Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) announces key changes in the Management Committee

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) announced a key change in the Management Committee of the Company. Manish Tiwary, currently Executive Director and Vice President, Sales and Customer Development will be appointed as the Managing Director of the Gulf business of Unilever.

Punit Misra, currently Vice President, Customer Development Global RTM, TT and CDIT will be appointed as Executive Director and Vice President, Sales and Customer Development, HUL and will be part of the HUL Management Committee. The change will be effective November 2014.

Sanjiv Mehta, CEO & Managing Director, HUL, said, “I would like to express my deep appreciation for the significant contribution that Manish has made to the India business and congratulate him on his new role.”

As the Executive Director and Vice President, Sales and Customer Development, Manish Tiwary led the largest increase in sales coverage by adding 1 million plus perfect stores across India. He also executed structural changes to provide a sharper focus to the Foods business and laid the blueprint for Winning In Many Indias – the customer development model of HUL that was rolled out in September 2014.