India-born Priya Nair has been appointed as the President of the Unilever Leadership Executive (ULE), a team of international C-level executives at the helm of the British multinational.
Nair becomes the third Indian executive to be part of the beauty and wellbeing company’s senior leadership. The other two are Nitin Paranjpe, who serves as Chief People and Transformation Officer, and Rohit Jawa, who took on the role of CEO and Managing Director of the Indian subsidiary Hindustan Unilever (HUL) in June.
Priya Nair appointed as President at Unilever!
Nair presently holds the position of Chief Marketing Officer at the company. She is set to become a part of the senior leadership team starting January 1, 2024.
As per reports, she was a contender to assume the role of CEO at HUL, succeeding Sanjiv Mehta. Within the ULE, she is slated to replace Fernando Fernandez, who is slated to assume the position of CFO at Unilever.
She is the second woman of Indian origin to join the ULE, following in the footsteps of Leena Nair. It’s worth noting that Leena Nair has since departed from Unilever to assume the role of Global CEO at Chanel.
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Among the recent additions to the company’s senior leadership team, Peter ter Kulve, presently serving as President of Home Care, will take on the role of President of Ice Cream. Eduardo Campanella has been appointed as the new President of Home Care. Additionally, Esi Eggleston Bracey, who currently holds the position of General Manager of Personal Care in North America and serves as the Head of Country for the US, has been named as the new Chief Growth and Marketing Officer.
After Nair’s selection for the ULE, Unilever’s CEO Hein Schumacher expressed in a statement that Priya, along with Esi and Edu, “represents part of an exceptional generation of Unilever leaders who combine world class marketing skills with frontline experience. I am delighted they will join the ULE.”
