HUL Appoints Arun Neelakantan as Executive Director – Customer Development

The Board of Directors of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has approved the appointment of Arun Neelakantan, presently Chief Digital Officer, as Executive Director, Customer Development, with effect from July 1, 2024, in succession to Kedar Lele. 

Arun Neelakantan started his career with HUL as Key Account Manager in Modern Trade in 2006 after completing his bachelor’s degree from IIT Madras and his master’s from Penn State University, followed by an MBA from the Indian School of Business (ISB). Neelkantan has a proven track record of performance at HUL and has led large teams and changed the agenda in Customer Development and Marketing, across General Trade, Modern Trade, Customer marketing, and Brand Building. He has played a key role in accelerating HUL’s digital transformation programme across consumer, customer, and operations ecosystems and has strengthened data and digital capabilities for category and eCommerce teams.