Santhi Ramesh
Santhi Ramesh is a Forbes-recognized global C-suite executive, board member, and AI-driven growth leader. Her C-suite leadership spans roles as Chief Commercial Officer at Pampered Chef, Chief Marketing Officer at Hershey International, and Chief Commercial Officer at Ferrero Ice Cream division, where she has driven double digit growth across multi-billion-dollar business through brand building, AI-powered digital transformation, and commercial innovation across global markets.
An early adopter and practitioner of AI in marketing, Santhi builds enterprise AI ecosystems that accelerate insight generation, personalize content at scale, optimize media and promotion, and strengthen demand forecasting. She specializes in moving organizations from AI experimentation to enterprise-scale adoption by embedding AI into core marketing workflows, operating models, and decision systems—delivering step-change improvements in marketing productivity, faster decision cycles, and sustained growth.
Santhi serves on the board of Pratham Education Foundation, advancing access to quality education for children and youth. A proud graduate of the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and the University of Madras, she mentors entrepreneurs globally and is passionate about preparing the next generation of leaders for an AI-enhanced world.