Salman Z. Bukhari
An intelligent, hands-on marketer and brand manager, Salman Bukhari joined luxury beauty brand Shiseido in 2010 to develop the entry plans for the Japanese company in the Indian market. The following year, Shiseido’s Liaison office was established where he assumed the role of Sr Representative Marketing Strategy & Brand Development. In 2013 he co-founded Shiseido India Pvt. Ltd. and was appointed the Marketing Director for Brand Development & Brand Building initiatives in the country in addition to operational tasks to get the company off ground zero. He was instrumental in launching Shiseido’s flagship premium skincare brand Za in 2014. In the past, Mr. Bukhari has worked for and revived mass brands such as Lifebuoy and Fair & Lovely. He has been a lecturer for over 8 years on marketing at Mumbai’s H.R. College of Commerce & Economics. He has been a features contributor in LuxuryFacts.com, a leading luxury e-mag. Salman is an MBA Graduate from ESSEC Business School in Paris, France where he majored in Luxury Brand Management. He was the first Valedictorian (Major de Promotion) from Asia in the MBA program’s history. In his free time Salman tries to master Japanese cooking skills.