Vivek Gambhir to take over as MD of Godrej Consumer Products

Gambhir is the currently the Chief Strategy Officer of Godrej Industries and its associated companies

Godrej Consumer Products today announced that Vivek Gambhir will succeed A Mahendran as the managing director of the company.

Gambhir is the Chief Strategy Officer of Godrej Industries and its associated companies.

In press release issued to the exchanges, the company said that Mahendran will continue to serve on GCPL’s Board of Directors post his retirement.

Mahendran said that he would “like to retire when his current term expires on June 30, 2013 to devote time to his family businesses.”

Over the next eight months, Mahendran and Vivek will work closely to ensure a smooth transition of responsibilities, it added further.

“Over the last eighteen years, Mahendran has provided tremendous leadership to the Group in different roles. As Managing Director of GCPL, he successfully guided the company through the merger with Godrej Sara Lee Limited and our internationalisation strategy. We are very appreciative that we will continue to benefit from his insights and experience as a member of the Board, said the company’s chairman, Adi Godrej.

Gambhir is responsible for enhancing the strategic capabilities within the group companies, guiding overall group strategy, conducting portfolio analysis, leading mergers and acquisitions and driving special projects.

Prior to joining the Godrej Group, Gambhir was a partner at Bain & Company, a business consulting firm. He worked with Bain in Boston, Singapore and New Delhi. He was a founding member of Bain’s consulting operations in India and led the firm’s FMCG practice in India.

Gambhir has an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BS (Computer Science) and BA (Economics) from Lafayette College.