Indian executives bag key posts in Unilever rejig

A global rejig in the top management at Unilever has seen a number of Indian executives getting plum postings, with some of them being named country manager roles while others getting to head large geographical regions or global portfolios, Economic Times reported.

Sanjiv Kakkar (50), who was earlier executive VP Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, has been appointed as EVP NAMET (North Africa Middle East, Turkey). Dhaval Buch (51), who is currently senior VP supply chain Asia and Africa will be appointed as global chief procurement officer at Unilever effective January 2014. . Buch was earlier heading supply chain operations in India.

Rohit Jawa (47), has become the chairman and CEO of Unilever Philippines, another important emerging market. Jawa started out as area sales manager in 1989, and was till end of September senior VP global marketing operations.

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