Pankaj Batra

Chief Brand Officer – Pizza Hut
Yum Restaurants, APAC

Pankaj Batra is Chief Brand Officer for Pizza Hut APAC region with over 5800 restaurants across 20 countries and is responsible for Marketing & Sales, Food Innovation and e-Commerce for the region. Asia Pacific is the largest region for Pizza Hut globally, after USA. Pankaj also heads Public Relations for the brand and previously served on Yum Brand’s Global Digital Council.

Pankaj formerly worked as Chief Brand Officer for Pizza Hut, META (Middle East, Turkey & Africa) from 2017-2020 and Chief Marketing Officer for Pizza Hut, Asia Pacific from 2015-2017. He started his career with Yum in India when it was virtually a start-up and led the brand for both Pizza Hut & KFC. He specializes in nurturing western brands in Asia/Middle East and has deep know-how of start-up ventures and managing franchisee relationships.

Pankaj was awarded CMO of the Year in 2014 and was also listed in 100 Most Talented Global Marketing Leaders by World Marketing Congress. He was on the Advisory Board of the CMO Council for Asia Pacific.

Prior to working for Yum! Pankaj has worked with Nestle and American Express in India.