Jayant Khosla, Group MD and CEO, VLCC

Jayant Khosla, Group MD and CEO, VLCC

With over a 30-year track record of quarterbacking transformations and successfully managing diverse consumer businesses in emerging markets of South Asia, Middle East, Africa and Russia as well as an entrepreneurial venture in the US, Jayant has in-depth and hands-on experience in start-up, turnaround, roll-ups and high-growth companies with demonstrated ability to enhance performance and increase productivity.

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Ashutosh Garg engages in a visionary conversation with Jayant Khosla, an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad, who has over a 30-year track record in successfully managing diverse consumer businesses in emerging markets of South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Russia as well as an entrepreneurial venture in the US.

Jayant demystifies one of the most puzzling enigmas in business- he shares the secrets of making a brand future-ready. He provides valuable insights for optimizing business by moving ahead in technology, interpreting consumer aspirations, and analyzing what the market trends are.

Jayant shares the fundamentals of what goes into building a successful healthcare brand. The corporate virtuoso shares the formula for becoming a successful corporate leader of tomorrow.

“When we say working with an established MNC what comes out for an individual is that your work value system gets ingrained at a very foundational level” – Jayant Khosla

With over a 30-year track record of quarterbacking transformations and successfully managing diverse consumer businesses in emerging markets of South Asia, Middle East, Africa and Russia as well as an entrepreneurial venture in the US, Jayant has in-depth and hands-on experience in start-up, turnaround, roll-ups and high-growth companies with demonstrated ability to enhance performance and increase productivity. He is an analytical decision-maker and strategic thinker with impeccable ability to plan and meticulously execute long and short- term business goals in sync with vision of the company.

As Managing Director & Group CEO of the VLCC Group, Jayant sets the strategic direction and over-sees operations of the most successful transnational proactive healthcare, wellness and beauty services and products brand to have emerged out of India. VLCC’s direct, company- managed operations currently span 350 locations in 150 cities and 14 countries across Asia and East Africa. Employing over 4,500 professionals from 40 nationalities, the VLCC Group operates three highly integrated businesses in the Wellness & Beauty domain – Wellness & Beauty services, delivered through a chain of over 250 Wellness Centres in 11 countries across Asia and East Africa; manufacturing & retailing of Personal Care Products, which are available in over 150,000 stores across India as also in 14 other countries in Asia; and, Skill Development Institutes for Beauty & Nutrition, spread across 96 campuses in 65 cities in India.

Prior to joining VLCC in 2018, Jayant was CEO, Landmark Arabia, based in Riyadh, leading over 800 stores and 15,000 personnel.

An engineering graduate from Delhi College of Engineering and an MBA from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Jayant began his career with GlaxoSmithKline Pharma in India. He moved on to successful assignments with blue chip companies across Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and North America, where he managed diverse consumer businesses in emerging markets, having worked with Bharti Airtel as CEO Africa, MD of Future Generali India Life Insurance, Country Head of DHL and Commercial Director – CIS Countries, Cadbury Schweppes.