Punita Lal

Nationality: Indian
Year of birth: 1962

Punita Lal has over 30 years of experience in the consumer packaged goods industry in general, and beverages in particular. Her professional career includes Executive Director Marketing for Pepsico in India and various management positions at Coca Cola in China. Prior to that, she worked for J. Walter Thompson in India. Her last held executive role was MD & CEO for NourishCo, a strategic joint venture between Tata Global Beverages and PepsiCo.

Apart from being an independent board member, Punita now does her own advisory work with start ups and she is also an executive coach.

Punita’s extensive experience spans multiple disciplines, geographies and cultures, particularly in Asia, where she has worked across China, India, Hong Kong and Singapore. Her areas of expertise are growth strategy, marketing and leadership. She has in-depth expertise in building brands, understanding consumer behaviour, product development and portfolio management.

Other board positions in public companies:

Board Member: DBS Group Bank.
Board Committees: DBS Group Bank (member of the Audit, Compensation & Management Development and Nominating committees).