Satyaki Ghosh

• Oversight of all functions and businesses of Raymond Lifestyle Limited as CEO, ensuring strategic alignment and operational efficiency. • Handling the Board and Investor Relations while fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration, driving the company's vision and mission forward.

In my role as CEO of Cellulosic Fashion Yarn at Grasim, I oversee a diverse range of functions including Purchase, Production, Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing, R&D, Projects, HR, and Finance. With a turnover of $350M, I lead a team of 600+ managers to deliver high-quality products to top-tier customers in the Apparel, Home Textiles &Technical Textile space. Some key customers in the B2B business are Inditex ( Zara/ Mango/ Massimo Dutti) , H&M in apparel space and Continental, Pirelli, Bridgestone, etc in TechTextile space. Taken independent charge from 28th January, 2025 ( after a period of shadowing) and look forward to working with the large team of 10k + people and taking this very profitable business to newer heights.

Relinquished the additional charge of Thai Acrylic Fibre. Aditya Birla Group bought a cotton business called ‘Soktas India’ from their Turkish owners and that got added to Domestic Textiles portfolio.This new subsidiary of Grasim has a state of the art factory at Kolhapur, Maharashtra and services OTC trade in India ( dealer, MBO network) and Brands & Retailers globally. Soktas India got renamed as ‘ Grasim Premium Fabric Limited’. However, the OTC brands of ‘Soktas’ and ‘Giza House’ remain with Grasim. This wIll bring in a lot of synergy with the existing Linen business. Domestic Textiles now would operate in all three natural fibres of Linen, cotton and wool.

Additional charge of Thai Acrylic business to the current responsibility of running Domestic Textiles Business in India for the Group. TAF is based in Thailand and now has another Technical Fibre business called Pyrotex based in Germany with manufacturing facility in Spain.

In charge of the Textile business in India for the Group. The business includes brands like Grasim, Graviera and Linen Club and covers the full value chain from Yarn production to making fabrics to producing garments for certain lines upto retailing through own retail outlets.

Global Sales Director for Commercial Excellence in Indirect Trade heavy markets in Latin America (Focus Market -Brazil) , Eastern Europe ( Focus Market - Russia) , Africa & Middle East and South Asia including India and ASEAN.

Business Head and Director of Consumer Products Division of L'Oreal India in charge of the full P&L. This is the biggest division of the company and accounts for approximately 80% of the turnover in India. Consumer Products Division encompasses key brands like Garnier, L’Oréal Paris and Maybelline New York. In this role I am responsible for the P&L of Consumer Product Division and look after all functions including Consumer Insights, Marketing ( Both Brand Development also called DMI and managing Country Marketing Operations), Sales ( Including Field Sales, Key Accounts, Sales Planning & Strategy, Customer Marketing), Media Planning & Buying, Finance & Control, Supply Chain and Human Resources including Training. Apart from this I also oversee the export business in South Asian Countries like Bangladesh, Nepal, Srilanka and Maldives.

Sales Director for Consumer Product Division in charge of Field Sales, Key Accounts, Sales Planning& Customer Marketing, Sales Training. Also oversee the South Asian countries of Bangladesh, Nepal, Srilanka and Maldives.

In Charge as P&L head for North Operations of Spencers Retail. Opened 7 circles including Delhi, Punjab, North Haryana, South Haryana, West UP, East UP and Rajasthan. All the Business Heads of these circles reported in to me apart from all Zonal functional heads of Property Acquisition, Project Management, Finance, HR, Merchandising ( FMCG food and Non food, Electronic and Electrical, General Merchandise, Apparels, Fresh, Staples), Marketing, Supply Chain. Part of Management Committee of Spencer's Retail Nationally.

Started as Regional Manager, West at Fritolay. Promoted to General Manager, West and then to Vice President, Sales Development and Strategy ( Incharge of Planning, Strategy, Trade Marketing, Training and Merchandising) . Also started up Key Accounts for Frito Lay in the formative stages Modern Trade in India and was part of the very initial stagesof 'Power Of 1" organisation between Pepsi Beverages and Frito Lay.

Started as ASM, Consumer Business based in Nagpur and in charge of Eastern and Central Maharashtra. Promoted as Sales Manager and shifted to Mumbai to start up the Industrial Lighting business for West. Later also given charge of Consumer Business for Entire Maharashtra ( including Mumbai), Chattisgarh and MP along with Industrila business for West.

Joined as MT from campus and proceeded to become the best Area Sales Manager in the next year .