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Mumbai: Hindustan Lever Limited today announced the transition from its national management committee to a new management committee effective from March 1, 2006, headed by its recently appointed expatriate CEO Douglas Baillie. Announcing the appointments, Harish Manwani, president, Unilever Asia and Africa and chairman, HLL, said, "The appointments are a part of our ongoing efforts to leveraging the scale and size of our organisation, to bring more focus on our `go-to-market' and brand building capabilities and to build functional excellence across the organisation. Together, these will ensure the company's competitiveness and sustained profitable growth." The new members inducted into the management committee are: -
Sanjay Dube as executive director, sales and customer development
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Dhaval Buch as executive director, supply chain
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Anoop Mathur as executive director, speciality exports and
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Nitin Paranjpe as executive director, home and personal care. All the appointments will be effective March 1, 2006. Also on the new management committee reporting to Baillie are: -
M K Sharma , who will continue as vice chairman with operational responsibilities for HR, legal, secretarial, corporate communications and corporate affairs. -
D Sundaram, who will continue as finance director and
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S Ravindranath as managing director, foods. Other appointments as executive directors include: -
Sanjiv Kakkar has been appointed as executive director, foods, responsible for marketing and strategy effective March 1, 2006, succeeding S Ravindranath, on his retirement.
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Dalip Sehgal will continue as executive director, new ventures and marketing services reporting to Baillie. The business directors will have profit and loss responsibility for their businesses to provide for a decentralised and simplified decision making structure. A single chain of command through the CEO will ensure the benefit of synergies across businesses. Functional directors will ensure excellence in functions and capability building. "The business will remain focused on market leadership, cost leadership and thought leadership," Manwani added. These announcements are a part of the process of simplifying the leadership structure and follow-up on the earlier appointments announced on December 16, 2005. Manwani had announced the appointment of Douglas Baillie as the CEO, Hindustan Lever Limited, India and Arun Adhikari as chairman, Unilever Japan, with effect from March 1, 2006. HLL is India's largest fast moving consumer goods company. Dhaval Buch: Joined HLL as a management trainee in June 1984 and has held assignments in manufacturing, projects and new ventures including a stint with Unilever in the U K during 1993-95. He was a member of 'project millennium', a key organisational initiative. In June 2005, and was appointed as vice president, technical (HPC). Nitin Paranjpe: Joined HLL as management trainee in 1987 and has worked across levels in both sales and marketing functions. He was also a member of project millennium. During his stint in Unilever, London in 2000-2001, he worked closely with the Unilever executive committee and returned to India as the head of innovation for fabric wash and HHC. In May 2004, he was appointed as vice president, laundry and home care. Sanjiv Kakkar: Joined as management trainee in 1984. He worked in various sales and marketing positions before becoming general manager, sales and customer development for personal products. In May 2004, he was appointed vice president, oral and hair care. Sanjay Dube: Joined as direct recruit in 1993 and worked in various sales and marketing assignments. His marketing experience spans across categories including exports, personal products and fabric wash. He has also had key stints as category head of mass markets and head, market and consumer development (detergents). He was appointed vice president, sales and customer development (HPC) in May 2004. Anoop Mathur: Joined as management trainee in 1970. He has worked across various technical and manufacturing positions. He was seconded as technical director to Unilever South Africa during 1994-99. He was made executive director, chemicals and agribusiness in 2000. In 2002 he took over responsibility for export operations.
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