Nandini is the Global Marketing Director for Smirnoff, Diageo North America. She is a seasoned marketer with over a decade of experience in consumer goods, retail and e-commerce and international experience of having worked in Asia, Europe, and North America. Nandini has a track record of delivering strong business performance on legacy and turnaround brands. An intrapreneurial marketer and a collaborative leader, she is a bold & brave, who holds the performance bar high but also leads with empathy. A strong advocate of the importance of leadership in marketing, she is one of the peer mentors in the Marketing Leadership Masterclass with Thomas Barta & Syl Saller. She has also been on panels in New York and featured on podcasts. She is also recognized as LinkedIn's 'Top Voice on Brand Management. In her previous role she was the Head of Marketing for Spirits with Diageo Ireland and served as a council member in the Marketing Society of Ireland. In her nine years with Diageo, she has spearheaded multiple portfolios. Under her leadership brands have showcased their strongest performance, highest equity and have celebrated multiple accolades and she has left the legacy of being a leader who has led and built tribes of marketing leaders. As a believer in inclusivity, she champions Diageo’s progressive gender portrayal by consciously going beyond the stereotypical casting. An engineer and MBA by vocation, she loves the art and science of marketing and believes in the power of marketing to impact business, consumers, and society at large.