A Retail professional with 14 + years of experience in retail/luxury brand management, strategy, marketing & operations, Santosh Kumar assumed the role of Brand Head at Kiehl’s India in December 2017. Santosh has played a crucial role in the field of brand management, marketing, forecasting, merchandising, operations, and luxury beauty branding and customer relationship management. He has worked with Lladro as the head of North India business, FabIndia, Debenhams, Jimmy Choo and Roberto Cavalli. At Debenhams, he was associated with beauty department comprising MAC, Clinique, Lancôme, Chanel, and L’Oreal along with RTW & designers brands.

Santosh is IIM Lucknow and NIFT alumni.