Natesh Rao is an accomplished supply chain and manufacturing professional with over 21 years of experience. He has led multiple business transformations and worked across multiple geographies, businesses, and platforms. Rao is an MBB and Lean Six Sigma, certified APICS - CPIM, CSCP, PMP with expertise in Program Management, Six Sigma, and Business Excellence. He has lived and worked across 20 locations in India, Middle-East, UK & USA. He has studied Certified Supply Chain Professional, CSCP at APICS, Certified in Production and Inventory Management at APICS, Project Management Professional Certification at PMI and PGDIM, Supply Chain Management at National Institute of Industrial Engineering.

Rao has worked at several organizations including General Mills, Schneider Electric, GENPACT, KPMG, and Business Consulting Group. At General Mills he was the Global Supply Chain COE - Performance & Analytics, Supply Chain Transformation, Operations Business Manager, External Supply Chain, Supply Chain Planning, Head Supply Chain - Technology, Analytics and Engineering, and Head Supply Chain - Operational Excellence & Business Process Improvement. He has been the Assistant Vice President, Master Black Belt (MBB) GE at GENPACT, Consultant at KPMG, and Consultant at Business Consulting Group. Before that, he was the Engineer - Project Planning & Development (Special Projects) at Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd.