- Highlighting PMI’s bold 2016 declaration to shift towards a smoke-free future and its impact on business transformation
- How PMI is disrupting its traditional tobacco business by developing and promoting smoke-free alternatives
- Discussing the critical role sustainability plays in PMI’s smoke-free vision, embedding environmental and social progress into the core of their strategy
- Offering insights into the challenges PMI faced and overcame in rethinking its products and production processes
- Looking ahead at the need for resilience and adaptability as PMI continues to drive innovation in an increasingly complex and demanding global landscape
Alpesh Chaddha
Vice President Global Operations Strategy & Excellence
Philip Morris International
Alpesh Chaddha, Vice President Global Operations Strategy & Excellence at Philip Morris International, has deep experience in the areas of strategy development and implementation for Supply Chain, Procurement, and Sales, achieving robust and sustainable business transformation.
At PMI, Alpesh leads the mid-to-long-term strategy development and implementation focusing on transformational activities which accelerate PMI’s journey to a smoke-free future. Along with the strong focus on business Strategy, within Alpesh’s remit also lies Industrial Strategy, End2End Agility, Digital and Analytics, and Business Excellence.
The work of Alpesh and his team spans beyond Operations – connecting, influencing, and working with all of PMI’s functions and the markets. He and his team are modeling a cross- functional, horizontal way of working towards achieving shared goals which is new to the company.
Before joining PMI, Alpesh was a Partner at McKinsey and Co., where he set up and led the transformation practice in India. With corporate clients across India, Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia, Alpesh shaped the organizational journeys of several global enterprises. His knowledge in driving enterprise-wide change is well recognized externally. A thought leader for Operations, Alpesh is able to shape strategic initiatives while supporting the implementation of Business Excellence and Capability building. Prior to joining McKinsey, Alpesh was a software engineer at Cisco.
Alpesh holds a Masters Business Administration degree from the India Institute of Management, Calcutta and a Bachelor degree (Engineering), from the Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi.
