New Executive Vice President appointed for Unilever MENA and Turkey Dubai, August 4th 2013 – In line with global management changes announced recently, Unilever, one of the world's leading FMCG companies, has promoted Sanjiv Mehta currently Chairman Unilever MENA to the role of Executive Vice President South Asia and CEO and Managing Director of Hindustan Unilever (HUL) and appointed Sanjiv Kakkar as the new Executive Vice President for its North Africa Middle East and Turkey (NAMET) operations. The change in management will be effective October 1st, 2013. In his role as Executive Vice President (EVP) South Asia, Sanjiv Mehta in addition to leading India will also be responsible for Unilever's business in the South Asian countries of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan. HUL is India's largest Fast Moving Consumer Goods Company and its brands touch 2 out of every 3 Indians. HUL generated over €3.8 billion turnover with a net profit of over €0.5 billion for the financial year ending 31 March 2013. During his tenure as Chairman North Africa and Middle East, Sanjiv Mehta made a very significant contribution in steering Unilever MENA through a sustained period of geopolitical and economic upheaval. Under his guidance the business achieved significant success, accelerating profitability and growth. More importantly he was instrumental in building leadership talent and substantially strengthening organisational capabilities. Commenting on the announcement Sanjiv Mehta says, “It has been an honour and privilege to lead the Unilever business across the MENA region. I am excited about the opportunity to lead HUL which is an iconic Unilever business. I am delighted to have Sanjiv succeed me. This is a strong business, with depth of talent and capability, and I am sure Sanjiv Kakkar will take it to greater heights. ” ABOUT SANJIV MEHTASanjiv Mehta joined Unilever in October 1992. He has held various positions in the business including Chairman & Managing Director of Unilever Bangladesh (2002 – 06), Chairman and CEO of Unilever Philippines (2007 – 08) and for the last 5 years he has been the Chairman of Unilever – North Africa and Middle East (NAME) region based in Dubai.
Sanjiv has done his Bachelors in Commerce (India), Chartered Accountancy (India) and Advance Management Program (Harvard Business School). ABOUT SANJIV KAKKARSanjiv Kakkar has been with Unilever for 29 years and was on the Board of Hindustan Unilever Ltd., India, as Executive Director Foods and then Customer Development, before moving to head the business in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus (RUB) in September 2008. During his career in India Sanjiv Kakkar worked across the Sales and Marketing functions, and in most of the categories in which Unilever operates. His leadership in Russia saw three successful acquisitions; Inmarko Ice-cream, Baltimor Ketchup and Kalina Personal Care business, which helped dramatically transform Unilever's business in RUB in terms of its size, portfolio and capability.
Sanjiv Kakkar received his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmadabad, India in 1984.
ABOUT UNILEVERUnilever is one of the world's leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries. Its products are present in 7 out of 10 homes globally and are used by over 2 billion people on a daily basis. Unilever has 173,000 employees around the world, generating annual sales of €51 billion in 2012. Over half of the company's footprint is in the faster growing developing and emerging markets (57% in 2011). Working to create a better future every day, Unilever helps people feel good, look good and get more out of life. Unilever's portfolio includes some of the world's best known brands such as Knorr, Persil / Omo, Dove, Sunsilk, Hellmann's, Lipton, Rexona / Sure, Wall's, Lux, Rama, Ponds and Axe.
Unilever's ambition is to double the size of its business, whilst reducing its overall environmental footprint (including sourcing, consumer use and disposal) and increasing its positive social impact. We are committed to helping more than a billion people take action to improve their health and well-being, sourcing all our agricultural raw materials sustainably by 2020, and decoupling our growth from our environmental impact. Supporting our three big goals are more than 50 time-based targets. See more on the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan at www.unilever.com/sustainable-living/.
Unilever has been recognized in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Indexes for 14 consecutive years. We are included in the FTSE4Good Index Series and attained a top environmental score of 5, leading to inclusion in the FTSE4Good Environmental Leaders Europe 40 Index. In 2011 Unilever led the Climate Counts Company Scorecard and for the second year topped the list of Global Corporate Sustainability Leaders in the GlobeScan / SustainAbility latest annual survey (2012). The company is an employer of choice in many of the countries in which it operates and is seen as a symbol for innovation and leadership development.
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