Recently, there have been few shuffles in the top global leadership team of Hindustan Unilever Ltd. The company has appointed Priya Nair as the Global CMO- Beauty & Wellbeing and Personal Care.
Till date, Nair had been leading this vertical as the Executive Director and Executive VP South Asia which will be taken over by Madhusudhan Rao. Deepak Subramanian has been appointed as executive director, Home Care, Hindustan Unilever Ltd.
Talking about Priya’s contribution to the business, Sanjiv Mehta – Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. said, “She has been an active champion for building future skills and experimentation, and has led several path-breaking marketing initiatives such as the Kan Khajura Tesan. Under her leadership, the business witnessed high growth in key categories driven by consumer-centric innovations and award-winning, purpose-driven communication.”
Further welcoming Rao and Deepak to their new roles, Sanjiv said, “I am delighted to welcome Madhusudhan and Deepak to the HUL Management Committee. Madhusudhan has a successful track record in a variety of operational and strategic roles. He has brought in a strong performance edge in his teams and has pioneered several innovations that uphold Unilever’s high science and technology credentials.”
“Deepak has championed innovation and sustainable strategies to significantly improve brand equity and deliver growth. He has demonstrated superior business acumen in building new categories, primarily in start-up business verticals. I am certain that they will take the business to the next level of performance.” Sanjiv added.
Currently, Madhusudhan Rao is working as Executive Vice President (EVP) – Home and Hygiene, Unilever. He has been associated with the organization for many years. All these years during his association with the company, he demonstrated his knowledge in the areas of customer acquisition, development as well as satisfaction, Brand Marketing, and Development across various geographical regions.
In his current role, with his vast experience in this industry, Madhusudhan has helped to shape the Home & Hygiene category into a very successful business.
Currently, Deepak is working as vice president of Home Care, SEAA & Global Head, Fabric Enhancers Category. He joined HUL in the year 1995 as a management trainee. He has demonstrated his technique to improve the business by augmenting in building new categories, basically in starting up new business verticals.
He worked with various assignments within the organization. He has a very successful track record with these assignments. He has various experiences in operational and strategic roles.
