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Neil George

CEO

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India28 yrs 8 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led teams at Procter & Gamble and Reckitt Benckiser.
  • Authored the first brand management comic.
  • Recognized as a Top 40 Inspiring Indian CEO.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a senior leader in the FMCG sector with expertise in brand management and digital marketing.

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AdvertisingB2BBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Change ManagementConsumer InsightsCustomer InsightFMCGFast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)ForecastingHospitalityLeadershipManagementMarket Research

About

All views on this social feed are strictly from a personal capacity and hence do not represent the views of my current or former employers. Cream, detergent, nutrition and soap salesman for close to three decades and a digital evangelist (and still passionate about FMCG). Neil is an international leader who has worked across multiple companies in positions of increasing seniority. He has led teams at Procter & Gamble, Reckitt Benckiser & Private Equity backed businesses. After his stint as Managing Director of Nivea for India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal, Neil is now the Managing Director for Abbott Nutrition for India and South Asia. Long time Gooner, eternally optimistic & curious, mentor to many to enable personal & professional success and Author of the world’s first brand management Comic - ‘Building the Perfect Beast - What Really happens in brand management'. Producer/Creator of (probably) the World’s First AI generated documentary - The Tides of Conquest. He holds multiple degrees in management including an MBA from the London Business School. Loves travel photography (view my work on Insta @omnikarmatravelstories), art/architecture, food and wine related travel and stock picking (would love to grape pick too). Selected by Economic Times, India as one of the Top 40 Inspiring Indian CEOs for 2022. Member of the CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) Food Processing Committee (previously FMCG). Member of the IAA India Chapter ManCom. Jury member at major marketing and advertising awards including the Global Effies. Speaker at the Cannes Lions. Specialties: General management, Strategy creation and Executional excellence, Consumer Goods, Media, Digital marketing and E-Commerce, Hospitality, Advertising and Social Media, B2B, Anime comics and Mentoring. www.btperfectbeast.com Blog: www.omnikarma.blogspot.com Instagram: @btperfectbeast @omnikarmatravelstories Twitter: @BTPerfectBeast @omnikarma

Experience

Abbott

General Manager/Managing Director

May 2023Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Nivea india

General Manager/Managing Director

May 2017May 2023 · 6 yrs · Mumbai Area, India · On-site

  • Creating the world’s greatest Skincare organisation in India - one cell at a time, with a great leadership team. Member of the Board of Directors.

Nivea

2 roles

Vice President - Marketing, Emerging Markets (Near East)

Jul 2014May 2017 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Dubai

  • Vice President for the Near East region that includes Russia/CIS, Turkey, Africa Middle East and South Asia.

Regional Director of Marketing (Northern Europe)

Jun 2012May 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos · Amsterdam/Birmingham/Copenhagen

  • Head of Marketing for the Northern European management unit (U.K, Ireland, Netherlands and the Nordic markets).

Diversey inc

Vice President, Marketing - Europe

Jun 2010May 2012 · 1 yr 11 mos · Europe

  • Board member for Europe and led a team of more than 200 marketers across the continent. Part of a team that helped the difficult transition from Private Equity ownership to being the subsidiary of the Sealed Air Corporation.

Rb

3 roles

Marketing Director, Netherlands

Oct 2007Jun 2010 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Country Head of Marketing for Reckitt Benckiser's Dutch subsidiary.

Global Marketing Manager, Europe & Emerging Markets

Promoted

Sep 2004Sep 2007 · 3 yrs

  • Member of the Global strategic group and part of Reckitt Benckiser's Top 400 Executive team.

Regional Marketing Manager, MENA

May 2001Aug 2004 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Procter & gamble saudi

Regional Brand Manager

Jul 1998May 2001 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Jeddah

Procter & gamble

Assistant Brand Manager

Jan 1996Jan 1998 · 2 yrs · Bombay

Education

London Business School

M.B.A — Finance and Strategy

Jan 2006Jan 2007

IMD

High Performance Leadership — Organizational Leadership

Jan 2018Jan 2018

SPJIMR SP Jain Institute of Management & Research

MBA — Marketing

Jan 1994Jan 1996

Institute of Hotel Management, Bombay

Undergraduate Program — Hotel Administration

Jan 1989Jan 1993

Chinmaya Vidyalaya

Pre University

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