Shireesh Mukund Joshi joined Bharti Airtel as Director Marketing in January 2009. He is a member of the Airtel Management Board and heads the marketing for all the lines of businesses that includes Mobile services, Telemedia services & Enterprise services.
Shireesh, an IIM Bangalore alumnus, joined Procter & Gamble as a Management Trainee in 1989. He was the Brand Manager of various products like Vidal Sassoon, Head & Shoulders, Mediker till 1996 and successfully turned around various businesses with innovative thought leadership. He was the Marketing Manager from 1996 till 1999 for the Hair Care category and was made the Marketing Director, Health Care, Australasia/ASEAN/India in 1999. He led the restructuring of the organization covering all functions for Health Care, Snacks, Business Development and Exports.
In Jan2002, Shireesh moved to PepsiCo International Greater China Foods as the Marketing Director where he led the growth in a deflationary environment via a world first innovation approach. This work spawned new Global tools, won global awards and success featured in Fortune and WSJ. He became the Vice President Strategy & Business Transformation in Jan 2008.
Shireesh graduated from IIT Kanpur in 1987 and from IIM Bangalore in 1989. He is married to Priti, an MBA in Finance and currently teaching at Shanghai American School. They have 2 sons, Rishabh and Ruhaan.
