Rajesh Joshi
Chief Business Officer - New Businesses (Subsidiaries, JVs, M&A)
- Role
- Chief Business Officer at Pidilite Industries Limited
- Location
- Mumbai, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Rajesh Joshi
Worked with Asian Paints for over 11 years across India. Last posting was as Divisional Manager for North India.Was then heading operations of Pantaloon Retail across formats like Big Bazaar, Food Bazaar, Pantaloons etc - for West Zone. Thereafter, concurrently headed the Properties & Malls Division for Future Group at a national level. Was handling the operations for Airtel Digital for West India for over two years - scaling up the operations significantlyFollowing the integration of the Mobile, Broadband and the DTH business, was the Chief Operating Officer - Maharashtra and Goa for Airtel. Joined Pidilite Industries as President - Strategic Initiatives and worked closely with the Chairman and MD. Was then heading a large BU - Consumer Products (MNT) which has flagship brands like Fevikwik, MSeal Steelgrip, Motomax and Zorrik.Was appointed the CEO of ICA Pidilite - the JV between ICA of Italy and Pidilite Industries Ltd. set up the complete operations including a greenfield plant.Joined Everest Industries as the MD and CEO. Everest is an 88 year old company in Roofing, Boards & Panels and Steel Buildings (PEB). It is a profitable, debt free company - which is listed on the stock market. The company has over 1400 employees on roll, 7 plants all over India and is currently in a phase of transformation.
Experience
Chief Business Officer
Jan 2026 — Present · Mumbai, IN
Looking after the existing and proposed Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures of Pidilite Indistries - in India and abroad. Also responsible for looking at any M&A opportunities.
Education
SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
MBA, Marketing
1993 — 1995
Maharashtra Institute of Technology
BE, Electronics & Telecommunications
1988 — 1992
Skills
- Brand Management
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Marketing
- Start-Ups
- Team Leadership
- Management
- Fmcg
- New Business Development
- Business Development
- Product Management
- Channel Sales
- Team Management
- Vendor Management
- Sales Operations
- Telecommunications
- Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (Fmcg)
- Leadership
- P&L Management
- Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
- Project Planning
- Strategy
- Strategic Planning
- Retail
- Outsourcing
- Forecasting
- Crm
- Business Planning
- Operations Management
- Key Account Management
- Distributed Team Management
- Pre-Sales
- Sales
- Market Research
- Business Strategy
- Product Marketing
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