MUMBAI: The consumer products company, Marico, has appointed Ashish Joshi as COO of Marico south east Asia.

Joshi will oversee Marico's personal care business across Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar and Cambodia.

An alumnus of IIM Lucknow, Joshi with over 20 years of experience has been with Colgate Palmolive for the last 12 years. Before which he was with Hindustan Unilever for six years.

At Colgate Palmolive, Joshi was leading the customer development function in Thailand at the management committee level.