Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd has appointed Manish Anandani as Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), bringing extensive leadership experience across consumer marketing, sales, e-commerce, shopper marketing and business management.
Anandani brings a long-standing association with the consumer products sector and has held senior leadership positions across Colgate-Palmolive, Kenvue and Johnson & Johnson, building experience across sales, marketing, customer development and digital commerce.
Before taking up the MD and CEO role at Colgate-Palmolive (India), Anandani served as Managing Director, India & South Asia at Kenvue and also held the position of Managing Director, Philippines. These roles added to his experience in leading consumer businesses across different markets.
Earlier, Anandani held several leadership positions at Johnson & Johnson, including Managing Director, Asia Pacific Lead – eCommerce and Omnichannel (O2O) and Vice President – Sales and Professional Marketing, India and South Asia. His responsibilities across these roles covered sales, professional marketing, e-commerce and omnichannel business development.
Anandani has also held multiple roles at Colgate-Palmolive, where his career included positions such as Worldwide Director – Retail & Shopper Marketing and Customer Development Capabilities, Worldwide Director – Retail Marketing and Shopper Marketing, Worldwide Director – Retail Marketing and eCommerce, Country Manager – Indochina, Head – Customer Marketing, Branch Manager – East India and Regional Sales Manager.
His earlier experience at Johnson & Johnson included roles as Group Product Manager and Area Manager, while he began his professional career as an Area Manager at Frito-Lays.
Across his career, Anandani has built expertise spanning consumer marketing, sales leadership, retail and shopper marketing, e-commerce, omnichannel strategy, customer development and business management. His experience covers both country-level business leadership and global functional responsibilities.
His return to a senior leadership position at Colgate-Palmolive follows an extensive career across the consumer goods and healthcare-related consumer businesses. The range of roles he has held at Colgate-Palmolive, Kenvue and Johnson & Johnson gives him experience across multiple aspects of consumer business management.
As Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd, Anandani will bring this combination of commercial, marketing and business leadership experience to the company’s India operations.
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