Leadership

Managing Director

Vikas joined Compass Group India in March 2023. Vikas is an inspirational and innovative global leader who has lived and worked in many countries across three continents. He is a seasoned operator, passionate about building highly engaged, winning teams and delivering breakthrough growth. Prior to Compass, he was the Founder & CEO of a healthy beverage brand – Raskik, a coconut water based juice, scaling it to over 35,000 outlets before selling it to Reliance. Before that, he had a long and thoroughly enjoyable journey with The Coca-Cola Company in M&A and diverse leadership roles in India and Europe. His last role in Coca-Cola was of Managing Director for Southeast Europe. Vikas has used innovation as a key pillar of growth across all his businesses which include innovations across product, packaging and marketing.

 Vikas is passionate about social impact and that has led him back to India after every global role. He believes that India is not only a growth market for the next decades but also that industry can play a very significant role in uplifting society.

 His educational qualifications include an MBA from University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA and the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at Harvard Business School, Boston.

Chief Executive Officer, Support Services

A veteran in facilities management with more than three decades of rich experience across functions, industries and geographies, Joel prides himself in being an agent for change. He believes in, inclusive strategy and that knowledge and experience enables one to fly high and deep dive; he has a razor eye for operational and process excellence. He leads from the front with client centricity, business innovation, leading growth and turnaround in the ever evolving workplace environment. Joel joined Compass India in 2019.

Vice President of Culinary & Food Innovation

Arjyo comes with an extensive experience of 20 years in F&B innovation, food safety, and team development. He has played a pivotal role in the development of differentiated workplace food concepts for Compass India. He is instrumental in driving our Sustainability and Wellness Strategy. He believes that food unites us with the power of creativity, rituals, techniques and delightful experiences. He drives process excellence at the Central Commissary Kitchens across India. Arjyo has been with Compass India since 2018 and leads new product development and the culinary function.

He has served as personal Chef for Dr. Manmohan Singh and Mr. Pranab Mukherjee along with 250 other high-level Indian delegates, during the ASEAN Summit, 2007 in Cebu City. Arjyo is passionate about food and has brought to the table an unflagging sense of innovation to create magic on the palate and spread smiles all around!

Chief Innovation and Transformation Officer

Subroto Gupta, has over 23 years’ of global leadership experience across roles in sales, marketing, operations and innovation programs in large B2B and B2C companies. His work in areas like collective intelligence, automation and design thinking have been featured in leading international publications including Forbes, The Economist and Harvard Business Review.

At Compass India, he leads strategy formulation to identify opportunities and risks, development of new ideas to enable growth and cross functional projects to optimize cost and facilitate business transformation.

He is also an Advisory Member of SHEROES, a platform committed to enhancing the quality and quantity of opportunities for women and investing in women professionals through various phases of their careers.

Chief Information Officer

Manish comes with a rich experience of 25+ years of delivering business transformation programs through technology and data, building fit-for-purpose digital products and business applications, implementing innovative service delivery models, designing and implementing new age IT infrastructure.

An energetic, performance-driven leader, his proficiency lies in developing and executing business technology strategies, developing high performance teams, and generating true business value from technology investments.

He underwent leadership programs from prestigious institutes like INSEAD-Singapore, Dukes University, and IIM Ahmedabad. Manish is also a certified Six Sigma Green Belt professional.

Head Legal

Vishwak comes with rich experience of working in various industries for more than one and a half decade and leads the legal function to further its objectives and to be an enabler to the other business functions. He is further driving the agenda of strengthening our compliance framework to build up a contractual process driven and compliant business. He joined Compass India in 2021.

Head- Marketing and Communications

Nitasha comes with 16+ years of experience in the field of Marketing & Communications, specializing in the B2B space. Nitasha brings her thought leadership, creativity, and strategic vision to lead the Marketing, Communications and Engagement function for Compass India, supporting the 10X growth target for India region. She spearheads communication initiatives creating brand awareness and drives the multi-platform brand storytelling to a range of stakeholders, tailoring messaging, and developing marketing campaigns aligned with Compass India business goals. She along with her team believe in learning everyday with constantly evolving marketplace and consumers.

 Prior to this, Nitasha has worked with leading MNCs and start-ups across industries in various world areas.