Leadership

Group CFO, Marico Limited Milind's current role at Marico covers Corporate Finance, Legal & Secretarial, M&A, Investor Relations, Internal Audit and Administration. Milind joined Marico in 1998, as the CFO. He has led Marico's efforts in Shareholder Value Creation (up nearly 20 times over the past 15 years), Acquisitions / Alliances (12 acquisitions over past 7 years and 3 divestments), Corporate Structuring, Corporate Communication, Information Technology, Performance Management & identification of Marico's Purpose – "Be More. Every Day." He has about 30 years of experience in Finance, HR, Strategic Planning, Corporate Development and Product Supply, across three organizations- Marico, Godrej and Hoechst (now, Sanofi Aventis). Milind holds Non-executive Directorship in two listed companies- Geometric Ltd and the Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Ltd. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committees of both these companies. In addition, he is a non-executive director in Hindustan Polyamides and Fibres Ltd (a specialty chemicals Company), and a few other companies including those in the Marico Group. He was a Member (2004-07) of Board of Governors, Institute of Internal Auditors, Inc. Mumbai Chapter. Milind is a Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant and Company Secretary (1983-84), and a B. Com. (Honours) from the University of Bombay (1979). During 1996, he was one of the two Indian managers selected for the CII-Fulbright Fellowship for Leadership in Management at the Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U S A. Milind has received the ICAI Award 2011 in CFO - FMCG category, instituted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and the CNBC TV-18 Best Performing CFO Award -FMCG & Retail-2012. In March 2013, the CFO India magazine inducted Milind to the CFO India Hall of Fame.

Chief Operating Officer – Supply Chain & IT Jitendra brings with him 20 years of experience and currently heads the Procurement & Operations for Marico Limited. He is responsible for Procurement, Supply Chain and Manufacturing for Marico India, Strategic Procurement for Marico International and Capability Building in Operations for Marico globally. Over the years Jitendra has held various key positions in Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Procurement at Marico. He has been instrumental in leading the operations team towards process excellence, has enhanced organization capability by optimizing manufacturing operations & strategic procurement initiatives. And has been responsible for superior customer service while continuing to reduce the total delivered product cost. Before joining Marico Jitendra had a brief stint with Mahindra & Mahindra. Jitendra holds a Bachelors degree in Engineering (Mech.) from Walchand College of Engineering and a MMS degree from Sydenham Institute of Management, Mumbai.

Chief Operating Officer (COO) - India Sales & CEO - New Business Sanjay Mishra is responsible for the Go-To-Market (GTM) Transformation in line with Marico’s portfolio of the future, and reinforce the Sales function. He is also responsible for the new business vertical at Marico Limited, which functions as an largely independent unit, and includes the business units of Premium Personal Care and Foods, along with the newly acquired company- Beardo.

In addition Sanjay has also provided leadership oversight to the Bangladesh business which has exhibited a stellar performance and he continues to be on the Board of Marico Bangladesh where he actively mentors the leadership on overall Strategy, Sales and Distribution.

Prior to Marico, Sanjay was working with Pepsico where he started his career as Sales Director – Traditional Trade for India in 2009. Sanjay did his Bachelor’s degree in Science in 1992 from City College, Kolkata and completed his Business Management from Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad in 1995.

Bringing with him over 20 years of experience accompanied, he has also had a long association with Marico where he led and supported various sales leadership roles from 1997 to 2006.

Chief Legal Officer Gaurav Mediratta joined Marico Limited in March 2018 as the Executive Vice President and Head – Legal, responsible for overseeing the legal advisory function encompassing Litigation and Laws relating to Competition, Employment, Industrial, Food, Environment, I.P.R. protection, Contracts, M&A and Commercial.

He has 18 years of professional experience in the Legal & Compliance domain of which he spent 16 years with Hindustan Unilever Ltd. At HUL, Gaurav worked extensively on advising businesses on Litigation and Laws relating to Labour, Foods, Cosmetics, Legal Metrology, IP, Brand Protection, Taxation, Real Estate, Competition, Anti Bribery, Privacy, and M&A.

Prior to HUL, he briefly worked with GE Capital International Services (GECIS) – now GENPACT, as a Legal Consultant.

He holds a Bachelors’ degree in Commerce and has completed Bachelor of Legislative Law (LLB) from The Delhi University. In 2001, Gaurav completed a Diploma in Cyber Laws from the Indian Law Institute.

Gaurav is a Director on the Board of Blended Edible Oil Manufacturers Association Pvt Ltd. (BEOMA). He is also a member of Legal Committee of Indian Beauty & Hygiene Association (IBHA). He sits on the FMCG as well as the Cosmetics Regulatory Committees of FICCI and is an active member of the CII National Committee on Food Processing Industries.

Chief Human Resources Officer Amit Prakash is currently the CHRO at Marico, responsible for the overall organizational development through people management practices, culture-building initiatives, developing and strengthening functional leadership capabilities.

He joined Marico in 2015 as the Head of Human Resources - India Business.

With 20 years of work experience, Amit has been responsible for setting up the Corporate HR function at Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages where he also led business transformation with specific focus on people productivity & process efficiency.

He has also worked with Delphi, ITC and LG in varied roles. Over the years, his experience includes, performance management and improvement, talent management and planning to career and succession development as well as organizational development.

Amit holds a Bachelors’ degree in Science from Hansraj College and has done MPM (HR) from the Symbiosis Institute of Business Management.

Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Koshy George is currently the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Marico India and is responsible for leading the brand marketing initiatives of the Company. He started his career with Marico India in 2001 as a Management Trainee and was an Area Sales Manager before moving to Hindustan Unilever.

Koshy George brings with him more than 17 years of sales and marketing experience across diverse categories such as personal care, home care, and foods. His most recent role was Global Marketing Director - Skin Cleansing at Hindustan Unilever.

During his tenure with Unilever, Koshy has worked across building and transforming various brands and categories. He was responsible for the Global leadership of two of Unilever's iconic personal care brands - Lifebuoy & Pears. Koshy has served on HUL's Home and Personal Care leadership teams from 2010 to 2016.

Koshy holds a B.Com (Hons) degree from The Hindu College and is an alumnus of the Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad.