Industry in the past. In that role, he has worked to monitor the industry trends and shape industry-wide responses. He was also selected by the Aspen Ananta Institute as part of the India Leadership Initiative program and is a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. He has been named as Top 100 Retail minds in Asia Pacific Retail as well as Top 100 in Indian Fashion and Luxury
Abheek is a coauthor of the bestselling BCG book The $10 Trillion Prize (published by Harvard Business Review Press). He has also written several seminal reports on the Indian consumer and retail sectors, and he is a frequent contributor to national and international publications and is a speaker at leading business conferences and seminars. He has contributed to and quoted in leading publications such as the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, The Economist, Economic Times, Mint, Times of India, Hindustan Times.

- #### Mr. Harshil Karia

  Founder Schbang

  #### Mr. Harshil Karia

Founder Schbang

Harshil Karia is an Entrepreneur and Musician. He is the Founder of Schbang and Co Founder at Level with a team of 800+ of some of India's smartest young talent working across both these companies.
Schbang is a creative & technology transformation company that has been featured in LinkedIn's Top Startups India for 2021. Schbang has delivered a growth of 450% over the last 3 years, putting the company on Financial Times ‘High Growth Companies Asia Pacific 2020’ list. With the aim of going from India to the World, Schbang is spread across three major cities with over 700 people in just 6 years. Along with Schbang, Harshil spends his time and energies on building Level. Level, a real life ethical game where he is building a technology that evolves the way phones are looked at from addiction to driving personal growth. Bringing together principles of neuroscience, ancient wisdom from spiritual texts and psychology packaged with the energy of Gen Z this 'Game of Growth' is launching in early 2022.
He is an an aspiring musician as well with a singles, namely 'Udd Jaa Bandeya' and 'Uthh Jaa Rey' that he has launched drawing inspiration from his entrepreneurial journey. As an artist, Harshil seeks to inspirelisteners to raise their level of consciousness and inspiration and awareness is a big theme with his music. It is what drives him to create.

- #### Mr. Sudhir Sitapati

  Managing Director and CEO Godrej Consumer Products

  #### Mr. Sudhir Sitapati

Managing Director and CEO Godrej Consumer Products

Mr. Sudhir Sitapati is the Managing Director and CEO of Godrej Consumer Products Limited.
He has worked as Executive Director, Foods & Refreshment at Unilever Ltd where he joined in 1999. Before his appointment as the Executive Director, Refreshment, Sudhir was Regional Category Vice President, Refreshment (South Asia & Africa), Unilever. Before his appointment as the Regional Category Vice President, Refreshments (South Asia & Africa), Unilever, Sudhir was the General Manager of Personal Wash Category for HUL
He is currently the Co-Chair of the CII National Committee of Food Processing and is a past Co-Chair of the FMCG Committee. He was also a member of the advisory board of Flipkart in 2015.
Sudhir has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and a B.Sc in Math with Economics Honours from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai
In 2017 Sudhir was awarded the Young Alumni Achiever at his alma mater IIMA.
He writes periodically, on a variety of subjects, in national newspapers. In his free time, he enjoys playing tennis, the sitar and farming.

- #### Mr. Abhay Pandey

  General Partner A91 Partners

  #### Mr. Abhay Pandey

General Partner A91 Partners

Prior to founding A91 Partners, Mr. Abhay Pandey (Abhay) was a Managing Director at Sequoia Capital India Advisors Private Limited from 2008-2018, which he joined in June 2007. At Sequoia Capital India Advisors Private Limited, Abhay has partnered with passionate founders in Consumer and Healthcare sectors focused on a on a few themes, including, creating challenger brands in large categories, supporting superior execution capabilities in massive market opportunities and building companies in new emerging categories. His investment track record and board positions include Vini Cosmetics, Indigo Paints(NSE: INDIGOPNTS), B9 Beverages, Faces Cosmetics; PI Industries (NSE: PIIND), La Renon, Koye Pharmaceuticals, Curatio Healthcare, ASG Eyecare; and Awfis, MedGenome Inc. Prior to Sequoia Capital, Abhay worked as an investment banker with DSP Merrill Lynch (2004-07) and as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co. (Mumbai and Johannesburg) offices (1996-2002) where he served leading clients in media, industrials and automotive verticals on a wide range of strategic and operational issues.
Abhay received his PGDM (MBA) from Indian Institute of Management Kolkata (1996) and a B. Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Bombay (1993).
Abhay is passionate about supporting philanthropy and giving back to society in education. He is a Trustee at Ashoka University, and a Trustee of BECT, a charitable trust for primary and secondary education. He also serves on Executive Committee of IVCA.

- #### Mr. Tarun Arora

  CEO Zydus Wellness

  #### Mr. Tarun Arora

CEO Zydus Wellness

Tarun Arora is the Chief Executive Officer and Whole Time Director at Zydus Wellness Limited. Zydus Wellness is a key player in consumer health and personal care with iconic brands like Sugar Free, Glucon D, Complan, Nycil, Nutralite and Everyuth.
In his tenure over the last Six years, Tarun has been instrumental in turnaround and scale up of the company performance by accelerating the topline and bottom-line growth on back of innovations, route to market transformation, laying the foundation for international business and building high performing leadership team. He has also successfully completed integration of Kraft Heinz India business with Zydus Wellness post one of the largest cash deal in the Indian FMCG industry.
Tarun has rich experience of 26 years with demonstrated thought leadership in the areas of innovation, brand building and strategy having worked with various FMCG and retail companies like Danone, Wipro, Bharti Walmart, Godrej and Sara Lee.
Tarun is a post grad in Management and was listed amongst Young Turks by Economic Times in March 2014.

- #### Mr. Mainak Dhar

  Vice President & Managing Director – India & South Asia Kimberly-Clark

  #### Mr. Mainak Dhar

Vice President & Managing Director – India & South Asia Kimberly-Clark

An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Mainak Dhar has 25 years of experience in the corporate world working with blue-chip multinationals- Procter & Gamble General Mills, and currently, Kimberly-Clark, where he is the CEO for India and South Asia. His experiences in leading teams and businesses across diverse markets across the Asia Pacific region, with roles ranging from regional business unit leadership to leading in-market operations, makes him appreciate how to build brands with scale, while at the same time building appreciation of just how much of an accelerator local insight and executional excellence can be.
His passion at work is to develop strong organizations and leave a legacy rooted in purpose-driven brands and businesses, which create a positive impact on consumers, employees and the broader community.
His passions outside of work are family, fitness, and writing. He considers his most important role to be the best possible father and husband he can be and holds a black belt in karate. Mainak is also a bestselling author with over 20 books to his credit.

- #### Mr. Bhaskar Ramesh

  Director – Omnichannel Solutions Google

  #### Bhaskar Ramesh

#### Mr. Bhaskar Ramesh

Director – Omnichannel Solutions Google

Bhaskar is a member of India leadership team at Google & heads their Omnichannel business that comprises Technology, FMCG, Retail, Auto & BFSI sectors. In this role, Bhaskar has been leading high performing teams that do consultative selling by strategically partnering large traditional companies & brands delivering measurable business results through digital. He anchors Google’s efforts in accelerating the digitization agenda solving for omnichannel commerce.
He has been with Google for 8 years in various roles in the intersection of Consumers, Technology & Branding in India & US. Prior to the current role, he led the YouTube monetization for India and was responsible for its revenue & product strategy. Before that, he built the CPG practice for Google India. He is a passionate marketer & business leader with 18 years of experience across CPG, Media & Entertainment and Technology Industries.
He is also featured among India’s Top 40Under40 by IMPACT Magazine in 2019. He specializes in advising CXOs on marketing in digital world & how to transform their business in an increasingly Digital First India.

- #### Ms. Prabha Narasimhan

  Executive Director, Hindustan Unilever

  #### Ms. Prabha Narasimhan

Executive Director, Hindustan Unilever

Prabha Narasimhan (47) is the Executive Director – Home Care for Hindustan Unilever and Vice President – Home Care, Unilever South Asia, responsible for Home Care business spanning India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal.
Her key responsibilities include business delivery on the top line and bottom line by creating and delivering a strategic plan for the business.
Prabha has over 23 years of experience across Consumer Marketing Insights, Customer Development and Marketing roles in multiple geographies (South Asia & NAME) and categories (Beauty & Personal Care and Refreshments).
Under Prabha’s leadership in 2016-19, Hindustan Unilever’s Skin Care business delivered spectacular market-beating growth rate. This was enabled by a broad-based performance delivery across all brands and sub-segments – Colours business delivering high double-digit growth during the entire tenure, strengthening of Hindustan Unilever’s flagship brands and entry into newer segments of Skin Care.

- #### Mr. Sameer Satpathy

  Chief Executive - Personal Care ITC

  #### Mr. Sameer Satpathy

Chief Executive - Personal Care ITC

Sameer is the Divisional Chief Executive of the Personal Care Products Division at ITC.
With 25 years of experience across FMCG and Paint industries across key categories such as haircare, skincare, personal wash, fragrances, disinfectants, foods, paints and home care, he spent time with Berger Paints and Marico before joining ITC in 2015.
He holds an MBA in Marketing from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar and a Bachelor of Commerce from Hansraj College, University of Delhi.
He has also studied Consumer Marketing Strategy at Harvard Business School and attended the Global Program for Management Development by the Ross School, University of Michigan

- #### Mr. Kalpesh Parmar

  Country General Manager, Mars Wrigley India

  #### Mr. Kalpesh Parmar

Country General Manager, Mars Wrigley India

Kalpesh Parmar is the General Manager of Mars Wrigley India. He is based in the Gurgaon office and a member of Mars Wrigley’s Global Emerging Markets Leadership Team since January 2020.
An alumnus of Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Kalpesh is a seasoned business leader with 21 years of experience in consumer industry spanning across South Korea, Singapore, Dubai, Turkey, Nigeria and India, with specific focus on business development, brand building, route to market, e-commerce and capability building.
Kalpesh was associated with Unilever for the past 12 years. He was most recently designated as the CEO for South Korea, Pacific Islands and Mongolia, and he also managed the Ice Cream business in Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Prior to this, he was designated as the Global Customer Collaboration Director based out of Singapore. He was the member of Global Customer Development team and was responsible for managing 30 customer insight and innovation centers across the Globe. He was driving the joint business planning process for developed and emerging markets for Top 40 markets. At Unilever Nigeria, he was leading the Shopper & Customer Marketing agenda, supporting customer marketing and modern trade development for Sub Saharan Africa. Kalpesh has also worked with Gillette and Marico in India prior to Unilever.

- #### Mr. Anil Viswanathan

  Senior Director – Marketing Mondelez India

  #### Mr. Anil Viswanathan

Senior Director – Marketing Mondelez India

Anil Viswanathan is Senior Director - Marketing (Chocolates), Insights & Analytics at Mondelez India Foods Private Ltd. His role includes strategizing and landing the overall innovation & communication agenda on chocolate brands and delivering the P&L for this category, in India. Most recently, Anil also took up an additional responsibility of leading the Insights & Analytics function for the business.
Anil joined Mondelez India in May 2000 as a management trainee and has spent more than two decades in the company, across a variety of roles including Sales, Brand & Category marketing, Strategy and New Business Development. His journey in the company has taken him into Regional and Global roles and into different categories including Chocolates and Biscuits. In his last role in India, Anil was managing marketing for Chocolates. Most recently, Anil was a part of the Global Chocolate Team driving chocolate innovation based out of Zurich, Switzerland. One of his achievements, amongst many others, has been the launch of Cadbury 5Star globally, which is now present in 3 continents including markets like Brazil and South Africa.
Anil holds a MBA in Marketing & Finance from IIM, Calcutta and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT, Madras. He is married to Sangeetha and they have a daughter, Suhasini.

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