the fifth estate
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Leader for the MNC category in 2020. He was
also honoured as the Entrepreneurial CEO at EY
Entrepreneur of e Year™ 2020. Business Today
awarded him ‘Best CEO – FMCG’ for two years
consecutively in 2019 and 2020.
Mr. Narayanan joined Nestlé in 1999 as
Executive Vice President for Sales in India. His
international career commenced from Nestlé
Indochina in 2003, he has also served in Philippines,
Singapore and Egypt. Mr. Narayanan began his
career as a Management Trainee with Hindustan
Unilever.
He has participated in the Nestlé Leadership
Programme of the London Business School and
delivered talks at NASSCOM forums, various
Corporates, NUS School of Business -Singapore,
American University - Cairo, Columbia University,
Army War College Mhow, Naval War College - Goa
and business schools such as IIMs and
ISBs in India.
bhartendra singh
baswan
headed the Government
Committee to review recruitment
procedures for the higher civil
services till August 2016. He has
held some of the key positions in the Government
including Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National
Academy of Administration, Mussoorie; Secretary,
National Commission for Minorities, Government
of India; Chairman, National Pharmaceutical
Pricing Authority (Ministry of Chemicals and
Petrochemicals); Secretary, Ministry of Tribal
Affairs, Government of India; Secretary, Ministry of
Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India; and
finally retired as Education Secretary, Government
of India. Post retirement, he spent time in the
Planning Commission as a Senior Consultant and
later served as the Director of the Indian Institute
of Public Administration. He currently lectures on
Public Policy Drivers in various institutions and is
working on a book.
richard lariviere
is
President Emeritus of the Field
Museum in Chicago since 2020. Dr.
Lariviere’s career in academia and
business is grounded in expertise on
India. His work with the information technology
industry (beginning in 1992) comprised devising
robin ann abrams
holds
both a bachelor of arts and a Juris
Doctor degree from the University
of Nebraska.
She has been the
President of Palm Computing and
Senior Vice President of 3Com Corporation, and
President and CEO at VeriFone.
She has been
President and General Manager of e Americas
for Apple Computer.
Prior to that she was the Vice
President and General Manager of Apple Asia,
where she was responsible for sales, marketing and
market development in the region.
Ms. Abrams
spent eight years with Unisys in several senior-
level positions, including a five-year stint in Asia
Pacific, managing the delivery of business solutions
focused on banking.
e first twelve years of her
career were in various management positions at
Well Fargo Bank.
Ms Abrams has served several
US public company boards including ziLOG,
BEA Systems (until it was acquired by Oracle),
OpenWave Systems and Sierra Wireless.
She
currently serves on the boards of HCLTech, Lattice
Semiconductor and Factset Research. Mrs. Abrams
was appointed to the Natcast Board (CHIPS Act for
US) and serves as Interim Chair.
suresh narayanan
was appointed as the Chairman and
Managing Director of Nestlé India
in August 2015 and is on the Board
of Directors of Nestlé India Limited.
He also serves as the Chairman of CII National
Committee on Food processing Industries. He is an
Independent Director on the Board of Asian Paints
Limited and also on the Board of Governors of the
Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI).
Under Mr. Narayanan’s leadership, Nestlé India
has been recognized by several media houses and
industry forums. He was recognized as ‘MNC in
India of the year’ in 2022 by All India Management
Association. In 2021, he featured amongst the Top
101 Male Gender Equality Champions Globally.
He was conferred CNBC-AWAAz Best Performing
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