Management is all about achieving targets one sets for oneself. It certainly calls for greater ingenuity, innovation and a touch of reality. And Bharat Patel, Chairman, Procter and Gamble, is one of those individuals who have successfully been achieving their target, thereby steering the course of their respective company to greater heights of distinction. Guided by the core values of corporate ethics, Patel today is a name to reckon with in Indian corporate world.Armed with one of the largest and strongest portfolios of trusted brands, including Pampers, Tide, Ariel, Always, Pantene, Bounty, Folgers, Pringles, Charmin, Downy, Iams, Crest, Actonel and Olay, the saga of the P&G is somewhat a story of rise from the rags to the riches. Beginning as a small, family-operated soap and candle company, today it provides products and services of superior quality and value to consumers in 140 countries. Its community consists of over 135,000 employees working in over 80 countries worldwide.

An MBA in Marketing from the University of Michigan, Patel did his MA in Economics from the University of Notre Dame, USA. His higher education in the US helped him start his career in the country itself. He joined Vicks International, New York as Marketing Trainee in 1969 and on its merger with Procter & Gamble, moved to Procter & Gamble and had a long and illustrious career in the prestigious company there. Patel has successfully provided the P&G a platform for innovation and the Indian chapter of the multinational company has been touching millions of lives in the country under the able guidance of this visionary leader.

A man of many talents, Patel during his decades' long career worked in various capacities for Procter & Gamble including as Operations Director, Associate General Manager, Category Manager, Country Manager and Executive Vice President. As the head of the company, Patel was instrumental in scripting many a success stories for P&G. In fact, it has been Patel's strategic move and flawless maneuvers, which have helped him earn a distinction in the P&G. For two consecutive years, the P&G India was voted 'One of India's Best Employers by Business Today and Hewitt, a global management consulting firm specializing in human resources. A man who has given international standards to his products, Patel has made sure that the company remains an undisputed leader in its segment. And Patel has unfailingly been to earn the respect for Procter and Gamble, which few could dream of. Understandably, one can hope that the Company under Patel would be setting many more new standards of quality, professionalism and better living.