He joined Godrej from Ecolab Inc. where his previous role was as Senior Vice President of the India, Middle East and Africa (IMEA) region, based in Dubai since June 2020. Prior to this, Vishal led Ecolab’s Industrial business for Asia Pacific and was based in Singapore. He joined Ecolab in 2013 after 12 years at Diversey, Inc., where post joining as the National Sales Manager in India, he held management roles of increasing scope, the last of which was serving as Global Vice President – Hospitality, Healthcare, Commercial Laundry and Food Safety, based in Amsterdam.

Vishal sees his mission in life as “making everything I touch better, and helping people be successful and happy” and is very passionate about sustainability. He has lived and operated across five continents, in both developed and developing markets, in operational as well as strategic roles over the last 27 years. Vishal has also led start-up businesses during his career and is credited with multiple transformational and scale-up initiatives. He proudly claims to be the “chief cheerleader” for the teams that he leads.

Vishal has a Post-Graduate diploma in Management from IMDR Pune, and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from MIT Manipal in Mangalore.