MUMBAI: From Hindustan  Unilever to Abbot.  That’s the leap marketer Ramya Venkat has taken. She has joined the pharmaceutical and health care company as director integrated marketing. 

She will have her hands more than full at Abbot. The 135 year old multinational – which was started by a  physician and drugstore owner Wallace C. Abbott who began producing accurate, scientifically formulated medications  -  has more than 600 products in its portfolio. (It was established in India in 1910) . Among the categories it is present in: nutritional, diabetes care, vascular, diagnostics, and pharmaceuticals.

Among its better known  brands figure: Digene, Duphalac, Cremaffin, Librax, Brufen, Surbex XT, Genticyn eye drops, Limcee, Librium, Secnil Forte, Stemetil, Valium, PediaSure, Ensure, and Glucerna.

Ramya spent 14 years at Hindustan Unilever working on several brands  beginning with Wheel, Sunlight, Magic moving on to Comfort, then surface cleaners, Close Up and finally ending up as senior regional brand manager, Indulekha.

Prior to Unilever,  she spent a year and half working as a brand assistant - OTC with Johnson & Johnson. She began her career in advertising at Ogilvy & Mather rising to become account supervisor before joining J&J.

“As the song goes, every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.. I’m excited for this next professional chapter I’m about to embark upon,” is what Ramya, a national badminton player,  posted on Linkedin while announcing her move to Abbot.