Month: July 2025
Podcast: Shailesh Jejurikar, P&G’s Chief Operating Officer
Published July 29, 2025 by pgalums in
Shailesh Jejurikar is P&G’s Chief Operating Officer, where he has profit/loss responsibility for P&G’s Enterprise Markets – Latin America, India, Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe – and leads Information Technology, Global Business Services, Sales, Market Operations, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Distribution and New Business for the company.
Previously, Shailesh was the Chief Executive Officer of P&G’s largest business sector, Fabric & Home Care, which includes many of P&G’s most iconic brands: Tide, Ariel, Downy, Gain, Febreze, Swiffer—and represents about one-third of total company sales and net earnings.
From 2016 to 2021, Shailesh served as executive sponsor for global sustainability, enabling P&G’s “force for growth and a force for good” vision and ensuring the company’s sustainability goals are fully integrated into the day-to-day business to enable—and to inspire—positive impact on the environment and society while creating value for the company, consumers and shareholders. Shailesh’s extensive P&G career has spanned 30+ years – across multiple businesses (Health & Beauty Care, Home Care, Fabric Care and P&G Professional) in both developed and developing regions – including North America, Europe, Asia and Africa) – getting his start in his home country in India. Shailesh is known for his unique ability to identify growth possibilities, having consistently delivered strong business results in every market and on every business. You’ll enjoy this candid conversation on curiosity, seeing around corners, and learning to learn.
This is a replay of our previous conversation with P&G COO Shailesh from May 2023 – in honor of the announcement that Shailesh has been announced as P&G’s next CEO
Celebrating Visionary Leadership and Global Impact
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Celebrating Visionary Leadership and Global Impact
At the 2025 P&G Alumni Global Reunion in Berlin, two outstanding members of the P&G Alumni Foundation Board were honored for their inspiring contributions to their communities and the world. These awards largely reflect service beyond their work with P&G alumni, celebrating not just achievement – but purpose-driven leadership that reflects the very best of the P&G Alumni community.
🌟 Deb Kielty – Community Service Award
Deb Kielty received the Community Service Award, recognizing a lifetime of dedication to advancing global opportunity and cross-sector collaboration. While alums are familiar with Deb’s work on the Alumni Foundation, her community service spans 30+ years. A former P&G Vice President, Deb later led the World Trade Center Institute, a non-profit focused on empowering global leaders with ideas and connections to drive growth and global good. She and her WTCI team hosted over 7,000 international professionals exchanging best practices and engaged over 3,500 firms. Deb co-founded WTCI’s Women Spanning the Globe Leadership Conference now in its 20th year, and is passionate about leveraging diversity and gender-balanced teams to drive innovation, economic empowerment and global good.
Deb has also served on many non-profit boards, including as President of Families with Children from China, Johns Hopkins Jhpiego Affiliate dedicated to maternal/family health care in low resource countries, BOS Women and Children Homeless Shelter, Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs, and the University of Maryland Center for International Business Education. In 2019, Deb was honored by U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski for her dedication to advancing women’s global leadership.
🌱 Aliyu Mohammed Ali – Early Achievement Award
🌍 Aliyu Mohammed Ali, PGAF Officer, CEO & Co-Founder of Ehfaaz, received the Early Achievement Award for his transformative leadership in sustainable innovation. In just six years, his Dubai-based company has reimagined the circular economy – turning CPG industry waste into compost, animal feed, and industrial cleaning products. Aliyu is redefining how the Middle East and Africa approach waste by building one of the region’s first full-stack circular economy platforms.
Ehfaaz has been featured in global media and showcased at COP27, COP28 and COP29 where Aliyu served as a featured speaker. In an industry slow to embrace innovation, Aliyu is leading with bold solutions while mentoring the next generation of changemakers and championing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
True to its name – “Ehfaaz,” meaning to protect – the company reflects Aliyu’s mission to safeguard our planet’s resources while creating economic opportunity.
Deb and Aliyu represent the very best of the P&G Alumni community: visionary leaders who use their P&G skills and values to make a difference post P&G. Their achievements remind us how alumni everywhere are working with gratitude and purpose to build a better world.
We’re proud to celebrate two extraordinary P&G alumni recognized at the Global Conference in Berlin for their leadership and positive impact.
Chamos Empowering the Next Generation in Venezuela Through Digital Education
Published July 22, 2025 by pgalums in
At Chamos – the mission is simple yet vital: to enhance the well-being of underprivileged children and youth through education, health programs, and the empowerment of local partners. In a country where the school dropout rate spikes after middle school, they are focused on giving young students the tools to change their futures.
Thanks to a transformative grant from the P&G Alumni Foundation, they are equipping students aged 10–13 with essential digital literacy skills—a gateway to further education and employability. Through this support:
📍 Two schools will be fully equipped with computer labs.
💻 240 students annually will gain digital competencies.
👩🏫 Four teachers will receive training in a new digital literacy curriculum.
🌍 Communities will benefit from improved access to digital tools and learning outcomes.
The power of this partnership goes beyond hardware and training. The P&G name carries trust. In our past collaboration—with P&G’s donation of water purification sachets—they gained credibility and visibility that led to $88K in additional funding. This new endorsement is already amplifying our reach, helping us recruit 30 volunteers and six teachers from the Universidad Metropolitana STEM network.
And we’re not stopping there.
Together, Chamos and the partnership of the P&G Alumni Foundation , are building a future where young people in Venezuela are not left behind but lifted up—with skills, hope, and a clear path forward.
Podcast: Ayan Sanyal, Kolkata Chai Company
Published July 3, 2025 by pgalums in
Ayan Sanyal is co-founder of Kolkata Chai Company, a vibrant café and online brand redefining what masala chai means to America. Founded in 2018 by two brothers, Kolkata Chai Co has a simple mission: to bring the authenticity, respect, and tradition behind a cup of masala chai to NYC and beyond.
What quickly became clear to Ayan was that his work went beyond tea brewing. It was about creating a space and product to understand and celebrate culture, comfort, and connection.
The Kolkata Chai story caught the attention of many, including comedian Hasan Minhaj, a passionate investor and advocate. Before founding Kolkata Chai, Ayan established a strong career in marketing and advertising, as Managing Director at Green Room Creative, driving growth strategies for startups and mid-stage companies, and held key digital roles at 2U, Havas Media, Hill Holliday, and Connelly Partners. Bridging a life of rock music, marketing, and brewing—Ayan’s journey is informed by travels between Amherst, Kolkata, Brooklyn, and everything in between. You’ll enjoy this candid conversation about family, culture, and entrepreneurship, hopefully with a good cup of chai.
This episode is from Raman’s other podcast, Modern Minorities, where we share minority conversations for all of our majority years, which we hope will inspire new perspectives and learnings.