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Role Players 2014


Nilesh Nayak

Head - Training and Organization Development
Bayer Zydus Pharma Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Nilesh Nayak is Head of Training and OD for Bayer Zydus Pharma, which operates in key segments of the Indian pharmaceuticals market with a focus on: Women's healthcare, metabolic disorders, diagnostic imaging, cardiovascular diseases, anti-diabetic treatments and oncology. He is also responsible as a part of Management Committee for key strategic decisions relating to growth and development of Bayer Zydus Pharma. He drives Commercial Excellence and is the Country Champion of the Customer Facing Excellence project in India. Nilesh also holds the additional responsibility of Safety Officer for Bayer Health Care in India.

Nilesh, with his excellent background of pharmaceutical sales, has been more dedicated on practical and pragmatic aspects of business. Nilesh's earlier career included 23 years of extensive service with GlaxoSmithKline.

Nilesh has outstanding communications, facilitation and presentations skills complemented by a rich and versatile working experience of 30 years in multiple facets like Sales, Marketing and Training and Organizational Development.

He has led Leadership Development (Author of the comprehensive Management Skills Excellence Program for all managers of the organization that develops core management skills and supplementary skills) & Talent Management (Developed a structure through Competency Mapping, Knowledge Gap identification and Performance Management that enables identification of talent through an objective process that minimizes bias and subjectivity).

Nilesh is a certified Coach - Internationally Recognized and Accredited for Strategy Decision Making and Building Great Brands – from GSK Academy UK.

He has bagged various awards like Sales Excellence Gold Award in 2009 from Bayer at Hong Kong - International Gold Award for Sales Excellence in the very first year in Bayer – an international award among 20 participating countries for contribution to sales excellence through training, Best Super Star Core Trainer Award from GSK in 2007 at Dubai.

Nilesh holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Training and Development from Indian Society of Training and Development, Delhi University, a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai & a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.