{"id":5339,"date":"2026-01-08T12:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/?post_type=dmsb_event&p=5339"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:04:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:04:01","slug":"leading-pg-in-emerging-markets","status":"publish","type":"dmsb_event","link":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/events\/leading-pg-in-emerging-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Distinguished Nardone Lecture: My Experience Leading P&G in Different Cultures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

About the Event<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Stanislav (\u201cStanda\u201d) Vecera, born in the Czech Republic, leads P&G's operations in Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa, where he manages 100,000 employees in more than 100 countries. He spoke speak about his experience leading P&G's business in diverse cultures and countries, including India, Japan, Nigeria, and South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Standa Vecera<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Stanislav (Standa) Vecera is President, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa<\/strong> for P&G. <\/strong>As one of the first P&G employees in the Czech Republic, his home country, Standa began his career as a regional sales representative and from there, built a truly global career of growing businesses and organizations across Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beginning in 2015, he led P&G Japan, the Company's largest market in AMA, to growth despite significant external challenges, including the Covid-19 pandemic. He transformed the market operations through strong organization development, go-to-market capability reinvention and through further expansion of P&G's leadership brands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Standa spent the first half of his P&G career in various sales roles in Europe, North America, and Asia. He later transitioned into General Management roles in Nigeria and South Africa. An inspirational and passionate business and organization leader, Standa's influence is also visible through his advocacy and personal leadership within the Company's equality and inclusion, environmental sustainability and employee health and well-being efforts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Nardone Family Seminar Series<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Made possible by a gift from David R. Nardone<\/a>, the Nardone Family Seminar Series at the Center for Emerging Markets brings academics and practitioners to Northeastern University to share insights about emerging markets with the Boston community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The longtime series has hosted over 150 speakers since the Center for Emerging Markets' inception, thanks to Nardone's support. Speakers have discussed topics ranging from family business to climate resilience, fintech trends to medical innovation, corporate governance to international policy, and more. These speakers have similarly come to CEM from a diverse array of academic and professional backgrounds and have shared their knowledge on research, trends, and innovations touching nearly every continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n