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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 at Harvard Business School.
 
He is married to Mona Mehta, who too is a CA. The couple has twin daughters, Naina and Roshni.
 
Career
 
Mehta started his career with Union Carbide in 1983 and was a part of the crisis management team for the Bhopal Gas tragedy in 1984. He joined Unilever Bangladesh in 1998 as commercial director and was appointed its chairman and managing director in 2002.
 
He was appointed chairman of Unilever Philippines in 2007 and in 2009, he became the chairman of Unilever North Africa and the Middle East.
 
Mehta took responsibility for heading Unilever’s business in India and South Asia in October 2013.
 
He is also President of FICCI, Director on the board of the Indian School of Business.
 
Mehta also co-chairs the advisory network to the High-Level Panel for a ‘Sustainable Ocean Economy. He is also the chair of 'Vikaasa', which is a coalition of top Indian and MNC companies.

Latest Updates on Sanjiv Mehta

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Appointment as MD & CEO to take effect on June 27

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Updated On: 27 Dec 2021 | 8:00 AM IST

Mehta will be succeeding Uday Shankar

Updated On: 06 Dec 2021 | 2:08 PM IST

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

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

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

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