As Lion’s Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Anubha Sahasrabuddhe leads our Lion ANZ business. Anubha is a global business leader having led some of the world’s most loved brands from Coca-Cola and M&M’s through to Australian icons like Tooheys and XXXX. Anubha has extensive experience cross-culturally in both emerging as well as developed markets with high rates of change and volatility.
After more than 20 years away from her native Australia, in 2021 Anubha joined Lion as Chief Marketing Officer, and in 2023 took on the role of Chief Growth Officer bringing strategy, consumer brands, ventures, data, analytics and core technology together to drive growth.
In 2024 Anubha expanded her remit by becoming Chief Growth & Commercial Officer and co-Managing Director leading the Lion Australia Sales & Marketing portfolios, in addition to her existing Growth accountabilities. This appointment recognised Anubha’s incredibly strong consumer and commercial capability, her courageous and transformational leadership, and her success leading the Growth team in 2023.
Prior to joining Lion, Anubha held senior leadership roles at The Coca-Cola Company and Mars Wrigley across Asia Pacific and North America.
