Nita Kapoor
Executive Vice President - Marketing & Corporate Affairs, Godfrey Phillips
Nita Kapoor is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School and has pursued her Management
Programme from IIM Ahmedabad. Her professional career spans over three decades in the areas of
Consumer, Brands, Brand Architecture, Brand Business Model, Channel Management and Organization
Strategy. Her current profile also provides extensive exposure to Sales & Distribution with over 500
distributors and 8, 00,000 retail outlets across India.
Nita oversees the entire portfolio of the tobacco brands and in the past has successfully launched Pan
Vilas, mouth freshener, Fundamint, confectionary and revitalized Tea City brand. She has successfully
helped these iconic brands to evolve with time and be responsible towards the changing consumers of
India. She also has considerable experience on FMCG brands during her tenure in advertising.
As the Executive Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Affairs and Executive Committee member
in Godfrey Phillips India; a part of one of the largest business groups of India, Nita Kapoor is known for
her strategic thinking, focused approach and contribution to ‘responsible brands and cause marketing’
within the organization.
She believes that brands can and do make an impact in people&rsquot;s lives. Responsible brands bring in
positive change in its eco system and environment and by doing so, invest in the opportunity exists to
develop a sustainable economic, social and profit brand model. Her philosophy of marketing stems with
this principle.