Sanjay Mishra

As the Chief Operating Officer (COO) - India Business & CEO - New Business, Sanjay Mishra leads Manufacturing and Supply Chain Verticals in India. He is also responsible for the Go-To-Market (GTM) Transformation in line with Marico’s portfolio of the future, reinforcing the Sales function. Sanjay also oversees the new business vertical at Marico Limited, which functions as a largely independent business unit. This includes the Premium Personal Care and Foods brands, along with the company’s acquisitions- Beardo and Just Herbs.

In addition, Sanjay has been providing leadership oversight to the Bangladesh business which has exhibited a stellar performance in recent times. Sanjay continues to be on the Board of Marico Bangladesh and will actively mentor the leadership on overall Strategy, Sales and Distribution.

Sanjay with his dynamic leadership independently turbo-charges Marico’s journey of building new engines of growth. This has enabled transformation through premiumization, new formats, products and alternate business models by leveraging cross functional synergies, faster decision making and execution.

Prior to Marico, Sanjay was working with Pepsico as Sales Director – Traditional Trade for India in 2009. He became the Market Unit General Manager (West) India, in 2010, and rose up the corporate ladder to his last position as Senior Director – GTM and Sales Capability at Pepsico AMENA (Asia Middle East and North Africa) in 2013. In his role, he was responsible for delivering GTM transformation in key AMENA markets. Prior to Pepsico, he was Vice President – Merchandising with Spencers Retail Limited in India in 2006, where he was instrumental in expanding Spencers’ footprint. He also led the initiative of getting international retail food chain “Au Bon Pain”, a Boston US based Bakery Café Chain to India in tie-up with his company and led various new ventures. He started off his career with Dunlop India in 1995.

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.