Shiv Shivakumar

Shivakumar, or Shiv as he is popularly known, is a Bangalore born leader and management thinker who is known for being the key driver for portfolio transformation and deepening consumer engagement with flagship brands. 

 He started his career as a management trainee in the consumer products division at Hindustan Ciba Geigy before shifting to Hindustan Unilever Limited where he spent 19 years in sales, marketing and general management positions. 

He later moved to Philips and became the chief executive officer of the consumer electronics division in 2003.

Shiv was the President of the All India management association(AIMA) in 2012 - 13, he was the Chairman of the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA)from 2014 to 2019. He was the Chairman of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) 2018 - 2019.

Things took a sharp turn when he became the managing director of Nokia and he built its entire services portfolio, including Nokia life tools. He was also instrumental in pushing low-cost mobile devices across rural India.

In 2013, Shivakumar was appointed as the chairperson and CEO of PepsiCo holdings private limited, India where he managed brand portfolios across beverages, snacks and nutrition. He has been the driving force in bringing PepsiCo’s nutrition portfolio to the forefront with new launches under the quaker and tropicana brands. 

In 2018, he joined Aditya Birla Group as the group executive president, corporate strategy. 

Shiv has given more than 25 convocation and commencement speeches in Business Schools across India over the last ten years- IIM Kozhikode, IIM Trichy, IIM Nagpur, SP Jain, IIM Rohtak, IIM Indore to name a few.