Kalpesh Parmar, Regional General Manager – Mars Wrigley Asia

Kalpesh has worked for more than 2 decades in the FMCG industry, across multiple geographies in Asia, Middle East & Africa.

Currently Kalpesh is the General Manager at Mars Wrigley Asia (since 2023) he joined the group back in 2020 as General Manager of Mars Wrigley India.

Prior to Mars, Kalpesh was at Unilever for 10 years his last role was CEO for South Korea, Pacific Islands & Mongolia. Before that in Marico India & Gillette India.

Kalpesh is deeply passionate about serving consumers, customers & associates, business development, brand building, ecommerce & distribution in both developed & developing markets.

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