Unilever: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Apr 2023
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UltraTech Cement appoints Gautam Sharma as Vice President – HR
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UltraTech Cement appoints Gautam Sharma as Vice President – HR

UltraTech Cement Limited, a part of Aditya Birla Group has announced the appointment of Gautam Sharma as Vice President – Human Resources. Gautam confirmed the development through a social media post and said, “I’m excited to start my new job! new job as Vice President- HR with UltraTech Cement (Aditya Birla Group).” Gautam is an HR Professional […]

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Unilever has elevated BP Biddappa as Chief HR Officer, Global Home Care
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Unilever has elevated BP Biddappa as Chief HR Officer, Global Home Care

Unilever, a multinational consumer goods company has elevated BP Biddappa as Chief HR Officer for its Global Home Care business division. Prior to this, he was working with the company as Global Vice President, HR – Home Care and Health & Wellbeing since Feb 2019. The consumer goods giant has three business divisions; Beauty & Personal […]

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Pine Labs appoints Amazon India’s ex-HR Head Vijayalakshmi as CPO
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Pine Labs appoints Amazon India’s ex-HR Head Vijayalakshmi as CPO

A leading merchant commerce platform, Pine Labs has appointed Vijayalakshmi Swaminathan as Chief People Officer. She takes over from Anu Mathew who will now transition into the role of the head of learning and development at Pine Labs. B Amrish Rau, CEO, Pine Labs said, “Our people are our Strength. A high-performance workforce will accelerate the progress […]

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JSW Steel appoints Priya Ranjan Kumar as Vice President- HR
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JSW Steel appoints Priya Ranjan Kumar as Vice President- HR

JSW Steel Limited has appointed Priya Ranjan Kumar as its Vice President-HR. Prior to this, he was associated with Viraj Profiles, a stainless steel manufacturer as SVP & CHRO. Priya Ranjan Kumar has more than 24 years of experience in the areas of Human Resources Management from the shop floor to the enterprise level in […]

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Aditi Patwardhan joins FCB Interface as Chief Strategy Officer
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Aditi Patwardhan joins FCB Interface as Chief Strategy Officer

FCB Interface, an advertising & digital agency has announced the appointment of Aditi Patwardhan as the Chief Strategy Officer. She will be based out of Mumbai. In her role, Patwardhan will be leading the strategy mandate to drive the next level of growth for the agency. Patwardhan has over 25 years of experience in the […]

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Kellogg appoints Prashant Peres as MD for India & South Asia
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Kellogg appoints Prashant Peres as MD for India & South Asia

Today, Kellogg India has announced the appointment of Prashant Peres as Managing Director for India and South Asia markets. In this new role, he will steer the business forward in its endeavor to serve consumers with its wide array of food offerings. He replaces Mohit Anand, who has been elevated to the role of General […]

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Unilever simplifies organization, names a new Chief People Officer
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Unilever simplifies organization, names a new Chief People Officer

Unilever will move away from its current matrix structure and will be organised around five distinct Business Groups: Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, Nutrition, and Ice Cream. Each Business Group will be fully responsible and accountable for their strategy, growth, and profit delivery globally, it said. Alan Jope, CEO Unilever, explains, “Our new […]

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Unilever to cut jobs across all regions
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Unilever to cut jobs across all regions

Unilever PLC plans to slash thousands of management positions across its operations, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday. The job cuts will be in the “low thousands“, the person said. The development comes on the heels of reports that activist investor Nelson Peltz’s hedge fund, Trian Partners, is building an unspecified stake […]

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Unilever has announced some changes to its top leadership team
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Unilever has announced some changes to its top leadership team

Leena Nair, Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), has decided to leave the company in January 2022 to pursue a new career opportunity as Global Chief Executive Officer, Chanel Limited. Nair, an alumnus of XLRI Jamshedpur, had joined HUL, Unilever’s Indian subsidiary in 1992 and worked for 30 years. Alan Jope, Unilever CEO said, “I would […]

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Zomato strengthens leadership team with two appointments
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Zomato strengthens leadership team with two appointments

Zomato, a leading food services technology platform in India appoints Anjalli Ravi Kumar as Chief Sustainability Officer and Nitin Savara as Deputy Chief Financial Officer. Anjalli, a Harvard Kennedy School alumnus, earlier worked at Unilever as its global sustainability director. She has also worked with KPMG’s Climate Change Advisory practice in the past. In his […]

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Unilever CHRO Leena Nair quits; joins French luxury group as global CEO
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Unilever CHRO Leena Nair quits; joins French luxury group as global CEO

Leena Nair, the first female and youngest-ever Chief Human Resources Officer of Anglo-Dutch FMCG major Unilever has stepped down to join French luxury group CHANEL as its Global Chief Executive. She was a member of the Unilever Leadership Executive (ULE), which is responsible for delivering Unilever’s business and financial performance. Sharing the development on social […]

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Diversity in any organization works only with inclusion- Unilever COO
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Diversity in any organization works only with inclusion- Unilever COO

Diversity in any organization drives many benefits like innovation and growth but it works only when there is an inclusive culture, Unilever COO Nitin Paranjpe said on Thursday. Diversity works with inclusion, and Unilever wants to be a beacon in this area as ”we believe it will be a driver of business growth for us”, Paranjpe said in his inaugural keynote address at […]

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