Shivakumar joined the Group in January 2018. Before that, he served as Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo for four years. He also worked with Nokia as CEO for India and later emerging markets for a decade. He is currently the Chairman of the Mobile Marketing Association and Chairman of the Advertising Standards Council of India. He is also on the board of XLRI and IIM Udaipur. Shiv writes and teaches regularly on Innovation, Leadership, Followership, Business Models, Digitization etc. across the leading business schools in the world. Shiv has been awarded many times in his career – Best CEO, Best brand builder, for leadership, for turnaround.