Laxman Narasimhan

Laxman Narasimha joined the Board of Directors at Verizon Communications in 2021 and was appointed to Chief Executive Officer of Starbucks in March 2023. From 2019 to 2022, Mr. Narasimhan served as the Chief Executive Officer of Reckitt. Before joining Reckitt, Mr. Narasimhan served as the Global Chief Commercial Officer of PepsiCo in 2019 and Chief Executive Officer of Latin America, Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa from 2017 to 2019 and Chief Executive Officer of Latin America and Latin America Foods from 2014 to 2017. From 1993 to 2012, Mr. Narasimhan served in various positions up to Director and Location Manager of the New Delhi Office of McKinsey & Company. Mr. Narasimhan has served on the Board of Trustees at The Brooking Institute since 2016 and is an active member of the World Economic Forum. From 2018 to 2019, Mr. Narasimhan served on the Board of Directors at The Nature Conservancy Latin America Conservation Council.