CEO and Managing Director at Jabong

Sanjeev Mohanty is the CEO and Managing Director at Jabong and an industry veteran with a rich experience of over 18 years. Before assuming his responsibilities at Jabong, Sanjeev served as the Managing Director at Benetton India Pvt. Ltd. During his 11 year tenure at Benetton India, Sanjeev inspired passion in the company and built a high performing and committed leadership team that relentlessly drove the revenues and growth for the brand.

Sanjeev has worked with the likes of Jay Gee Group, Arvind Lifestyle, Levi Strauss and Madura Garments during the course of his career. Considered to be a thought leader by most, he helped Benetton India grow from USD 8 million to USD 300 million in just seven-and-a half years.

Sanjeev is a visionary leader and it is due to his acumen that the Benetton business model today gets emulated by the entire fashion apparel industry at large. Under Sanjeev’s strategic vision and direction, United Colors of Benetton India also bagged the no. 1 spot amongst international fashion brands and was also listed as one of the Top 50 firms to work for in the Retail sector consecutively for 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Sanjeev was one of the speakers at the IAF World Apparel Convention 2012 in Portugal, where he spoke about market developments in major fashion markets, branding and cross channeling in Fashion Retail and Consumer Behavior Session. He was also the speaker at Retail Congress Asia Pacific 2014 in Singapore, where he spoke on the future of retail in Asia, becoming a popular multi-channel retailer: Exceeding customer expectations. He is an active member of the prestigious global organization – YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization) and the Retail Congress Asia Pacific Advisory Board.

Sanjeev holds a Post Graduate degree in Apparel Marketing and Merchandising from National Institute of Fashion Technology, India – the premier fashion technology education school of the country.