Sucheta Govil

Non-Executive Director

Appointed

October 2024

Committee memberships

Nominations, Remuneration

Qualifications

Degree in Economics with Mathematics from Delhi University and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

Skills and experience

Sucheta has extensive commercial and operational leadership experience having held senior positions across a range of sectors.

Sucheta started her career with GlaxoSmithKline plc, spending 17 years there in various management roles, before moving to PepsiCo Inc in 2003. In 2011, she was appointed Global Head of Marketing, Decorative Paints at Akzo Nobel NV, a role she held until 2015. In 2015, Sucheta became Chief Marketing Officer of DSM NV, before moving in 2019 to her current role of Chief Commercial Officer and member of the Board at Covestro AG, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-quality polymer materials and their components.

Sucheta was previously a non-executive director of Eurocell plc between 2018 and 2022.

Current external appointments

Chief Commercial Officer and Member of the Board at Covestro AG.