Nayantara is the Vice President, Asia Shave Care, responsible for leading the company’s growth with Asian men leveraging iconic brands like Gillette and Venus, across shaving.

Shave Care GBU based in Singapore

Nayantara joined Procter & Gamble India in 1988. She has worked across multiple categories in Asia, including Feminine care, Baby Care, Fabric Care, Personal Cleansing, Hair care and most recently Male grooming. She has also worked as Marketing function head for the region to develop core marketing capabilities. In 2002 Nayantara moved to Singapore as General Manager and has led the regional Baby & Feminine Care and Hair businesses. In July 2009 Nayantara moved to Shave Care as head of the Asia region.

Nayantara is known as a Marketing expert and often is a judge or panelist on Asia marketing forums like Asia Media Effectiveness, Spikes, etc. She has a passion for developing Asian talent, especially Asian women and actively mentors many people both within and outside P&G. Nayantara was also a Director on the Board of Procter & Gamble India which is a publicly listed company from 2003 to 2005.

Nayantara has a Bachelor of Economics Madras University, India and  Post Graduate Diploma in Management, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad.

Nayantara is married to Vivek Bali and has a daughter Amrita (1998).