Prashanth Venkatesh

PGP Class of 2011 and Marketing Director, Brand Unilever & Sustainability 

Prashanth Venkatesh works in Hindustan Unilever as Director, Brand Unilever & Sustainability. In his current role, he leads multiple sustainability initiatives on Climate, Nature, Circularity & WASH. Prior to this role, he has worked for many years in sales and marketing roles across on multiple $100M brands at Unilever. He is on the investment advisory board of ACT Grants (a venture philanthropy platform) that supports sustainability Startups with catalytic funding. Prashanth also been a featured writer for New York Times and is an angel investor in multiple climate & circular economy startups. Prashanth has also played a key role in the setting up of the FICCI Center of Sustainability Leadership.