# Ashish Khera

> Ashish Khera is the Chief Marketing Officer of Healthy Planet, the Ontario-based retailer that has grown from a supplement-focused business into an omnichannel organic grocer. A marketer with more than 15 years of experience and prior roles at Dentalcorp, Abbott, Dabur India and Nikon, Khera frames growth as a patient exercise in reading neighbourhoods, testing formats, explaining unfamiliar products and earning repeat visits.

- **Role:** Chief Marketing Officer at Healthy Planet
- **Organizations:** Healthy Planet, Dentalcorp, Abbott, Dabur India Limited, Nikon
- **Education:** ICFAI Business School
- **Known for:** Built a marketing career of more than 15 years across consumer products, healthcare services and retail., Helped communicate Healthy Planet’s evolution from a supplement-focused retailer into a broader organic grocery business., Contributed to the marketing of Healthy Planet’s multi-level urban store strategy and Ontario expansion.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2017** — Held marketing roles at Nikon and Dabur India Limited.
- **2017-2019** — Worked as a brand manager at Abbott, with responsibilities spanning India and North America.
- **2019-2023** — Served as Senior Marketing Manager at Dentalcorp.
- **2023-present** — Leads marketing at Healthy Planet, publicly identified as Head of Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer.
- **2023** — Discussed Healthy Planet’s expansion of its Kitchen and organic produce formats as the retailer opened new Ontario locations.
- **2025** — Outlined the retailer’s urban-format test and its planned two-level Yonge and Eglinton store.
- **2026** — Commented on the growth of Canadian-owned brands in Healthy Planet stores and the company’s local-product merchandising.

## Achievements

- Built a marketing career of more than 15 years across consumer products, healthcare services and retail.
- Helped communicate Healthy Planet’s evolution from a supplement-focused retailer into a broader organic grocery business.
- Contributed to the marketing of Healthy Planet’s multi-level urban store strategy and Ontario expansion.
- Published a first-person essay on affordability, community support, fair-trade sourcing and sustainability in natural-products retail.
- Earned Google Digital Marketing certification in 2015 and Facebook Social Media Marketing certification in 2014.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Commented on Healthy Planet sales data showing that Canadian-owned brands were taking a broader share of customer baskets.
- **2026-06** — Healthy Planet reported 44 Ontario stores and nationwide ecommerce shipping while promoting local-brand discovery through filters and in-store shelf tags.
- **2025-10** — Discussed the planned 12,817-square-foot, two-level Healthy Planet location at Yonge and Eglinton and the lessons from the Yonge and Dundas urban-format test.

## Links

- Website: https://healthyplanetcanada.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashishkhera

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