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Colgate-Palmolive names Akash Parekh as EVP - Marketing

What happened

Colgate-Palmolive has appointed Akash Parekh as Executive Vice President – Marketing, effective December 1, 2026.

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Colgate-Palmolive has appointed Akash Parekh as Executive Vice President – Marketing, effective December 1, 2026. He will succeed Gunjit Jain, who will step down from the role on November 30, 2026, to pursue a professional growth opportunity outside the company. Parekh currently serves as Senior Director, Marketing – APAC, where he leads regional marketing strategies. He has been associated with Colgate-Palmolive since 2009, holding roles across India, North America and the Asia-Pacific region. He brings around two decades of experience in consumer marketing, spanning brand strategy, commercial execution, market expansion and consumer insights. He began his career at Nielsen in 2006.

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Event
Promotion

What this signalsA newly promoted leader often gets the budget to change how the team works.

Person
Akash ParekhExecutive Vice President – Marketing
Takes effect
Dec 1, 2026

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People

  • Akash ParekhExecutive Vice President – Marketing · Named in the story

Topics and mentions

Job title tags

  • directors
  • management
  • marketing

Extraction

Confidence
95%
Detected
Oct 23, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
promotes

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  "company": {
    "name": "Colgate-Palmolive",
    "domain": "colgatepalmolive.com"
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    "url": "https://www.exchange4media.com/people-movement-news/colgate-palmolive-names-akash-parekh-as-evp-marketing-159422.html",
    "title": "Colgate-Palmolive names Akash Parekh as EVP - Marketing - Exchange4Media",
    "contact": "Akash Parekh",
    "excerpt": "Colgate-Palmolive has appointed Akash Parekh as Executive Vice President – Marketing, effective December 1, 2026. He will succeed Gunjit Jain, who will step down from the role on November 30, 2026, to pursue a professional growth opportunity outside the company. Parekh currently serves as Senior Director, Marketing – APAC, where he leads regional marketing strategies. He has been associated with Colgate-Palmolive since 2009, holding roles across India, North America and the Asia-Pacific region. He brings around two decades of experience in consumer marketing, spanning brand strategy, commercial execution, market expansion and consumer insights. He began his career at Nielsen in 2006.",
    "summary": "Colgate-Palmolive has appointed Akash Parekh as Executive Vice President – Marketing, effective December 1, 2026.",
    "planning": true,
    "image_url": "https://www.exchange4media.com/news-photo/159422-Colgate.jpg",
    "job_title": "Executive Vice President – Marketing",
    "confidence": 0.95,
    "published_at": "2026-10-23T05:51:39Z",
    "effective_date": "2026-12-01",
    "job_title_tags": [
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    ],
    "article_sentence": "Colgate-Palmolive has appointed Akash Parekh as Executive Vice President – Marketing, effective December 1, 2026."
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