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Leadership in crisis—when courage, clarity, and conviction mattered most.

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Candid Coversations with Suresh Narayanan,

Ex CEO, Chairman and MD Nestle India

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About Suresh Narayanan
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Suresh Narayanan is a respected FMCG leader with over 44 years of global leadership experience, and former Chairman & Managing Director of Nestlé India, where he served until July 2025. He is best known for leading Nestlé India through the 2015 Maggi crisis, restoring consumer trust and business performance in one of India’s most studied corporate turnarounds. His career spans leadership roles across India, Singapore, Egypt, and the Philippines, with early stints at Hindustan Unilever and Colgate-Palmolive. An alumnus of the Delhi School of Economics, with executive education from IMD and London Business School, he is admired for his values-driven, people-centric leadership and insights on crisis, culture, and trust.
What is the interview about?
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In a rare and deeply reflective conversation, Suresh Narayanan takes us inside a crisis he did not create—but was entrusted to resolve. Moving beyond compliance checklists and post-facto explanations, the discussion exposes how even mature governance systems can miss early warning signals, how boards struggle with ambiguity under pressure, and why waiting can quietly become the biggest risk of all. Narayanan speaks candidly about moments when data failed to give answers, values demanded costly choices, and whether leadership became profoundly lonely. This is not a story of rules followed, but of judgment exercised—where human stakes, board courage, and ethical clarity ultimately shaped trust, recovery, and long-term value.
 
Watch the full interview to understand what governance looks like when it is tested, not theorized.
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