Rohit Jawa is President, Unilever, South Asia and CEO Designate and whole-time Director, Hindustan Unilever Limited.
Rohit Jawa is the CEO Designate and whole-time Director of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL). He is also the President, Unilever, South Asia, and a member of the Unilever Leadership Executive (ULE). He will take over as the Managing Director & CEO of HUL from 27th June 2023.
Rohit started his career with HUL as a management trainee in 1988. He has a proven track record of sustained business results across India, Southeast Asia, and North Asia. As EVP North Asia and Chairman Unilever China, Rohit helped transform the business into Unilever’s third largest globally. He developed a distinct strategic agenda for China, championed digitalisation and premiumisation, and steered the business very capably through the Covid crisis. As the Chairman of Unilever Philippines, he led the business to become one of the top 10 markets for Unilever globally.
He is deeply passionate about integrating the strength of traditional markets with digital technologies and future-fit business models.
Rohit has a bachelor’s degree from St Stephen’s College and an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, both at the University of Delhi, India. He is an alumnus of IMD Business School, Lausanne, Switzerland, where he completed the Breakthrough Program for Senior Executives in 2018. Rohit also completed the Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School in 2022.
He has served as the founding Secretary for the Food Industry Asia, Singapore, in 2010 and Co-Chair of the 'Grow Asia Philippines' along with the Secretary of Agriculture, Philippines in 2015-16; a World Economic Forum initiative for inclusive business models in agriculture. In addition, he served on the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) China board, a global, CEO-led collaboration for positive change.
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Hindustan Unilever Limited
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Hindustan Unilever Limited is engaged in fast-moving consumer goods business comprising home and personal care, foods and refreshments. The Company's segments are Soaps and Detergents, which includes soaps, detergent bars, detergent powders, detergent liquids and scourers; Personal Products, which includes products in categories of oral care, skin care (excluding soaps), hair care, deodorants, talcum powder, color cosmetics and salon services; Beverages, which includes tea and coffee; Packaged Foods, which includes branded staples (atta, salt and bread), culinary products (tomato-based products, fruit-based products and soups) and frozen desserts, and Others that includes exports, chemicals, water business and infant care products. The Others segment also includes export sale of marine and leather products. Its brands include Lux, Surf excel, Rin, Wheel, Fair & Lovely, Pond's, Vaseline, Lakme, Dove, Clinic Plus, Sunsilk, Axe, Brooke Bond, Bru, Knorr, Kissan, Kwality Wall's and Pureit.