Praveen Jakate

Praveen Jakate

Praveen Jakate is an accomplished international business leader with over twenty years of experience in leadership and board roles at high-performance organizations like Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, and The Hershey Company.12

Key Positions

• Chairman and Managing Director - South Asia, The Hershey Company (January 2014 - December 2017)1
  • CEO of Hershey's operations in South Asia (cluster of 8 countries)
• Regional CFO - Asia / Middle East / Europe / Africa, The Hershey Company (March 2008 - December 2013)1
  • CFO for Hershey operations across Asia, Middle East, Europe and Africa
  • Co-led strategy development and implementation with Regional President
  • Led M&A, finance, accounting, treasury, shared services and tax for the region
  • Board member of Lotte Shanghai Food Corporation (China JV), Godrej Hershey Limited (India JV), and Van Houten Singapore (acquired company)
• Regional Finance Director - Asia Pacific, Johnson & Johnson (July 2006 - February 2008)1
• Associate Director - Finance, Procter & Gamble (July 1996 - July 2006)1

Expertise

• Proven track record of turning around businesses, creating exceptional value, and developing high-performance teams
• Successfully managed large businesses across diverse geographical footprints
• Extensive experience in managing joint ventures and alliances at the board level across Asia
• Proven M&A expertise from strategy to integration and delivering on acquisition economics
• Hands-on experience in managing complex international operations across Asia, Middle East, Africa and Europe

Praveen Jakate's LinkedIn profile can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/in/praveen-jakate-8987101/.1