Hemant Sachdev leads the Consumer and Online Business at Microsoft India that is focused on the consumer offerings from Microsoft. In his current role, he drives business synergies across PC Phone & Web. This includes the Windows platform across PC & Mobile. He leads the consumer business and operations across products like Windows 7, Windows Live, Windows Mobile, MSN, Live Search and other online services. Hemant has over 20 years of experience in managing operations, retail and strategic marketing.
In his last assignment as Group Director of the Bharti Group, Hemant was part of the Chairman’s apex team and led the strategic process or driving and maintaining market & brand leadership for Bharti. He has been a part of the initial core team that built Bharti and Airtel into the great corporate and consumer brands that they are today. Hemant has also been behind some of the most innovative marketing programs for Airtel, the most successful being – ‘Lifetime Prepaid’. This innovation changed the course of the Indian Telecom industry and led to unprecedented growth for Bharti and volume growth in the mobile market.
Prior to Bharti, Hemant led the retail operation at McCann Erickson and Foote Cone & Belding, where he partnered with global companies across sectors like telecom, retail, media, entertainment and communication. Some of his significant recognitions include Marketing Professional of the Year (2002), India’s Achievers and Leadership Award for Excellence (2004), Best Marketing Strategy of the Year – Retail (2004), India’s Top Marketing Director Award (2006), amongst others.
Hemant is a commerce graduate and has attended global management programs like the “Leadership at the Peak” at CCL, USA.
