Consumer Sector Executive Search

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Aggressive competition, rapid digital influx, well-informed consumers, changing trends in the supply chain, and a continuous need for innovation, – decision-makers for the Consumer sector face unique challenges that demand specialized leadership capabilities. Our Consumer practice at Native brings a sincere candidate-connect backed by detailed research across all consumer sectors, namely FMCG, FMCD, Media and the Hospitality space. We collect unique market insights across all market players, ranging from MNCs to start-ups to bring nuanced understanding and razor-sharp solutions.

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Our teams across 3 locations bring together not just sector knowledge but also incisive environment commentary that help you hire talent that is future-ready.

Ayesha D’Souza

Managing Partner -Banking, NBFCs & Corporate Functions , Gurgaon

Ayesha is an experienced leadership hiring specialist with a 15-year background in search. Her previous experience entails global and domestic search firms such as Randstad and Mafoi. She is widely known as a senior advisor to many notable clients and candidates. This has earned her an extensive network within the consumer and financial services sector.

Ayesha is currently a Managing Partner at Native and delivers Native’s razor-sharp solutions to a wide range of corporate clients across FMCG, FMCD, Retail, Hospitality, Education, Corporate & Retail Banking, Debt Capital Markets and Insurance. She thrives on finding unique solutions to their most difficult human capital challenges.

She considers herself a native of lazy Sundays as there is nothing more she enjoys than baking and reading on the weekends. Connect with Ayesha.

Kiran Nithyanand

Partner -Consumer & Real Estate , Mumbai

Kiran joins our Consumer and Real Estate (West and South) team. He brings over two decades of leadership experience across the FMCG & Media sectors having worked at Disney Star, Diageo, Marico, True North Private Equity. He holds an MBA from IIM Kozhikode and is Native to badminton, basketball, crosswords and comics. You can reach him at kiran.nithyanand@nativeworld.com

Rishi Rai

Principal -Consumer , Gurgaon

Rishi Rai is a business and strategy professional with nearly 13 years of experience driving go-to-market initiatives, revenue growth, and long-term client partnerships across South Asia and international markets. He has worked with global organizations including CNN International (WBD Group) and BBC Worldwide, where he built scalable growth strategies and delivered tailored solutions for diverse clients.
Now transitioning into executive search, Rishi brings a leadership mindset, a people-centric approach, and a strong openness to learning and building expertise in a new domain. He holds an MBA in Media & Communication from Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication and a PG Certification in Digital Marketing from MICA, Ahmedabad.
Outside of work, Rishi is Native to cooking, music, road trips when time permits, and spending time with his three-year-old, who keeps life grounded and balanced.
Rishi will lead the Consumer North portfolio and will be based out of Gurgaon.
He can be reached at rishi.rai@nativeworld.com

Rohit Vohra

Principal -Technology , Gurgaon

Welcome Rohit. He joins us as a Principal in the Consumer Tech (North) team. Rohit is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from CCET, Panjab University, and holds an MBA in Marketing & Operations from IIM Kashipur. He brings over a decade of experience across sales, business building, strategic partnerships, and executive search, having worked with organisations including Eveready Industries, Atomberg Technologies, Paytm, and Michael Page. He has built regional businesses from the ground up at Atomberg and Michael Page and also spent around 1.5 years building his own energy and sustainability consulting venture.

Outside of work, Rohit is native to high-altitude trekking, chess, padel, travelling, and long road trips. Rohit is based in Gurgaon, and you can reach him at rohit.vohra@nativeworld.com

Simran Arora

Associate Director -Consumer, HR COE , Bengaluru

Simran is a combination of strong left and right brains given the balance between her creative and business acumen. Her 13 years of work entails multi-functional experiences within marketing, research, and communication domain: creating brand strategies, media planning, designing communication campaigns, creating loyalty programs, and leading digital marketing disruptions. She has worked with the country’s leading entertainment media channels such as Disney, Sony, and Viacom 18 and has consulted FMCG brands such as Unilever, Kraft, Pepsi Co. etc. on new launches. An alumna of Indian School of Business (ISB) Batch 2012, in true spirit she is a mompreneur and at Native, she is a senior member of our Consumer space.

Her knack is to connect with people, anyone and anywhere, to get them to open up and share their life tales. A natural storyteller, she writes crime-based series in her free time and manages sponsorships for a government-run hospital as philanthropy. Connect with Simran.

She can be reached at simran.arora@nativeworld.com

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