Geetu Gidwani Verma

Ms. Geetu Verma is a global business leader with close to 35 years’ experience in the FMCG sector with Procter & Gamble, Pernod Ricard, PepsiCo and Unilever. Her experience pans launching breakthrough innovations, leading businesses of scale, turnaround assignments in developed and emerging markets – Asia, Europe.

Ms. Verma is now a global management consultant, helping businesses with innovation, marketing strategy & new business models to create sustainable growth. She partners OxfordSM, a BCorp and a global strategic and marketing consultancy headquartered in the UK. She is also a strategy advisor to companies in the nutrition and social impact space both in Netherlands and India.

She is credited with having turned around HUL India’s Foods & Refreshment (F&R) business, has led the turnaround/creation of iconic brands for the Indian market – Kissan, Brooke Bond Red Label, Kwality Walls, Kurkure, Royal Stag and led strategic business acquisitions in India and Europe.

Ms. Verma has been recognized as among the most powerful women in Indian business by Business Today and ranked among the top 10 most influential marketers, several years in a row. She is an immensely respected FMCG industry voice, an ardent advocate on authentic leadership and a strong proponent of an inclusive culture that helps diversity thrive.