Rahul is a seasoned executive with extensive experience driving business success across categories, geographies and functional areas in the consumer goods space.
He spent eleven years at Revlon Elizabeth Arden, most recently as General Manager for the Canada consumer business. Prior to that, he was responsible for Corporate Strategic Initiatives, and for setting up the Global Marketing Services Center of Excellence. Rahul’s first portfolio at Revlon was the Global Value Brands business where he held multiple positions in Operations, Marketing, International Sales, and General Management, including the Global GM role.
At Nice-Pak Corporation, where Rahul held various roles in Category and Marketing leadership, he got deep insight into the Private Label/ Retailer Brand side of the consumer goods business, and unique experience helping drive strategy and operations at some of the world’s largest Retailers.
Rahul considers Reckitt to have been his training ground where he learnt the fundamentals of business after joining them as a Management Trainee after graduating from Business School. Over his twelve years at Reckitt, he held various positions in Marketing, Sales and Business Planning in India and the US.
With his deep business acumen and strategic vision, Rahul enjoys configuring solutions which will have transformative impact on businesses today and position them for success in an evolving future.
Rahul holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta, and a B.Tech degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur.