With over 27 years of leadership in the coffee and QSR landscape, Sunil Nair has been instrumental in shaping some of India’s most loved café brands.
Beginning at Pizza Corner, he learned the foundations of operational excellence and mastered the nuances of customer centricity, thereafter at Café Coffee Day, he spent nearly 2 decades scaling the brand from 45 cafés to more than 1,400+ company owned outlets nationwide, leading almost 8,000+ employees as Head of Operations. Moving on from CCD, as a Chief Strategy Officer at Third Wave Coffee, he drove rapid expansion through strategic foresight, location intelligence and profitability discipline. Today, as a Chief Business Officer at Lavazza India, Sunil Nair is leading the iconic Italian brand Lavazza’s independent B2C entry into the country—bridging global coffee heritage with Indian market dynamics.
Renowned for his people-first leadership with a deep consumer insight, he continues to build brands that inspire teams, elevate experiences and deliver sustainable business success. His journey embodies purpose-driven leadership anchored in humility, passion and create lasting impact.