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Siddharth Banerjee

CEO at UNIVO Education

Siddharth Banerjee has a diverse and extensive work experience spanning over 20 years. Siddharth has held various leadership positions in reputable companies across different industries.

Siddharth'smost recent role was as the CEO and Member of the Board at UNIVO Education starting from June 2023. Prior to that, they worked at Pearson, a leading learning company, where they served as the Managing Director & SVP for India & Asia from July 2021 to June 2023. Siddharth also held a role at Pearson Ventures as part of the Global Advisory Network.

Before joining Pearson, Siddharth was the Chief Revenue & Marketing Officer at Games24x7, an Indian gaming unicorn, from March 2020 to July 2021. Siddharth was also the Executive Sponsor for Women in Technology (WiT) at Games24x7.

Prior to that, Siddharth worked at Facebook as the Country Director for the Global Sales Organization (GSO) in India from 2019 to 2020. Siddharth played a key role in driving revenue and monetization for the company in India and shaping the role of the Facebook family of apps in the digital business ecosystem.

Siddharth also has experience in the telecom industry, having worked at Vodafone from 2015 to 2019. Siddharth held the positions of EVP-Marketing / Head of the mWomen Global Acceleration Unit and SVP-Marketing / Head of Brand, Insights, Activation & Digital during their tenure at Vodafone.

Earlier in their career, Siddharth worked at Unilever, General Mills, RB, McCann Worldgroup, and Citi India, where they gained valuable experience in marketing, sales, and brand management.

Overall, Siddharth Banerjee has a successful track record of driving business growth, leading high-performance teams, and delivering strong business outcomes across multiple industries.

Siddharth Banerjee completed an MBA in Business Management from the Faculty of Management Studies - University of Delhi from 1998 to 2000. Prior to that, they pursued a BA Economics (Honours) degree from Delhi University, although the specific duration is unknown. Siddharth also attended the University of Oxford for a Chevening CRISP Fellowship in Leadership & Innovation in 2013 and Harvard Business School for Executive Education in General Management in 2012. Siddharth further pursued executive education programs at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (duration unknown) and the Indian School of Business in Marketing in 2007. Before their higher education, Siddharth attended La Martinere College from 1983 to 1995, although the degree obtained is unspecified. In addition to their formal education, Siddharth Banerjee obtained various certifications, including Independent Director from the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs and the Independent Directors' Institute in 2023, and completed the MIT Innovation Leadership Bootcamp at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2021.

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