Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has appointed Vipul Mathur as Executive Director – Personal Care, joining the Management Committee on June 1st, 2024.
Vipul, the current Head of Growth and Transformation at HUL, started as a management trainee in 2003 after obtaining his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management – Calcutta. Throughout his 20-year career, he has experience in Customer Development and Marketing within Home Care, Personal Care, and Nutrition.
Vipul had successful stints in Laundry between 2012-2017 and in 2020-2021, leading Mobile and Rural Marketing for Wheel and launching India’s first mobile-based radio platform, Kan Khajura Teshan. As Category Head, he transformed the portfolio, grew the Liquids business, and delivered profitable growth. In his Global Tea Leadership role from 2017-2020, he drove category innovation and successful communication campaigns. As VP for Modern Trade and eCommerce, he enhanced omnichannel strategy and led portfolio transformation for HUL in emerging channels.
Welcoming Vipul to the Management Committee, Rohit Jawa, CEO and Managing Director, HUL said, “Vipul is an accomplished marketeer and a business leader, known for his collaborative leadership style. He has been working closely with me to shape the long-term business strategy for HUL and I am sure in his new role, he will ably steer the Personal Care business to seize growth opportunities.”
