Sotirios Marinidis

Vice President & General Manager Eastern Europe & Central Asia @ Procter & Gamble

Sotos grew up and studied in Germany, he brings 30+ years of international management experience with Procter & Gamble in the FMCG industry. Proven track record in General management as well as deep marketing expertise. Brand building, Brand launches, Distribution and Go to Market, Organization leadership and transformations, leading large organisations, both strategically and commercial. Sotos holds with P&G the position of Senior Vice President and General Manager since 2008; for the last 9 years he is based in Russia responsible for Eastern Europe.

Sotos has extensive experience in non-executive positions in various associations, in 2019 he received the “Business Person of the Year” award from the American Chamber of Commerce and from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation the award for “International Cooperation and Development of Foreign Economic Activity”. Sotos is married with two (adult) kids.