10 Indians Holding Top Post At Global Corporations

By siliconindia | Thursday, 06 February 2014, 14:06 Hrs

Ajaypal Singh Banga, President and CEO of MasterCard

Alma Mater: St Stephen’s College, IIM-A

Ajaypal Singh Banga started his professional career with Nestle. He went on to work for PepsiCo and Citigroup and became the chairman and CEO of Citigroup’s global consumer group. He joined MasterCard in 2005. On 12^th April 2010, he was declared the Chairman and CEO of MasterCard.

Rakesh Kapoor,CEO of Reckitt Benckiser

Alma Mater: BITS-Pilani, XLRI-Jamshedpur

Rakesh Kapoor holds a degree in chemical engineering from BITS, Pilani and MBA from XLRI-Jamshedpur. He joined Reckitt in 1987 and served in various positions. On 1^st September 2011, he was named the CEO of Reckett Benckiser. He takes interest in cricket, football and bridge.

Ivan M Menezes,CEO of Diageo PLC

Alma Mater: St. Stephen’s College, IIM-Ahmadabad, Kellogg School of Management

Ivan M Menezes started his career with Nestle. Later he took up various roles in Whirlpool, Booz Allen Hamilton Coach Inc and UDV. He joined Diageo PLC in 1997. He was chief operating officer and executive director of Diageo PLC till July 2013 and he was declared the CEO of Diageo PLC at the same time.