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Prabha Parameswaran - Managing Director
Ms. Prabha Parameswaran joined Colgate-Palmolive, India in 1995. She has since, held a series of significant positions in New York in Global Business Development Oral Care and in Global Toothbrush Division. She was responsible for developing oral care strategies and new products where she provided critical leadership to subsidiaries in setting category and commercial strategies. Ms.Parameswaran was Marketing Director for Personal Care and Home Care categories in Greater Asia Division, prior to taking over as Vice-President - Marketing, Colgate-Palmolive India, in September 2007. Prabha then led the Marketing organization in Colgate-Palmolive, Mexico as Marketing Director. Under her leadership, the sales and market shares of the subsidiary performed strongly. With her broad based experience across categories in Global, Division and Subsidiary roles combined with her strong leadership and proven marketing skills, Prabha, in her current role, will continue to drive growth in the Indian Market.
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Paul Alton -
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Paul Alton joined Colgate in 1989 in the Operational Analysis Department of the European Division, based in Brussels, where he held roles of increasing responsibility. In 1995, Mr. Alton became General Manager of Project Catalyst where he played a vital leadership role in successfully rolling out SAP across the European Division. He has since, held a series of key financial positions in Colgate-Palmolive Company's subsidiaries at Turkiye, Germany and Austria. Paul made significant contributions to the business in Germany and Austria, in spite of the challenge of tough operational environments. He has been appointed to the current position having most recently been the Group Finance Director of Colgate´s Affiliate, Hawley & Hazel Chemical Co (H.K.) Limited at Hong Kong. Mr. Alton holds a bachelor degree in chemical engineering and an MBA finance from Cranfield School of Management in the U.K.
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Niket Ghate - Vice President, Legal
& Company Secretary
Mr. Niket Ghate joined Colgate-Palmolive, India in August 2011 and was appointed Vice President - Legal & Company Secretary. Prior to this, Niket was the Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Patni Computer Systems. Niket has 21 years of valuable experience in the streams of Law like Litigation, Contract negotiations, Corporate Governance and Mergers and Acquisitions. Prior to Patni Computer Systems Mr.Niket Ghate worked with Transocean, KPMG, Carrier Air-conditioners, Tata- Lucent Technologies in roles of increasing responsibilities. Niket holds a Bachelor of Law (LLB) degree from the University College of Law, Nagpur, India, and, is also a Company Secretary affiliated to the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of United Kingdom.
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Rekha Rao - Vice-President, Marketing
Ms. Rekha Rao joined Colgate in US, in 2000. She has a wealth of experience in marketing, having held various positions of increasing responsibility in the Colgate - Palmolive U.S. Company, across Personal Care, Home Care and Oral Care Divisions. Rekha’s strong commercial and strategic leadership skills position her well to drive continued growth in Colgate-Palmolive, India. Rekha holds a BA degree from University of Pennsylvania and an MBA in marketing from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, US. |
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Sanjoy Sen - Vice President, Customer
Development
Mr. Sanjoy Sen re-joined the company in August 2011 as Vice-President - Customer Development. He initially joined Colgate-Palmolive, India in 1988 in Customer Development and was with the company till 2004. During this period, he led the customer development team of the Kolkata Branch, and progressed in positions of increasing responsibility across the organization, going on to lead the toothbrush business and head the customer marketing vertical. He led commercial teams in diverse environments and business. He brings with him a rich and varied experience spanning Asian Paints, ITC Ltd , Tata Sky, Godfrey Philips, Subhiksha Trading, and most recently as Director - Response (South) for Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd. Sanjoy holds a PGDM from IIM (Ahmedabad) and also a BSc. Degree in Economics, Mathematics and Statistics from Presidency College in Kolkata.
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Ravi Subramanyam - Director, Global Technology Centre
Dr. Ravi Subramanyam leads the Global Technology Centre (GTC), in Global Research & Development Implementation for Colgate India and supports the Greater Asia and Africa/Middle East Divisions. He continues the GTC global support role of Analytical, Microbiology and Clinical programs. In addition, he will further build the company's external collaboration programs with academia and research institutes in Asia. Most recently, Ravi worked in External Innovation to identify and manage key external collaboration opportunities in Asia. He has been the Chairman of the Technology Innovation Fund for the past three years. He holds a PhD in Organic Chemistry from USA & has 30 issued US Patents. Dr. Ravi Subramanyam joined Colgate-Palmolive Company in Research & Development in 1985 in Personal Care.
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Laurence Wheeler - Executive Vice-President,
Manufacturing and Supply Chain
Mr. Laurence Wheeler joined Colgate New Zealand in 1988 and has held a series of significant positions in
Colgate-Palmolive Company's subsidiaries at New
Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Australia, South Africa. Most recently Laurence was the Director of Manufacturing for
Colgate-Palmolive, Philippines where he
vastly improved the manufacturing operations and performance. Laurence will be responsible for the overall
Manufacturing Operations and Supply Chain within
India and Nepal. He will focus his efforts on optimizing all manufacturing operations, delivering superior customer
service, improving product quality and
EOH&S while continuing to reduce the total delivered product cost.
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Aditya Singh - Vice-President, Human Resources
Mr Aditya Singh initially joined Colgate-Palmolive, India in 1994 in
Human Resources and was with the company till 2004. During this period,
Aditya made significant contributions in organizational development, rewards and
performance management, succession planning, employee and industrial
relations. He re-joined the company in 2008 as Vice-President - HR. In
the interim he was Director - Corporate Human Resources & Global Consumer
Health Care at Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited. Aditya has varied experience
in the field of HR leadership and management combined with Finance
(treasury and insurance) and non-life insurance (Operations Business
Development).
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Sarala Menon - Vice President, Customer Service &
Logistics
Ms. Sarala Menon joined Colgate-Palmolive India in December 1997 and was appointed Vice President, Customer Service
& Logistics, in July 2009. She has over
20 years of rich & varied experience within the supply chain. With her vast experience in the fields of research,
sourcing, logistics and planning, Sarala
will focus on strengthening the alignment between the supply chain and the commercial organization, enabling the
company to closely focus on the customer
and the shopper to deliver growth, innovation and increase speed. She is a gold medalist in Chemical Engineering
(National Institute of Technology, Warangal)
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Manu Mehrotra - Vice President, Toothbrush Category Supply Chain
Mr. Manu Mehrotra joined Colgate-Palmolive at the Aurgangabad manufacturing plant in India in 1989. Progressing through positions of increasing responsibility in manufacturing, he moved to the Regional Technology Centre in India in 1999 and soon took over the responsibilities of Senior Technology Leader for the Africa/Middle East Division, contributed significantly to technology transfer, quality up-gradation and margin improvement. In 2004, Manu became Associate Director of the Himachal Project, responsible for the entire project, setting up Colgate's new toothpaste manufacturing plant at Baddi. Under his leadership, the team delivered outstanding results in both performance and safety. Manu has been appointed to the current position, having most recently been the Director, Global Quality for Toothbrushes, where he was responsible for all quality initiatives and compliance, creating an organization that supported the transition to global categories. In his new role, Manu will be responsible for toothbrush production in India. Prior to joining Colgate, Manu was the Technical Manager for Hindustan Lever Limited.
Update: February 02, 2012
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