Suresh Rai is the Global Chief human Resources Officer, Sun Pharma. In a career spanning over three decades; Suresh has worked with conglomerates like Unilever and Procter & Gamble. 

In his 25+ years of association with Unilever, he held number of Senior Leadership roles which included CHRO – Global Nutrition, Global Vice President- Foods & Refreshment, Vice President Human Resources - South-East Asia & Australasia, Vice President Human Resources – Unilever Philippines,  Leadership & Organization Development Director - Global Markets. Prior to Unilever, he was associated with Procter and Gamble in supply chain. 

A C-suite Human Resources leader with global experience in consumer business with proven impact across HR strategy, M&A and disposals, creating high performing organizations, leadership pipelines, establishing agile workplaces, building digital, data and global capability centers. He has lived-in multi-country experience. 

Suresh is a contributor on diverse topics in different forums & business bodies including INSEAD, HCLI- Singapore. He was also a guest speaker at Vietnam National HRD Conference, University of Amsterdam, and was instrumental in establishing Industry Digital HR Forum in Philippines. He was recognised amongst 12 Stellar HR leaders in Asia Hot List of HRD Asia magazine. 

Suresh holds an MBA in HR from XLRI Jamshedpur and B Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi. 

He loves traveling, astronomy and reading about military history.