Lawrence Ganti
President
Lawrence brings more than 25 years of experience of building and leading high performing organizations, scaling businesses, commercializing new technologies and managing billion-dollar P&Ls. He has lived and managed businesses in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America spanning entire functional value chains from R&D to product development to manufacturing to sales and marketing.
Lawrence has launched numerous pharmaceutical and medical device products and has directed numerous award-winning marketing campaigns. He also has broad experience with government and media relations. Having spent his early career with companies including Johnson & Johnson, PepsiCo, and McKinsey, Lawrence spent his formative leadership career at Merck KGaA where he eventually held the role of President of Latin America where he lead more than 2,000 employees across 16 countries with more than $1 billion in annual revenue.
Prior to leading the Latin America business, he was the General Manager for the India business; Commercial Director for the Japan business; a Global Franchise Head; Global Head of Strategy; and Head of Performance Management. While at Merck, Lawrence won the CEO Award 3 times, presented by 3 different CEOs for the areas of Leadership & High Performance, Highest Revenue Growth; Change Management; and was recognized by the CEO for Talent Development.
Lawrence joined SiO2 as Chief Commercial Officer in 2019 where he developed the commercialization strategy, built the sales and marketing team, initiated the media relations strategy and secured more than a dozen commercial agreements. Lawrence was instrumental in securing SiO2’s participation in Operation Warp Speed – Covid 19 response which included a $143 million technology investment agreement with the US Government.
In 2021, Lawrence was appointed as President of SiO2. Lawrence received his BA in Economics from Babson College and an MBA from IMD (International Institute for Management Development). He also holds various executive certificates from MIT, Kellogg, and Wharton and has undergone extensive media training in 4 different countries.
