Full Name
Lawrence Ganti
Job Title
Chief Business Officer
Company or Organization
SiO2 Materials Science
Speaker Bio
Lawrence Ganti looks after the day to day operations of SiO2 Materials Science. He brings more than 25 years of building commercial organizations, leading billion-dollar P&Ls, creating award winning marketing campaigns, and driving growth initiatives in the Pharmaceutical, Consumer Products, and Data Analytics space. Mr. Ganti brings many unique perspectives to the organization having worked for Pepsi, J&J, McKinsey and Merck across 5 continents. He has lived in Europe, South Asia, North Asia, North America, and South America.

While at Merck, Mr. Ganti had responsibility for up to 3,500 people across a wide array of functions. He held Country, Regional, and Global leadership roles spanning the spectrum of Business Unit Head, Global Franchise Head, Country President, and Regional President. In such roles, he also held responsibility for two of the group's highest volume manufacturing plants (Brasil & India). While at Serono, he worked in strategic planning, internal audit, and performance management, eventually coordinating the Executive Committee as Head of the CEO Office. As a research fellow with McKinsey & Company, he focused on new managerial models and organizational effectiveness.

Mr Ganti is a graduate of Babson College with a degree in Entrepreneurship, holds an MBA from IMD Switzerland, and has certificates from MIT and Wharton.
Lawrence Ganti