Suranjan Magesvaran is the Former President of P&G Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Africa, responsible for P&G's sales and marketing organization in these key regions. Previously, Suranjan was the President of Asia Pacific SMO. He has held numerous leadership positions at P&G since joining the company in 1994 in the finance and accounting areas. In 2015, he was appointed President of P&G Asia Pacific SMO, and in 2018 his responsibility was expanded to include India, Middle East, and Africa SMO.
Suranjan is involved with other activities including maintaining a board member position of the Singapore Economic Development Board, and he serves as Director of the Board of Directors of the US-ASEAN Business Council. Born in Sri Lanka, Suranjan obtained his BSc (Hons.) in Accounting from Indiana University and his MBA from the Booth School of Business, University of Chicago. He was a keynote speaker in CEM's 8th annual symposium on “The Rise of Asia” in June 2018. He joined CEM's Advisory Board in July 2018.