VP – Digital Commerce & OOH Channels, Unilever

In his current role, Sapan Sharma leads sales operations and strategy development for Unilever Ice Creams business globally. He has built an exponential growth business in the quick commerce / rapid delivery space as well as transformed the route to market through B2B digital selling models that touch 5 million stores. 

He also leads Out of Home Channels across 40 countries, and is engaged in reimagining an end to end ecosystem post Covid.

Sharma has a wealth of FMCG experience having spent over two decades in the field – first at Indian FMCG giant Dabur and for the bulk of his career at Unilever across India and the Netherlands.  

Previous to his current role, he was Chief Delivery Officer – Delivery Ecommerce at Unilever, responsible for leading the global on demand delivery model for ice creams, foods and refreshment categories. On his watch, the business grew from €240 million (over $272 million) to  €1 billion (over $1.1 billion) in just 24 months.