Colgate-Palmolive (India) has appointed Manish Anandani as its Managing Director and Chief Govt Officer, succeeding Prabha Narasimhan, who is about to take up a brand new position as Govt Vice President, Advertising for Colgate-Palmolive’s Asia-Pacific division.
Narasimhan will step down as MD and CEO of Colgate-Palmolive India on the shut of enterprise on September 27, 2026. Anandani will assume the position for a five-year time period starting September 28, 2026, topic to shareholder and different relevant statutory approvals.
The appointments have been authorized by the corporate’s board at its assembly on August 21, based mostly on the advice of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.
Anandani brings round 30 years of expertise throughout gross sales, advertising, basic administration and senior management. He joins Colgate-Palmolive India from Kenvue, the place he was Managing Director for India and South Asia.
Throughout his tenure at Kenvue, Anandani held a number of management positions, together with Managing Director of Johnson & Johnson Philippines and Vice President, Gross sales and Skilled Advertising for India. His expertise contains enterprise technique, digital and e-commerce transformation and market growth throughout developed and rising markets.
Anandani can be a former Colgate-Palmolive government. He joined the corporate in 2005 as a Regional Supervisor and subsequently held a number of roles throughout India, Indochina and the corporate’s company workplace earlier than leaving in 2018.
In his final position at Colgate-Palmolive, Anandani was Worldwide Director within the International Buyer Growth operate, the place he labored on strengthening the corporate’s world capabilities in retail advertising and shopper growth.
He holds a level in Electronics and an MBA in Advertising, together with an Govt MBA in Management from the Tuck College of Enterprise within the US.
Narasimhan’s exit from the India CEO position follows her promotion to the Asia-Pacific advertising management place inside Colgate-Palmolive. In her resignation letter to the corporate, she mentioned she would resign as MD and CEO efficient September 27 and would consequently stop to be a director of the corporate.
She may even step down from the Stakeholders’ Relationship Committee, ESG and Company Social Duty Committee and Threat Administration Committee with impact from the identical date.
Narasimhan was appointed Managing Director and CEO of Colgate-Palmolive India in 2022. Her transfer to the Asia-Pacific position marks a transition from main the India enterprise to taking up a broader regional advertising mandate.
The corporate mentioned none of its administrators are inter-se associated to Anandani and confirmed that he has not been debarred from holding the workplace of director by SEBI or every other authority.
The management transition comes as Colgate-Palmolive India continues to navigate a shopper market formed by premiumisation, altering consumption patterns and the rising significance of digital and e-commerce channels. Anandani’s background throughout shopper well being, gross sales, advertising and digital transformation is anticipated to be related to the corporate’s subsequent section of progress.
The corporate’s board assembly started at 8 am on August 21 and concluded at 8:45 am.
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