Nisaba godrej biography sample

SUPREME INNOVATOR

Blame it on her lineage that she has the inborn instinct to introduce innovations, and assimilate her own style to run a business. Nisaba Godrej, a Wharton, and Harvard Business School alumni, has taken some of the most unconventional paths to bring about change in the company she heads. Younger daughter of Adi Godrej, she is the Executive Director of Godrej Consumer Products Limited (GCPL) and is a board member of GCPL, Godrej Agrovet and Teach for India. Nisaba has taken some tough decisions along the way that includes changing the senior leadership, taking new portfolio decisions and strategising global expansion of GCPL.

Through her commitment, she has changed the face of Godrej Agrovet, which has become one of the largest and most profitable arms of the Group. Godrej has effectively steered the boat and has positioned her company as an entity that embraces change with time. Moreover, she has dexterously amalgamated the modern techniques with the traditional

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The heir takes over 

“ACTUALLY, THERE WAS no surprise at all,” says the newly anointed executive chairperson of Godrej Consumer Products (GCPL) about her elevation from executive director. Cynics may say that surprise would have been the dominant emotion had her name not been Nisaba Godrej, daughter of group patriarch, Adi Godrej. But sharing a name with her father (and the building) is not enough reason for her leading role; after all, she’s one of three siblings who share that name. Not to mention assorted cousins and sundry other relatives.

Godrej has put in her time at the company she’s heading, proving her chops across departments: product design, finance, human resources, marketing, and strategy. In , when I spent a week or so at the GCPL office in Vikhroli, meeting Adi Godrej and his senior team, it was difficult to overlook Nisaba Godrej. She was in office at am every day, sending mails, making calls and lists, and setting up her day well before any other employee got in

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40 under Forty: Celebrating Young Leaders

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40 under Forty: Celebrating Young Leaders

Culled from an impressive initial list of 1, business leaders from corporate India, the 40 professionals highlighted in The Economic Times "40 under 40" issue represent diverse industries and leadership roles — from entrepreneurs to general managers and functional leaders of large companies.

They have built new businesses or are making a difference in the success of their companies and, in many cases, are making positive and lasting contributions to the communities in which they live. Their impressive achievements validate the adage that "Age is but a number."

Here we bring to you our champions, take a look!

Partner, Khaitan & Co

Education: National Law Institute University, Bhopal

Previous jobs: AZB & Partners, Nishit Desai Associates, Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co

Claim to fame: Became a full equity partner at Khaitan & C