Shailesh Jejurikar

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer Procter & Gamble

Last Reviewed: October 3, 2026

Executive Summary

Shailesh Jejurikar became President and Chief Executive Officer of Procter & Gamble in January 2026 and Chairman of the Board in August 2026, when executive chairman Jon Moeller retired. He joined P&G in 1989 after business school in India and has worked across its health and beauty, home care, fabric care and professional businesses in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. From 2019 to 2021 he was chief executive of the Fabric and Home Care sector, home to Tide, Ariel and Downy, and from 2021 to 2025 he was chief operating officer, responsible for P&G’s Enterprise Markets and for functions including IT, sales, manufacturing and purchasing. He leads the company after running both its Fabric and Home Care sector and its operations.

Career Highlights

• Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of P&G; CEO since January 2026, Chairman since 1 August 2026.
• Chief Operating Officer, 2021 to 2025, with profit responsibility for Enterprise Markets.
• Chief Executive Officer of the Fabric and Home Care sector, 2019 to 2021.
• Executive sponsor for global sustainability, 2016 to 2021.
• Board member of Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation and The Christ Hospital.

Professional Journey

Jejurikar earned a BA in economics from Mumbai University in 1987 and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow in 1989, and joined P&G on 1 July 1989, according to the company. His career has spanned its health and beauty care, home care, fabric care and P&G Professional businesses in developed and developing regions, including North America, Europe, Asia and Africa.

P&G’s 10-K records that he was first elected an officer in 2018. From 2019 to 2021 he was chief executive of Fabric and Home Care, the sector that includes Tide, Ariel, Downy, Gain, Febreze and Swiffer and that P&G says accounts for about one-third of its sales and net earnings. From 2016 to 2021 he was also the company’s executive sponsor for global sustainability.

From 2021 to 2025 he was chief operating officer, with profit and loss responsibility for P&G’s Enterprise Markets of Latin America, India, the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe, and leadership of information technology, global business services, sales, market operations, purchasing, manufacturing, distribution and new business. He joined the board in 2025.

He became president and chief executive in January 2026. On 29 July 2026 P&G announced that executive chairman Jon Moeller would retire from the board on 31 July and that Jejurikar would become chairman on 1 August 2026, with Joseph Jimenez reappointed as independent lead director. Procter & Gamble, based in Cincinnati, reported net sales of $87.0 billion for the fiscal year ended 30 June 2026, according to its 10-K.

In Cincinnati he serves on the boards of the Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC) and The Christ Hospital, according to his company biography.

Education

Indian Institute of Management Lucknow

MBA (PGP)

University of Mumbai

BA, Economics