Rajeev Nair has over 30 years of sales, leadership and general management experience in the Life Science industry. Currently, Nair is Senior Vice President and Head of Asia Pacific, Research Solutions for Merck Life Science. In this role, he oversees the development and execution of a customer-centric, go-to-market commercial strategy by leveraging sales, tactical marketing, customer excellence and field service to deliver a best-in-class customer experience.
With over 20 years with Merck and Millipore, Nair has held leadership positions in various businesses within Merck Millipore and has worked in different countries across Asia, Europe, US and Latin America. His responsibilities included building and driving the strategy to build a sustainable growth trajectory for the businesses he was responsible for in the different regions.
Prior to his appointment to lead Latin America, Nair was Director of Strategy and Business Development – International at Millipore Asia in Singapore. Previous employers include Bajaj Electricals, Dunlop India, Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers and Electrohms Group (Raychem International).
Nair holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Calicut, India, and a Masters in Management from the International Management Institute, India. He has also completed an Advanced Management Program from the Harvard Business School.