Pidilite names Sudhanshu Vats as Managing Director designate; Bharat Puri to step down
Pidilite Industries has announced the appointment of Sudhanshu Vats as Managing Director designate, to be effective from April 2025.
Sudhanshu will take over from CEO and MD, Bharat Puri, who is set to step down from the role after 10 years of service. In his new role, Sudhanshu brings over three decades of leadership experience across media, broadcasting, and FMCG sectors. He joined Pidilite in 2021, assuming the position of Deputy Managing Director. Prior to that, he served at EPL Ltd. and Viacom18 as MD and CEO. He also held leadership roles at leading organisations including Unilever, Broadcast Audience Research Council India, Confederation of Indian Industry, and BP (Castrol) India. On the academic front, Sudhanshu holds a BTech degree in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Kurukshetra and a Post-graduate Diploma in Management from IIM Ahmedabad.
The board of Pidilite has also approved the appointment of Kavinder Singh as the Executive Director and Joint Managing Director Designate, to be effective from April 2025. He is currently serving at Mahindra Holidays and Resorts as Managing Director and CEO. He is rejoining Pidilite, having served as the CEO of Consumer Products until 2014.
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Welcoming Sudhanshu and Kavinder to the executive leadership team, M B Parekh, Executive Chairman of Pidilite Industries, stated, “The appointments of Sudhanshu and Kavinder will reflect the next phase of the Pidilite leadership journey. I look forward to working with the two of them in building the Pidilite of the future.”