Sudhir Sitapati’s exit unlikely to fix Godrej Consumer’s growth problem

If one were to go by Godrej Consumer Products chairperson Nisaba Godrej’s comments, the abrupt exit of CEO and MD Sudhir Sitapati points to weak execution and underwhelming performance over the past five years. 

“Sometimes we want to say very fancy things on these calls of what we’re going to do. But it’s basically can we roll up our sleeves and get things done with more candour and pace? And I feel that that layer in GCPL is not as strong as I would like it,” Godrej said a day after Sitapati’s resignation letter was shared with stock exchanges. 

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