Mr. Arvind Singhal

Director – Marketing, PR & Corporate Communications
McDonald’s India (West & South)
Date-4th November 2009
Topic- Crisis Management

‘Life is a game where one has to constantly practice it to be good, enjoy it to be excellent and totally involved in it to be successful’ is what he believes in’.

With over a decade of experience in the field of Marketing, Mr. Arvind Singhal, continues vivaciously to learn, explore, discover and evolve every single day, both personally and professionally.With a varied body of knowledge and experience in managing national and multinational brands, Mr. Singhal with his vital skills in marketing is set to take McDonald’s to greater heights. In his role, He is responsible for aligning the functional goals to the overall business objectives to achieve the company’s annual targets.An alumni of IIM-Calcutta and IIT-Mumbai, Mr. Singhal started his career as a Graduate Trainee Engineer in Telco in the year 1997 and thereafter moved on to become the Area Manager (Raipur branch) of Asian Paints (India) Limited. At Asian Paints he was successful in achieving the highest collection performance ever in 24 years.In 2002 he joined Marico Industries where he broke all time records in Rajasthan for edibles and played a key role in launching and establishing new products. He was awarded the ‘Best ASM for North’.After his two year stint with Marico, Mr. Singhal moved on to join Nokia India Pvt. Ltd. as the Product - Marketing Manager. Prior to joining McDonald’s Mr. Singhal was with Reliance Communications as Marketing Manager of Reliance Mobile & Reliance Hello and was responsible for providing advertising support at National & Circle levels.He is passionate about learning. His biggest strength is integrity and is driven by positive attitude in any sphere of activity - be it academics, sports or extra-curricular.