Nikhil Kharoo
Director, Global Head of PR and Partnerships, Razer
Nikhil Kharoo holds a Bachelor of Science in English, Chemistry, Botany, and Zoology from the University of Jammu.
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A global integrated marketing leader with close to two decades of experience, Nikhil currently heads Global PR and Partnerships teams and efforts at Razer Inc., world’s leading lifestyle brand for gamers. He is responsible for driving Global PR and Partnerships efforts for the brand and leading teams across the US, Europe and Asia. He is also focused on driving key partnerships for Razer’s strategic roadmap into leading AI Gaming.
Previously, Nikhil led Brand Partnerships, Public Relations and Fitbit Health Solutions Marketing across Asia Pacific at Google. Nikhil’s remit at Google involved building a strong consumer and corporate/brand reputation programs for wearables across Asia Pacific. He also led marketing for the Fitbit Health Solutions business that involved driving a strong thought leadership program with governments, large enterprises, and population health initiatives to drive behavior change at scale. Nikhil was part of the founding team of the Fitbit business in APAC since 2015 after launching the brand in India. He was part of the APAC leadership team responsible for growing the brand and business since 2017 before being acquired by Google in 2021.
Nikhil also spent decade at WPP’s leading communications agency Burson Marsteller (now called Burson). He led a key portfolio of clients as Managing Partner in the leadership team while mentoring the Digital & social team. He was consulting some of the world’s leading consumer brands like HP, Logitech, Microsoft (Xbox & Hardware), Electronic Arts, Sony Ericsson, OPPO, Dolby, Fitbit, Sennheiser, MakeMyTrip, Timex (included brands like Versace, Salvatore Ferragamo), Kayak and host of other big names.
Nikhil has been awarded for his work across industry platforms including being named among top 20 Global Communication Leaders in 2020. He was also named in the first ever 30Under30 list of top Communications professionals for 2015-16.