Hari Nair is currently serving as Vice President, R&D Fabric & Home Care Global Packaging, Learning Lab and Partner Lab at Procter & Gamble. He is also the co-author of The Innovative Leader. Previously, he worked as Group Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer at Sime Darby Berhad, and as the Global Managing Director for Kimberly-Clark’s Innovation Center, based in Seoul, South Korea. Hari is a thought-leader and expert in applying disruptive innovation and new business models in emerging markets, having advised several Fortune 500 companies as well as several Asian firms.

Hari has spent nearly half of his 20+ year professional career living and working in emerging markets, launching new business and products in China and India. Prior to joining KC, he spent 14 years with Procter & Gamble Co in R&D leadership roles, including 4 years in Beijing setting and developing innovations for Asia. From 2006 to 2012, he worked with Clayton Christensen’s firm Innosight, and led the engagement that helped conceive and develop ChotuKool, an innovative refrigerator launched by Godrej Industries and also was part of the team which developed Medtronic’s Healthy Heart for All innovation (both Edison Gold winners).

Hari received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; he is also an inventor/co-inventor on eight patents.