Rohit Jawa to take over Hindustan Unilever's reins from Sanjiv Mehta

Appointment as MD & CEO to take effect on June 27

Rohit Jawa will take charge as managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO), Hindustan Unilever (HUL), on June 27, when Sanjiv Mehta retires after being at the helm of the company for 10 years.

Jawa will be CEO designate and whole-time director from April 1 and will take over as president, Unilever South Asia. He will join the Unilever Leade–rship Executive (ULE) on April 1.

“Rohit (56) is currently the Chief of Transformation for Unilever in London, where since January 2022 he has successfully orchestrated the once-in-a-decade, end-to-end transformation of Unilever. He started his career with HUL as a management trainee