From Unilever's CHRO to Chanel's CEO: Know Who Leena Nair is?

Indian origin Leena Nair, appointed as the global CEO of French fashion brand Chanel

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Working at Unilever for over 3 decades, Leena Nair was the First Asian Female, the youngest ever Chief Human Resource Officer of Unilever and member of the Unilever Leadership Executive. Nair was the youngest executive director of Hindustan Unilever.

Indian-born British National Leena has been appointed as the CEO of Chanel on 14 December 2021. She was working as the CHRO (Chief Human Resource Officer) of Unilever and will join Chanel in January 2022. Nair joined Hindustan Unilever Company in 1992.


Under Nair's leadership, Unilever has been named as the number one FMCG graduate employer of choice in 54 countries. She was also the first woman on the Unilever South Asia Leadership team. The team was responsible for the company's growth in the markets of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal.


After the announcement, Nair tweeted, "I am so inspired by what Chanel stands for. It is a company that believes in the freedom of creation, in cultivating human potential and in acting to have a positive impact in the world."





Leena made her country feel proud by becoming the CEO of the iconic French luxury fashion house, Chanel.  She is the second Indian-origin woman to take over as the Global CEO after Indra Nooyi.


Nair was awarded Role Model of the Year, by The Great British Businesswoman's Awards in 2021. She was also listed among Fortune India's Most Powerful Women's List.


In one of her tweets after being appointed as the global CEO of Chanel she wrote, "I am grateful for my long career at Unilever, a place that has been my home for 30 years. It has given me so many opportunities to learn, grow and contribute to a truly purpose-driven organization". 




People of the country feel proud of another achievement by an Indian for leading one of the biggest companies in the world. Before Lena Nair, it was Parag Aggarwal who joined as the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of Twitter. There are many such names in the list that make the country proud by leading World's biggest companies.




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