{"id":12226,"date":"2025-12-04T06:49:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T06:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/indias-impactful-ceos\/?post_type=team&p=12226"},"modified":"2025-12-04T06:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T06:54:11","slug":"suresh-narayanan","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/indias-impactful-ceos\/speakers\/suresh-narayanan","title":{"rendered":"Suresh Narayanan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mr. Narayanan is the\u00a0Former\u00a0Chairman\u00a0and Managing Director of Nestl\u00e9 India\u00a0and has held\u00a0additional\u00a0responsibilities for Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Maldives\u00a0during his tenure.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>He\u00a0also served\u00a0as the\u00a0Chairman\u00a0of the CII National Committee on Food Processing Industries.\u00a0He\u00a0was\u00a0a member of the Board of Governors of the Advertising Standards Council of India.\u00a0<\/span>He has\u00a0<\/span>held leadership positions in several international markets, including Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Singapore, Egypt (North Africa Region), and the Philippines.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Mr. Narayanan is a quintessential \u2018Peoples Leader\u2019 who has had an unmatched record in steering the Nestl\u00e9 ship towards calmer and progressive waters, repeatedly. The leader with a personal code and set of uncompromising values that have brough strength and purpose to his own life, and that of the organizations that he has led, with patent dignity,\u00a0decency\u00a0and commitments, that have defined his career. He has\u00a0institutionalised\u00a0the spirit of \u2018People, Purpose and Partnership\u2019 by celebrating diversity, inclusivity, and largeness-of-spirit within the organization by personifying the ideals of Nestl\u00e9, and upholding fidelity to its deep well of societal, environmental, moral, and corporate principles.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Mr. Narayanan’s achievements and exemplary leadership skills have brought him several prestigious awards.\u00a0He was\u00a0conferred\u00a0as the\u00a0<\/span>‘People Centric CEO’<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>The Economic Times<\/span><\/b>.\u00a0<\/span>Business Today<\/span><\/b>\u00a0magazine recognized\u00a0him as\u00a0<\/span>‘Best CEO\u00a0–\u00a0FMCG’<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>for three consecutive\u00a0years,\u00a0<\/span>Business World<\/span><\/b>\u00a0magazine\u00a0awarded him as the\u00a0<\/span>\u2018Most\u00a0Valuable CEO\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/b>.\u00a0He was acknowledged as one of the top 101 Male Gender Equality Champions Globally.\u00a0He was adjudged the\u00a0<\/span>\u2018Best CEO- MNC Category\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>Forbes<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Magazine\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2018Best CEO\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b>by CNBC\u00a0Awaaz.\u00a0Most recently he was\u00a0accorded\u00a0<\/span>the transformation leader award<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0Asian Centre for\u00a0Corporate\u00a0Governance and\u00a0Sustainability.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Under his guidance, Nestl\u00e9 India has received\u00a0numerous\u00a0accolades, including being hailed as the\u00a0<\/span>\u2018MNC of the Year\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b>by AIMA<\/span><\/b>,\u00a0\u2018<\/span>Outstanding Company of the year\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>CNBC TV18<\/span><\/b>, and\u00a0\u2018<\/span>Best Governed Company\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>Asian Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability<\/span><\/b>. These achievements are a testament to his unwavering commitment to excellence, and his exceptional contributions to\u00a0the industry.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Narayanan’s philosophy of leadership, peppered with the wisdom of Kabir,\u00a0instills a sense of purpose, inspires action.\u00a0He has delivered talks at\u00a0prestigious\u00a0forums such\u00a0NASSCOM, NUS School of Business-Singapore, American University\u2013Cairo, Columbia University, Army War College Mhow, Naval War College-Goa,\u00a0IIMs\u00a0and ISB.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Narayanan has a master’s degree from Delhi School of Economics and completed an executive program from IMD and London Business<\/span>. He was conferred with honoris causa, Doctor of Philosophy in Management by Bennett University, India.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12227,"menu_order":0,"template":"","team_designation":[],"team_department":[70],"class_list":["post-12226","team","type-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","team_department-jury"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/indias-impactful-ceos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/12226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/indias-impactful-ceos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/indias-impactful-ceos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/indias-impactful-ceos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/indias-impactful-ceos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/indias-impactful-ceos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"team_designation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/indias-impactful-ceos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_designation?post=12226"},{"taxonomy":"team_department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/indias-impactful-ceos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_department?post=12226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}