Ajay Dang
Building Iconic Businesses & Brands in “Unsexy” Categories! President, Head - Marketing UltraTech Cement - AB Group Ex:Nestle, Colgate Palmolive, GE, HT Media, Godrej Consumer Products
About
An IIM-Ahmedabad alumnus. Career spanning 30 year, in Sales, Marketing and Business assignments. Rich exposure across multiple sectors from FMCG, Media to Building materials. Worked with Nestle, Colgate Palmolive, General Electric, HT Media, and Godrej Consumer Products, before joining the Aditya Birla Group in 2017. Currently leads Marketing at UltraTech Cement, an Indian multinational Building Materials company. A Sensex 30 company with a market cap of $ 40 Billion, UltraTech recently entered the global top 500 list by market cap. Ajay has a proven record of delivering strong business results in tough competitive markets through strategic thinking, Innovation and strong execution focus. An award-winning marketer, he was awarded 'Marketer of the Year’ - at the International Advertising Association (IAA) Leadership Awards -2016. Ajay and his team have received 159+ marketing awards in just the last 4 years at various Indian and Global cross-industry marketing platforms. These include being chosen as the Advertiser of the year and Brand of the year.
Experience
President, Head - Marketing
UltraTech Cement · Full-time
Lead Marketing for UltraTech Cement | Aditya Birla group. UltraTech is India’s largest & world’s 3rd largest cement company (US$ 8 billion).
Visiting Professor
SPJIMR SP Jain Institute of Management & Research · Part-time
Head of Marketing : Godrej Consumer Products (India)
Godrej Consumer Products Limited
Led the Marketing function for GCPL India. Part of GCPL India Management committee. Responsible for delivering business results for a multi-category Home & Personal Care portfolio. Steward of strong brands like Goodknight, Cinthol, Godrej No.1, Godrej Expert, HIT & Ezee.
Head Marketing – Home Care & Media
Godrej Consumer Products Limited
Led the Home Care portfolio (P&L ~2500 Crs). Custodian of strong brands Goodknight, HIT & Ezee Drove leadership in Household Insecticides & Liquid Detergents.
Marketing Head (West & South)
Led innovative initiatives, doubled readership, brought Mumbai edition closer to a break-even
Asst. Vice President
Part of GE’s premier global Sales & Marketing leadership program.
Education
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Business Administration and Management, General, General
1995 - 1997
More agents at UltraTech Cement
Bhushan Gokhlani
IT head at UltraTech Cement
Pankaj Jain
Sr. Vice President IT - Ultratech Cement Ltd ( Aditya Birla Group)
parag rane
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Manoj Veeramani
Head - Sales & Marketing, Sleek International Pvt. Ltd. components business (subsidiary of Asian Paints Ltd) & Head - Marketing Bath Division, General Manager - Home Improvement at Asian Paints