Global Meets Local – Top 50 Executives Regional Executives Heading International Companies
Rank: #4
Magesvaran Suranjan
Magesvaran Suranjan
Sector: Consumer Goods
Company: Procter & Gamble
Designation: President, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa
Nationality: Sri Lankan
Headquarters: United States
Local Headquarters: U.A.E.
Suranjan leads P&G’s Asia Pacific, Middle East &Africa (AMA) business, which covers 105 countriesand 17,000 employees. In 2019 it brought in $12billion in revenue. Under his leadership, P&GAMA has committed to spending $150 million overthree years on female-owned businesses—it spentalmost $85 million on this in 2019. The companyalso launched a $1 million aid relief package inLebanon in response to the Beirut port explosion.In 2019, Suranjan received the U.S. Secretary ofState’s Award for Corporate Excellence for Women’sEmpowerment.