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Who is Sanjiv Mehta?

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Who is Sanjiv Mehta?

Sanjiv Mehta is an Indian businessman, who is currently serving as the chairman and managing director of Hindustan Unilever Limited. Mehta is also the President of Unilever's South Asia business and is a member of the Unilever Leadership Executive.
 
Sanjiv Mehta's life and education
 
Mehta was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh in 1961 and was brought up in Mumbai. Mehta is the son of SP Mehta, who was a retired senior executive with the Reserve Bank of India. He is a Commerce graduate and has done chartered accountancy from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Mehta has studied Advanced Management Program
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LVMH-backed L Catterton seeks Sebi approval for Rs 4,000 crore India fund

US-based private equity firm L Catterton is likely to invest in India alongside its next Pan Asia dollar fund on a pro-rata basis

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Updated On : 19 Jul 2024 | 4:53 PM IST

L Catterton forms India-focused JV with former HUL's MD & CEO Sanjiv Mehta

During Mehta's tenure at HUL, he oversaw a fivefold increase in the mcap of HUL to Rs 6.2 trillion, making it India's fifth-largest public company by mcap and the country's largest FMCG firm

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Updated On : 28 Mar 2024 | 4:56 PM IST

Successor to face increasingly heated competition, says Unilever India CEO

International corporates are turning their attention to India, while large local firms have "big aspirations" to expand their reach, said Sanjiv Mehta

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Updated On : 09 Jun 2023 | 7:06 AM IST

CEO of the Year: How Hindustan Unilever grew well under Sanjiv Mehta

During Mehta's tenure in HUL, the share of women in the management has gone up to 45 per cent, from under 20 per cent earlier

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Updated On : 31 Mar 2023 | 6:03 AM IST

Miles to go before I sleep, says Sanjeev Mehta after 31 years at Unilever

Dwells on the MNC's milestone achievements across the globe as he hands over the mantle of MD & CEO to Rohit Jawa

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Updated On : 10 Mar 2023 | 11:19 PM IST

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

Appointment as MD & CEO to take effect on June 27

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Updated On : 10 Mar 2023 | 11:42 PM IST

HUL board names Rohit Jawa next MD & CEO, to succeed Sanjiv Mehta

Rohit Jawa, currently chief of transformation for Unilever, will take charge as MD and CEO from June 27

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Updated On : 10 Mar 2023 | 4:18 PM IST

BS Annual Awards 2022: Power-packed jury picks the best of India Inc

Top decision-makers select the winners in 7 categories

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Updated On : 28 Feb 2023 | 12:08 AM IST

Two internal candidates in race for Hindustan Unilever CEO position

"This step is in the right direction in embracing progressive corporate governance practices," HUL said in its statement

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Updated On : 15 Dec 2022 | 11:03 PM IST

Companies should brace for continued or higher inflation: HUL CEO Mehta

Businesses need to be prepared for possibilities of a continued or higher inflation and deflation of commodity prices in next 2-3 years, Hindustan Unilever CEO and MD Sanjiv Mehta said

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Updated On : 20 Sep 2022 | 6:31 PM IST

HUL MD Mehta, UP CM Adityanath inaugurate detergent unit in UP's Sumerpur

HUL CEO Sanjiv Mehta and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath virtually unveiled the spray dried detergent factory and co-located distribution centre

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Updated On : 22 Jul 2022 | 12:04 AM IST

Inflation and market condition are still concerns: HUL CMD Sanjiv Mehta

Mehta also suggested that the government could use the "huge amount of reserves" to prevent the rupee from depreciating rapidly.

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Updated On : 19 Jul 2022 | 9:25 PM IST

Sanjiv Mehta appointed as president commissioner of Unilever Indonesia

Sanjiv Mehta will join Unilever Indonesia's board of commissioners and chair it in a non-executive capacity

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Updated On : 01 Jul 2022 | 2:04 AM IST

HUL splits position of chairman, CEO & MD; Paranjpe made non-exec chairman

Sanjiv Mehta will continue as the Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director

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Updated On : 24 Feb 2022 | 3:14 PM IST

Rural sales value positive; volumes have declined: HUL's Sanjiv Mehta

'Once commodity prices start going down, we will adjust down the prices or increase the quantum of volume in the packs', said Mehta

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Updated On : 24 Jan 2022 | 6:08 AM IST

Volume IconFICCI President Sanjiv Mehta on the path to economic recovery

In an interview with Business Standard, FICCI President and HUL CMD Sanjiv Mehta says better capacity utilisation and capital spending is needed to achieve the desired macro-economic growth

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Updated On : 27 Dec 2021 | 8:30 AM IST

Volume IconTMS Ep72: Ed-tech, FICCI's Sanjiv Mehta, markets in 2021, loans

Govt advisory on ed-tech firms - a moment of reckoning? What is Sanjiv Mehta's take on economic recovery? What shaped the markets this year? What are the different types of loans? All answers here

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Updated On : 27 Dec 2021 | 8:00 AM IST
Updated On : 06 Dec 2021 | 2:08 PM IST

After a steady Q2, HUL's 'cautious optimism' stance raises demand concerns

Company posts 9% YoY increase in net profit, 11% growth in revenues

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Updated On : 19 Oct 2021 | 11:02 PM IST

Q2 countdown: Pause over, India's consumption story moving fast again

Unlock, good monsoon, better pace of vaccination and rural demand could galvanise recovery

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Updated On : 24 Jun 2021 | 6:10 AM IST