Shilpa Vora

Marico Limited. She joined Marico in 2022 and brings with her over 24 years of professional experience in R&D across categories such as Personal Care, Beverages and Home Care.

Dr Shilpa has spent a significant part of her career with Unilever, where she started as a Research Scientist. She then became the director of Biosciences in 2009. Rising through the corporate ladder, she become the Global R&D Director for Hygiene and later, the Global R&D for Tea further leading the R&D function of Global Lifebuoy and Skin Cleansing South Asia.

While at Unilever, Dr Shilpa has worked closely with Global and Regional R&D, Regulatory, Packaging, Supply Chain and Procurement teams to rapidly scale up and launch COVID relevant products and claims under immense time and raw material pressure. During her tenure, Lifebuoy grew to $1 billion in 2020.

Dr Shilpa completed her PhD in Immunology from University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA in 1994, and is Post-Doctoral Fellow from Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati (1995-1997).