Harish Manwani
Harish Manwani
Occupation
Geographical President (Asia, Africa), Unilever
Children
2
Harish Manwani (born 1954 - ) is President of Unilever Asia , Africa and non-executive Chairman of Hindustan Unilever.
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Early Life
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.
Career
In 1976, he joined the then Hindusthan Lever Limited. He became a member of the board and took the responsibility of Personal Products business as Director. He was also looking after group’s Central asia and Middle East business.
He became Senior Vice President of Global Hair Care and Oral Care in 2001 and was moved to UK. Next year he was appointed as President of Home and Personal Care of Latin America division. He was also made Chariman of Unilever’s Latin America Advisory Council.
He became President and CEO of HPC North America in 2004.
He joined Unilever in 2005 as President of Asia and Africa division. He was also made non-executive chairman of Hindustan Unilever.
He is also a member of the Executive Board of the Indian School of Business and serves on the Supervisory Board of ING Groep NV.
Awards
The Asia Business Leader of the Year in 2008 by CNBC Asia.
Personal Life
Harish is married and has two daughters.
Harish was one of the hostages who were trapped in Taj Hotel, Mumbai during terrorist attack in Mumbai.
References
- ^ “Asia Business Leader Awards (ABLA) 2008″.
- ^ “Mumbai attack: Corporate honchos trapped in Taj safe?”.
External links
- Harish Manwani
- Harish Manwani Geographical President, Unilever N.V.
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