Sameer Suneja

Last updated

Sameer Suneja
Nationality Indian
Education St. Xavier's Senior Secondary School, Delhi
Alma mater Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
OccupationBusiness executive
TitleGlobal CEO of
Perfetti Van Melle

Sameer Suneja is an Indian executive who is the current global CEO of confectionery manufacturer Perfetti Van Melle. He is the first non-Italian to head the third largest confectionery group in the world. [1]

Biography

Suneja went to St. Xavier's Senior Secondary School, Delhi and graduated in 1989. He completed his masters from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore in 1994. [2]

Suneja joined Colgate Palmolive as a brand manager in June 1994. He left Palmolive in January 1996 to join Frito Lay, where he worked for a little over a year. He joined Perfetti Van Melle in February 1997. He was promoted to the role of executive vice-president for global innovations and business development in August 2012. Later, he was appointed global CEO in August 2013.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Enric Bernat</span> Spanish scientist and businessman (1923–2003)

Enrique Bernat Fontlladonosa; 20 October 1923 – 27 December 2003) was a Spanish scientist and businessman, and the founder of the Chupa Chups lollipop company.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chupa Chups</span> Catalan candy brand

Chupa Chups is a Spanish brand of lollipop and confectionery company found in over 150 countries. The brand was founded in 1958 by Enric Bernat, and is currently owned by the Italian-Dutch company Perfetti Van Melle. The name of the brand comes from the Spanish verb chupar, meaning "to suck". Similar confections are known as lollipops or suckers in English.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mentos</span> Brand of mints

Mentos are a brand of packaged scotch mints or mint-flavored candies sold in many stores and vending machines. First produced in 1932, they are currently sold in more than 130 countries worldwide by the Italian-Dutch corporation Perfetti Van Melle. The mints are small oblate spheroids, with a slightly hard exterior and a soft, chewy interior.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Airheads (candy)</span> Brand of confectionery

Airheads is an American brand of the taffy candy owned by the Italian-Dutch company Perfetti Van Melle. They were created on August 7, 1985, by Steve Bruner. Airheads are available nationwide in the United States and Canada where the candy is available in 16 different flavors.

Francisco D'Souza is an Indian-American entrepreneur and businessman, who is the former CEO and Vice Chairman of Cognizant — a Fortune 200 global professional services company – co-founded the NASDAQ-100 company in 1994. He succeeded Lakshmi Narayanan as the CEO in 2007 and in 2018 was appointed Vice Chairman, while continuing his role as the CEO till 1 April 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Perfetti Van Melle</span> Italian–Dutch multinational company of confectionery and chewing gum

Perfetti Van Melle is an Italian-Dutch multinational company of confectionery and gum. It was formed in 2001 with the merger of the Italian-based company Perfetti SpA and the Dutch-based company Van Melle NV. Perfetti Van Melle is owned by the Italian Perfetti family and the Dutch Van Melle family and is headquartered in Lainate, Italy, and Breda, Netherlands.

Two multi-national companies, Wrigley and Cadbury, together account for some 60% market share of the worldwide chewing gum market. The global market shares for the top five chewing gum companies are estimated to be:

PVM can refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. Xavier's Senior Secondary School, Delhi</span> School in North Delhi, India

St. Xavier’s Senior Secondary School is a private Catholic primary and secondary school located in Raj Niwas Marg in the Civil Lines area of North Delhi, in India. Founded by the Jesuits in 1960 as a residential school for boys only, the school has become a Christian minority neighbourhood co-educational school catering for students from preparatory to Grade 12. The school is recognised by the Directorate of Education, Delhi Administration, and is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education for the All India Secondary School Examination and All India Senior School Certificate Examination.

Sandip Das is an Indian corporate executive in the telecom business. He serves as a senior advisor at Analysys Mason and a member of the advisory board of Sterlite Technologies. He has served as Deputy Managing Director of Hutchison Essar, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Maxis Communications, and headed Reliance Jio Infocomm.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nikesh Arora</span> Indian-American business executive (born 1968)

Nikesh Arora is an Indian-American business executive. He has been the chairman and chief executive officer of the American cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks since June 2018. Arora was formerly a senior executive at Google and president of SoftBank Group from October 2014 to June 2016. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, his net worth was estimated at $1.5 billion in early 2024.

Ian M. Cook is a British businessman. He served as the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Colgate-Palmolive.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ralf Speth</span> German automotive executive (born 1955)

Ralf Dieter Speth is a German automotive executive and a director of Indian company Tata Sons since 2016. From 2010 to 2020, he was the chief executive officer of Jaguar Land Rover. He has also had roles with BMW, Linde and Ford's Premier Automotive Group. Since 2022, Speth is the chairman of Indian Automaker TVS Motor Company.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frisk (confectionery)</span> Line of breath mint candies

Frisk is the name of a line of breath mint candies produced by Frisk International and distributed worldwide by Perfetti Van Melle. Frisk mints are small, pellet-like mint candies contained in a metal cartridge.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rajesh Gopinathan</span> Indian business executive

Rajesh Gopinathan is the former CEO and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), an Indian IT services and consulting organization and one of the country's largest employers. He was elevated to the role of Chief Executive in February 2017 after serving as the Chief Financial Officer since 2013. At time of his appointment, Rajesh was one of the youngest CEOs in the Tata Group. Now join as board in NSE

Cem Karakaş is a Turkish businessman and a partner in Afendis Capital Management, a specialist investor in European food and pharmaceutical special situations. He was formerly the founding CEO of global biscuit, chocolate and confectionery company, pladis and Executive Deputy Chairman of pladis’s parent company, Yildiz Holding.

Egidio Perfetti is a Norwegian racing driver. He is also a director in the family business Perfetti Van Melle, which is an Italian global manufacturer of confectionery and gum, dating back to the 1940s. Today it is the third largest group in the world in its sector after Mondelez International and Mars Inc. Mentos is one of the Perfetti Van Melle brands which is often promoted on Perfetti's racing cars.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nandu Nandkishore</span>

Nandu Nandkishore is a business executive, venture capitalist and business school professor. He is the retired Global CEO of Nestlé Nutrition, and retired executive vice president and head of Asia Oceania, Africa of Nestlé S.A, Switzerland. He presently serves as an independent director on the board of several companies, and is a professor of practice at Indian School of Business and a guest lecturer at London Business School.

References

  1. "Perfetti elevates Sameer Suneja to global role". Archived from the original on 8 August 2013.
  2. "Sameer Suneja to become global CEO of Perfetti Global".