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Indian Unilever Veteran Named as New Chanel CEO – FT

The privately-held company, controlled by France’s billionaire Wertheimer family, said new head Leena Nair will take over in January 2022


Leena Nair has been Unilever’s chief human resources officer for the past five years. Photo: Unilever

 

Chanel has appointed Leena Nair, a 30-year veteran of consumer goods group Unilever, as global chief executive, selecting an Indian outsider to the luxury sector as it looks to bounce back from the coronavirus-induced hit to profits, the Financial Times reported.

The privately-held company controlled by France’s billionaire Wertheimer family said on Tuesday that Nair, Unilever’s chief human resources officer for the past five years and a member of its executive committee, would assume her new role at the end of January 2022.

Read the full report: Financial Times.

 

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George Russell

George Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in Hong Kong who has lived in Asia since 1996. His work has been published in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, Variety, Forbes and the South China Morning Post.

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