Vandana Suri will succeed Srinandan Sundaram, who will take over as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unilever International
Hindustan Unilever or HUL has appointed Vandana Suri to the HUL Management Committee (MC) as Executive Director, Home Care. Suri will succeed Srinandan Sundaram, who will take over as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unilever International. The changes will be effective 1 January 2026.
Suri, currently the General Manager, beauty and wellbeing for Unilever Indonesia, has worked with multinationals such as PepsiCo, Tetra Pak and Nielsen, before joining HUL in 2011. She has over 20 years of experience building brands and leading categories, including several Unilever businesses in India, South Asia and Indonesia, the company said in a regulatory filing.
“Vandana has a deep understanding of consumers, markets and ecosystems. She has successfully led diverse, multicultural teams to foster high performance with empathy. I welcome her back to HUL and I am confident that she will take the Home Care business to even greater heights,” said Priya Nair, CEO and Managing Director, HUL.
The company added that Suri led the premium laundry portfolio at HUL and consistently delivered strong growth during her tenure. As the Vice President, skin care and colour cosmetics, beauty and wellbeing at HUL, she charted a premiumisation pathway for skin care, focusing on high-growth spaces and formats. More recently, as the GM for B&W for Indonesia, she drove an ambitious transformation agenda leading the growth of the business, the statement noted.
Thanking Sundaramfor his contribution to HUL over the years, Nair said, “Joining the company as a management trainee, donning several leadership positions across customer development and marketing, and finally spending the last nine years as part of the management committee, Srinandan has made immense contribution to the HUL growth journey. As the Executive Director for home care, he led the business for growth and decisive market share gains.”
