CEAT appoints HUL’s Priya Nair as additional director

CEAT appoints HUL’s Priya Nair as additional director

Her appointment is effective from 27 October

Priya Nair

KOLKATA: Tyre manufacturer CEAT has appointed Hindustan Unilever Limited’s Priya Nair as additional director in the capacity of independent director. Her appointment is effective from 27 October, for a tenure of five years.

Nair is vice president – beauty and personal care at Unilever South Asia, where she's responsible for the business across India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Her duties include business delivery on top line and bottom line by creating and delivering a strategic plan for the business. She has also served as executive director of the home care segment at HUL.

She has led sustainability initiatives for HUL with a focus on the WASH (water, sanitation, hygiene) programme for the company. Reaching over 140 million people under the Swachh Aadat Swachh Bharat initiative, it educates consumers to adopt three clean habits of washing hands with soap, drinking clean purified water and using a clean toilet.

One of the most influential women marketeers in India, Nair was invited by Niti Aayog to participate in the Champions of Change programme.