Arun Srinivas graduated from the University of Madras and completed his masters from the Indian Institute of Management Kolkata in 1996. He joined Meta in 2019 and is now the Director & Head for the Ads Business for Meta India. He leads the business and relationships for all industries and all business sizes - large, medium and small, as well as the entire media and creative agency ecosystem.
He has over 25 years of experience, of which 21 were in the Consumer Products Industry. He spent 5 years with Reebok India and 16 years subsequently with Unilever. In Unilever, he rose to lead several businesses such as Beverages, Skin Care & Makeup and Foods for India and has been part of India, South Asia and Global leadership teams.
Arun spent 2.5 years in the PE Industry with Westbridge Capital, where he led the consumer vertical across fresh and existing investments. Arun was part of several deals and evaluated hundreds of companies raising capital across sectors.
Arun spent over a year at Ola, where he was the COO and the Global CMO. He managed the mobility business and P&L for India and led the Marketing, Categories and Revenue functions globally. Arun anchored the Ola London launch to success.
Personal interests:
Arun is an avid runner and also a keyboard player.