Hari Nair

Hari Nair is a Partner at Innosight Ventures and leads Innosight's activities in India.

Hari is a highly experienced business development executive with significant global product development and management experience.

Prior to joining Innosight, Hari was with the Global Research and Development Group at Procter & Gamble for 14 years. From P&G's global headquarters in Cincinnati USA, Hari led numerous product and packaging innovations including the launch of several new brands for the North American market.

In 2002, Hari moved to Beijing, where he helped lead P&G's scaled up efforts serving low income markets across Asia. He commercialized several new product and value based innovations in the consumer goods sector for China, Philippines, Vietnam, and India.

Hari has significant experience and skills in product design, development, and shaping ideas through the initiative pipeline. Hari was recognized as an expert in consumer modeling, fast cycle consumer testing, pilot plant/scale up, as well as utilizing connect & develop (developing external connections) for speeding up innovations to market.

Most recently, Hari held the position of General Manager for R&D for Cadbury-Schweppes based in Mumbai, India. There he reshaped Cadbury's R&D strategy and innovation resource planning, prioritizing higher value generating projects in their portfolio.

Hari received his BS in Chemical Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he graduated with honors; he is also inventor/co-inventor on 8 patents.