LAVANYA R NALLI
LAVANYA R NALLI, Vice Chairperson, Nalli Group
Lavanya Nalli is the 5th Generation entrepreneur and Vice Chairperson of Nalli Group. “Nalli” a brand synonymous with silk which was established in the year 1928.
Lavanya started her career with the Nalli Group – a $100M national retail chain – focusing on new business development and growth opportunities, retail store operations, and private-label. She launched a sub-brand “Nalli Next” that penetrated untapped markets, and incubated a venture that empowered artisanal communities by bringing design-led products to market.
She then graduated with an MBA from Harvard Business School in 2011, and worked at McKinsey & Company (Chicago) advising CXOs of Fortune 500 companies on issues ranging from top-line growth and profit improvement initiatives, change management programs and multi-channel strategy. Moved to India in 2013 into the ecommerce world as VP at Myntra (Flipkart Group). In late-2015 she returned to the Nalli Group, and is presently heading the ecommerce and omni channel platform.
Original, results-oriented and enterprising, she is a creative problem-solver with two decades-long career in all-things consumer. Profiled in the media as a recognized expert on retail in India, she been a published author and speaker at industry forums and events. Named by The Economic Times as among corporate India’s fastest rising women leaders, and by Forbes as “Asia’s Women to Watch” in 2016. Am an ambassador for Government of India’s innovation efforts and NITI Aayog’s “Champions of Change” program, an Aspen Fellow, and YPO member. She was felicitated with prestigious ‘The Fashion Retail Icon’ at the Images Fashion Awards 2024.
