Kadambari Lakhani
Board Advisor – Luxury Beauty, Retail & India-Gulf Consumer Markets
Advisor Profile
Kadambari Lakhani is a luxury beauty and fashion industry executive, consultant, and investor with deep experience across brand distribution, premium retail, editorial beauty, fashion, and consumer-market development in India and the Gulf. She serves as Director of Baccarose Perfumes and Beauty Products, one of India’s leading retail and distribution platforms for international luxury beauty brands, with portfolio visibility across prestige fragrance, cosmetics, skincare, and luxury retail channels.
Ms. Lakhani’s career spans beauty media, luxury brand development, fashion consulting, and strategic investment. As Beauty Editor of ELLE India, she conceptualized and created the ELLE Beauty Awards, establishing one of India’s important industry platforms for beauty recognition and brand engagement. Her later work across Baccarose, Parcos luxury beauty retail, Narendra Kumar, and The Secret Skin reflects a rare combination of editorial judgment, retail understanding, brand-building experience, and investor perspective.
Ms. Lakhani brings the U.S. MENA Chamber of Commerce advisory expertise in luxury beauty, premium retail, brand development, consumer positioning, India-Gulf market perspective, and international beauty distribution. Her experience strengthens the Chamber’s understanding of high-growth consumer markets, prestige brand expansion, and commercial pathways connecting beauty, fashion, retail, and regional investment across the broader U.S.-MENA commercial corridor.