ITC Limited :: Leadership

Paritosh Wali is Category Head, Biscuits and Confectionery, Foods Division. He graduated from IIT Madras in 1991 and joined ITC from the campus. With extensive experience in ITC's Retail, FMCG and Packaging businesses across different geographies, Wali specializes in Business Strategy Development, Supply Chain, Change management and Quality Management. A Sloan Fellow from the London Business School, he took up his current responsibility in May 2009.

Prior to his current assignment, he was in the Tobacco business where he led large scale improvement programs and was responsible for talent induction and development of engineers from IIT. He was instrumental in institutionalizing Lean Management and Six sigma practices in the business. He also led the development of a comprehensive supply chain model for the Company's FMCG business.

In his previous stint he was seconded to the Lifestyle Retail business to work on their business strategy. He led the development of a quick response sourcing model and set up India's first JIT facility in the garment industry, which is now a case study in Kellogs School of Business on adaptive supply chains. Paritosh has held leadership roles in operations and led multiple change initiatives across the Tobacco and Packaging business - spanning BPR, introduction of MRP II etc.

A mechanical engineer from IIT Delhi, M S Gadhok joined ITC in 1980 in the Packaging and Printing Division. His career in ITC has spanned Operations, Procurement and Strategic Planning. He took over as the Head of the Ready-to-Eat category of ITC Foods in 2000. Gadhok has been associated with the evolution of the Kitchens of India brand and the build up of the product range within the category. He continues to maintain a keen interest in academics and completed his MBA from OUBS, UK in 2003.

Amitav Mukherji is Vice President Human Resources at ITC's Foods Business Division. He joined ITC Limited in 1995 soon after completing his Post Graduation from XLRI, Jamshedpur. He was sponsored by ITC to do his Master's in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management at Cornell University in 2005.

During his tenure with ITC he has managed a variety of assignments spanning employee relations, human resource management, sales and distribution and brand management. He has handled various roles across factories in the Tobacco Division and has also handled a cross functional assignment in the area of Marketing.

As HR Head of ITC's Foods Business, he has contributed to building HR systems and processes relevant to a start-up business with a focus on speed and adaptability.

Mukherji is actively involved in designing and teaching at Learning & Development programmes at the Corporate level. He is a Lifetime member of NHRD.

Vikram Khosla is National Sales Manager , Foods Division. He joined ITC in 2001 after completing his MBA from FMS, Delhi. Prior to his MBA, he had served the Indian National Army for 10 years. In 2002, he became Branch Manager for Guwahati, responsible for the North Eastern region for sales of all ITC products. From 2003 till 2006, he managed the trade marketing function of the Foods business in the Southern region. In 2006, he was elevated to the position of National Sales Manager for ITC’s FMCG businesses.