Santhi Ramesh

Chief Commercial Officer Pampered Chef

Santhi Ramesh is a Forbes-recognized global C-suite executive and AI-driven growth leader known for transforming brands and businesses through strategic marketing, innovation, and sustainable growth. Her leadership spans roles as Chief Commercial Officer at Pampered Chef, Chief Marketing Officer at Hershey International, and Chief Commercial Officer for Ferrero’s Ice Cream division, where she has driven double-digit growth across multi-billion-dollar businesses by building iconic brands and scaling commercial performance across global markets.

Santhi has built global marketing platforms that connect consumer insight, brand storytelling, and digital commerce to drive growth across diverse markets and cultures. An early adopter of AI in marketing, Santhi integrates advanced analytics and AI into marketing ecosystems to accelerate insight generation, personalize consumer engagement at scale, and enable faster, data-driven decision making. Her leadership has also accelerated innovation pipelines, launching breakthrough products and new growth platforms that expand categories and strengthen brand relevance. In parallel, she has built strategic customer partnerships and sustainability initiatives that deepen retail collaboration and create long-term value across the consumer ecosystem.

Santhi is also the Founder of FuturePropel, where she advises C-suite leadership teams for mid-size companies on AI-driven growth and innovation strategies. In addition, she serves on the board of Pratham Education Foundation and SKU where she mentors entrepreneurs globally, Santhi holds an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Madras, and a Board Governance Certificate from the Kellogg School of Management.