Hardik Jhaveri has been appointed as Senior Marketing Director at Colgate-Palmolive’s South ASEAN Hub, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In this role, he has been responsible for leading marketing strategy and driving brand growth initiatives across the South ASEAN markets for the company.
Jhaveri has shared the update about his new role through a post on LinkedIn.
Prior to this, he has served as General Manager at Hill’s Pet Nutrition from March 2023 to March 2026 in Taipei, Taiwan, where he has led a cross-functional team and overseen full P&L responsibility for the business in Taiwan.
Before joining Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Jhaveri has spent over a decade at Colgate-Palmolive across multiple marketing and leadership roles. He has worked as Associate Director – Innovation (APAC ex-China) from July 2020 to March 2023 in Hong Kong. Earlier, he has held the role of Marketing Manager – Innovation (APAC) from April 2017 to July 2020 and Senior Brand Manager from January 2015 to April 2017. Between January 2013 and March 2015, he has served as Brand Manager in Mumbai, followed by a stint as Marketing Activation Manager – Rural from December 2012 to December 2013 in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. He has also worked as Area Manager – Customer Development from June 2011 to December 2012 in the Greater Kolkata Area and was part of the company’s Business Leadership Program between April 2010 and June 2011.
Earlier in his career, Jhaveri has worked at Unilever as Brand Officer – Home Care from July 2008 to April 2009, where he has been involved in brand relaunch initiatives and activation campaigns. Before that, he has served as Senior Brand Executive at Bates David Enterprise from May 2006 to June 2008, handling brands including IDBI Bank, The Leela Hotels and The Times of India.
