ITC Limited :: Leadership

Sandeep Kaul is the Chief Executive of the Personal Care Products SBU. A Mechanical Engineer from BIT, Ranchi Kaul completed his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and joined ITC in the Marketing function in the India Tobacco Division in 1990. Between 1990 and 1999 Kaul handled a variety of assignments in both Sales as well as Brand Management and has worked in various parts of the country. As Brand Manager he has been responsible for management of leading ITC brands like India Kings, Classic, Gold Flake and Scissors. He has also been Branch Manager at ITC's Delhi and Bengaluru branches. From 1999 to 2001 he headed the Market Research group.

Since 2001 Kaul has been involved with various new business initiatives in the FMCG space. He has been involved since inception of the Personal Care Business in 2002 and has been responsible for the development and execution of the launch of this new business of ITC.

S Balakrishnan is the Head of Manufacturing, ITC's Personal Care Products Business. A mechanical engineer, he joined ITC's Tobacco Division in 1987 as Management Pupil. During his tenure in the Tobacco business he has handled various assignments in the Technical Function. He was Head of the Projects Team responsible for setting up the Company's largest Cigarette Manufacturing Facility in Bangalore, before becoming the Factory Manager of the Kolkata Cigarette factory. Balakrishnan has been part of Personal Care Products Business since its inception in 2002, involved in the development of its products, establishing the supply chain, including the setting up of ITC's Personal Care Products facilities in Haridwar and Manpura.

Anil Garg holds charge of Finance, Procurement, and IT functions in the Personal Care Products SBU. He has an MBA in Finance from Rutgers University, USA and joined the Company in 1985. The first eight years of his career involved various assignments in operations and projects in the Hotels Division and his last assignment was as that of financial controller of the Windsor Manor expansion project before moving to Corporate Internal Audit in 1993.

Garg had a four-year stint in Corporate Finance during which he was involved in capex/ investment appraisals, corporate planning and performance measurement, and industry trend analysis. He has held an assignment as Head of Finance of Landbase India Limited, a subsidiary of the Company, before moving to a role in Strategic Planning as part of the team engaged in mergers, acquisitions and business structuring activities across the group. Garg has been with the Personal Care Products Business since July 2007.