Before joining Palo Alto Networks, Dipak served as CEO of Excelligence Learning Corporation, a childhood education company backed by private equity. Before that, he was CFO at The Nature’s Bounty Company, a $3+ billion health and wellness consumer products company with brands including Holland & Barrett. Dipak also spent seven transformative months as CFO of Chobani, helping structure the rapidly growing company through capital raising and private equity partnerships.

Earlier in his career, Dipak spent 18 years at Procter & Gamble in finance and operations leadership roles across multiple geographies. His P&G career began in London, followed by an early expatriate assignment to Caracas, Venezuela. He held finance leadership positions during the Clairol acquisition, in corporate treasury, and in global M&A, and later became Global Divisional CFO and COO for Pringles, one of P&G’s youngest executives to hold this role. His final position at P&G was leading finance for the global feminine care division.

Dipak serves on the board of Spring Health and holds a B.A. and M.A. in Economics from St. John’s College, Cambridge University.

This conversation is hosted by P&G alum Sudha Ranganathan, who has spent over 19 years in diverse marketing leadership roles at companies including P&G, PayPal, and LinkedIn, where she has honed her passion for customer-centric marketing and talent development.

This is a sponsored episode with our partners at Palo Alto Networks, a proud global presenting sponsor of the P&G Alumni Network. Interested in featuring your company and executives on the P&G Alumni Podcast? Reach out to jswuest@pgalums.com.

Most recently, Ankur has been leading Amazon’s Global Retail Imports strategy and technology roadmap, driving more than $1 Billion in projected annual savings while navigating the realities of global trade, compliance, and an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape. Before returning to Amazon, Ankur spent 1.5 years as an early Ops exec at CarGurus, where he helped build the operating model and financial infrastructure for a new digital retail division. Prior to that, Ankur spent nearly NINE years at Amazon across a wide range of supply chain and operations leadership roles — from warehouse and last-mile operations, to robotics fulfillment, to vendor integration during the COVID-era supply recovery. Across all those diverse Amazon roles, Ankur drove billions in measurable value, owned a $500M+ P&L, operated across 20+ facilities, and led teams of 700+ people. Earlier in his career, Ankur spent six years at Procter & Gamble as a Senior Purchasing Manager in Cincinnati and Singapore, working across categories including Baby, Fem, and Family Care packaging, and leading multi-market supplier and cost transformations. Ankur began his career at Toyota North America in Northern Kentucky, managing large-scale portfolios and vehicle programs. 

Ankur earned his undergraduate degree from Cornell and his master’s from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business / Tauber Institute, and is now based in the greater Boston area with his wife and three children. You’ll enjoy this candid conversation about constant curiosity, bias for action, and how a genuine care for people and relationships can make a difference.