General Mills' Salil Murthy joins Mars Petcare India as Managing Director

Mars Petcare India has appointed Salil Murthy as Managing Director, India. He will be joining the company in place of Ganesh Ramani who is moving as President, Mars Petcare China. 

Murthy joins Mars Petcare from General Mills, where he was the Managing Director for India and South East Asia. He has 20 years of FMCG experience across General Management, Marketing and Sales with an ability to lead businesses and organisations to growth across diverse geographies and categories. He has experience across Asia-Pacific in both regional/global and country roles spanning India, China, South East Asia, Australia/New Zealand and South Africa in categories such as Consumer Health/OTC, Beauty Care and Foods categories.

PVV Srinivasa Rao, Regional President Petcare Asia & Asia Pacific, said, “We welcome Salil as Managing Director, Mars Petcare India. In this role, Salil will be leading one of our fastest growing Pet Nutrition businesses globally. Given India’s potential, he will work towards identifying future opportunities for growth and value creation.”

As Managing Director for India and South East Asia for General Mills, Murthy led portfolio and route-to-market reinvention that resulted in record business growth. Prior to this role, he was Country Head of General Mills India where he led the turnaround of the business behind reshaping the India strategy, expanding into new categories via building supply partnerships with external contract manufacturers, delivering consumer- delighting innovation, marketing activation and building a strong talent pipeline. 

Before joining General Mills, Murthy worked with Procter and Gamble, based in Singapore, for 13 years in a number of regional marketing roles across brands such as Vicks, Olay, Metamucil and Safeguard. In his last role with P&G he was Regional Marketing Director for Personal Healthcare across Asia-Pacific and Africa.

Murthy was recognised as one of Fortune India’s ‘Top 40 under 40’ business leaders in 2018 as well as India's 'Top 40 business leaders under 40' by the Economic Times in 2017.

Murthy said, “I’m excited about the opportunity to be a part of a purpose-driven organisation like Mars that is also the market leader in the pet food category. The Petcare category is one of the fastest growing FMCG categories in India and every day, more people are experiencing the joys of pet parenting. I look forward to helping drive category growth, building a world class talent pool, and bringing our Purpose of ‘Building a better world for pets’ to life in this part of the world.”

Ganesh Ramani, President, Mars Petcare China, said, “Salil has an exciting path to pave for the organisation in the pet food category. It’s a dynamic market, with its set of opportunities and challenges; and we are confident that he has the right experience to steer the organisation and its talent towards a greater path of success. I wish him the very best for the new assignment.”

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