Mr. Sanjiv Puri (54), was appointed as a Director on the Board of ITC effective December 6, 2015 and Chief Executive Officer effective February 5, 2017 taking independent charge of the executive leadership of the Company and is the Chairman of the Corporate Management Committee. He was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of ITC since July 22, 2016. Before taking over as the COO, he was responsible for overseeing the FMCG, Paperboards, Paper & Packaging and Agri Businesses of ITC.
Mr. Puri is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and Wharton School of Business. He joined ITC in 1986. Prior to his appointment as Director on the Board of ITC, Puri was President, FMCG Businesses - Cigarettes, Foods, Personal Care, Education & Stationery Products, Matches and Agarbattis, since December 2014. He has handled a wide range of responsibilities including business leadership positions as well as in manufacturing, operations and information & digital technology. Mr. Puri became Divisional Chief Executive of the Tobacco Division in 2009, with additional responsibility for the Company’s Trade Marketing & Distribution Vertical. He has led ITC Infotech India Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of ITC, as its Managing Director from May 2006 to August 2009. He was also on the Boards of ITC Infotech’s wholly owned subsidiaries in the UK and USA. Mr. Puri served between 2001 and 2006 as the Managing Director of Surya Nepal Private Limited, a joint venture subsidiary company of ITC in Nepal. He has also been a Director on the Board of The Tobacco Institute of India and past member of the Board of Governors of Media Research Users Council.
Mr. Puri is a Member of the FICCI National Executive Committee and the FICCI Steering Committee. He has also served as the Chairman of FICCI’s FMCG Committee, the Agri & Food Processing Task Force of the CII Eastern Region and as a Council Member of the CII Eastern Region. He was also on the Executive Council of The Indian Society of Advertisers.
ITC Limited or ITC is an Indian conglomerate headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal.[2] Its diversified business includes five segments: Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), Hotels, Paperboards Packaging, Agri Business Information Technology. [5] In 2012-13, the company had an annual turnover of US$ 8.31 billion[6] and a market capitalisation of US$ 45 billion.[4] It employs over 25,000 people[4] at more than 60 locations across India and is part of Forbes 2000 list.
