Procter & Gamble (P&G) has elevated Ratul Ghosh to vice president – human resources (CHRO), APAC, expanding his mandate to cover 10 markets across ASEAN, Japan, Korea and Australia. In his new role, he will lead the People and Organisation strategy for the APAC region in partnership with P&G’s APAC Executive Board, while also overseeing the region’s HR leadership pipeline.
Ghosh has spent more than 21 years with P&G, taking on HR leadership roles across Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the US.
He most recently served as vice president – human resources (CHRO), Japan, a position he held from June 2024 to June 2026. As Japan CHRO, he was responsible for the HR function across P&G’s Japanese operations and was a member of the country’s executive board.
Before moving to Japan, Ghosh was senior director – HR for Pampers and the Marketing function across Asia, Middle East and Africa, supporting more than 15 markets and leading talent development and staffing for over 650 marketers.
Earlier, he served as senior director – HR (CHRO), Korea, while also leading the Employee Relations practice for P&G’s Asia, Middle East and Africa region. His previous assignments included HR leadership roles for SK-II in Japan and P&G’s global Grooming R&D function in the US.
Ghosh began his P&G leadership journey in India, serving as country HR head – supply chain for India and Egypt between 2013 and 2015. He had earlier held talent and HRBP roles in India and Japan. His career also includes an HR analytics internship with GE in 2004.
Commenting on his new role on LinkedIn, Ghosh said, “A new role, but the same core belief: People are always front and center of great outcomes.” He added that he was grateful for the support and investment of leaders, managers, mentors and teammates throughout his career.
Ghosh holds a master’s degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics and a BA (Hons) in Economics from Delhi University.
