Budget 2012

Harish Manwani

Harish Manwani,
Chairman,
Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (HUL)

Harish Manwani is an Honours graduate from Mumbai University and has a Master's degree in Management Studies. He also attended the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School. He joined Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) in 1976, becoming a member of the HUL board in 1995 as Director responsible for the Personal Products business. As category leader for Personal Products, he also held regional responsibility for the Central Asia and Middle East business group.

In 2004, he was appointed President & CEO of the HPC North America business group, and in April 2005 joined the Unilever Executive as President, Asia Africa. He is also non-executive Chairman of Hindustan Lever and is currently a member of the Executive Board of the Indian School of Business.