ABP Network has appointed Sumanta Datta as its new Chief Executive Officer, according to media reports. With over three decades of experience, Datta has a proven track record in leading large-scale commercial operations, marketing, and distribution across the consumer goods and durables sectors within major multinational companies.
Throughout his career, he has driven growth and expanded market share through innovation, strategic partnerships, channel restructuring, and technology-enabled interventions. He has also successfully established new businesses in emerging, populous markets including India, China, Indonesia, Bangladesh, and South-West Asia.
Most recently, Sumanta served as the Managing Director at Oxford University Press India, a position he has held since September 2021.
Prior to that, from April 2020 to October 2021, he acted as Advisor and Operating Partner to venture debt funds and start-ups in data analytics and food & beverages. In this role, he helped scale operations rapidly, led portfolio diversification, and fostered new business development with a global client base, while also providing leadership coaching.
He was also instrumental in completing three independent fundraises and is a member of the global marketing think tank, Top Line Marketing, where he advises multinational clients on turnkey branding and marketing projects.
From October 2017 to February 2020, Sumanta was the Managing Director and Cluster Head at Logitech, where he oversaw a business overhaul, redefined growth strategies, and invested in new categories, channel expansion, and growth markets.
Sumanta’s career also includes more than two decades at The Coca-Cola Company, from September 1994 to June 2013. He began as Area Operations Manager for Central India, Delhi, and Mumbai, and ultimately rose to serve as Vice President of Operations for India and South West Asia.
He started his professional journey as a Management Trainee at ITC Limited in July 1993, where he led commercial marketing and customer development for Aqua Foods.
