Mukul Deoras

President, Asia Pacific

Colgate-Palmolive Company

A veteran of the FMCG industry with over 38 years of experience, Mukul is currently the President for Asia Pacific region for Colgate-Palmolive and is responsible for key markets like China, India, Australia, South East Asia and Pakistan. He has extensive experience in operating businesses with P&L responsibility in multiple emerging economy countries as well as leading the Marketing function at global scale.

Prior to his current role, he was the Global Chief Marketing Officer for Colgate-Palmolive based out of New York. Mukul joined Colgate-Palmolive in 2004 and has been the General Manager in Thailand and India and also led the Global Personal Care business.

He started his career at Unilever in India where he performed a series of roles of increasing responsibility in Sales and Marketing between 1984 and 2004.

Mukul is an Independent Director on the Board of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts and also the Chairman of Colgate-Palmolive India (Ltd).

Mukul graduated from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India and currently resides in Hong Kong.