Nair’s appointment takes the tally of Indian executives on the ULE to a few, the opposite two being Nitin Paranjpe, chief individuals and transformation officer, and Rohit Jawa, who took over as CEO & MD of the Indian subsidiary Hindustan Unilever (HUL) in June-end this yr.
Nair, who’s chief advertising and marketing officer of magnificence and wellbeing on the firm, will be part of the ULE from January 1, 2024. Furthermore, she has change into the second India-born girl to be appointed to ULE after Leena Nair, who left Unilever to change into the worldwide CEO of Chanel.
Nair, who was additionally reportedly within the operating to succeed Sanjiv Mehta on the helm of HUL, is changing Fernando Fernandez, who will take over because the CFO of Unilever.
Different modifications to the ULE embody the appointment of Peter ter Kulve, presently president dwelling care, as the brand new president ice cream, and Eduardo Campanella’s appointment as the brand new president dwelling care. Esi Eggleston Bracey, GM private care North America and head of nation (US), has been appointed to the brand new function of chief progress and advertising and marketing officer.
Unilever’s CEO Hein Schumacher mentioned: “Fernando has had a really spectacular observe report all through his Unilever profession, in quite a lot of monetary, advertising and marketing and common administration roles… Priya, Esi and Edu signify a part of an distinctive era of Unilever leaders who mix world class advertising and marketing abilities with frontline expertise. I’m delighted they’ll be part of the ULE.”
