Rohit Jawa
| Rohit Jawa | |
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| 🎓 Alma mater | University of Delhi |
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| Known for | CEO of Hindustan Unilever |
Rohit Jawa is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL). He is also a member of the Unilever Leadership Executive (ULE)[1].
Background
Rohit was born in Muradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He started his career with HUL as a management trainee in 1988. He has a proven track record of sustained business results across India, Southeast Asia, and North Asia. As EVP North Asia and Chairman Unilever China, Rohit helped transform the business into Unilever’s third largest globally. He developed a distinct strategic agenda for China, championed digitalisation and premiumisation, and steered the business very capably through the Covid crisis.
Rohit served as the founding Secretary for the Food Industry Asia, Singapore, in 2010 and Co-Chair of the 'Grow Asia Philippines' along with the Secretary of Agriculture, Philippines in 2015-16, a World Economic Forum initiative for inclusive business models in agriculture. In addition, he served on the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) China board, a global, CEO-led collaboration for positive change. Since July, 2023 he is an Executive Committee Member of Vikaasa, a coalition that collaborates to accelerate India's progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. He is also a Trustee of Breach Candy Hospital.
In his free time, Rohit enjoys music, learning about different cultures, engaging with stories and traveling.
Rohit Jawa is an Indian business executive who served as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL), India's largest fast-moving consumer goods company, from June 2023 until July 2025. He was educated at the University of Delhi, taking his bachelor's degree at St Stephen's College and an MBA at the Faculty of Management Studies, and later completed executive programmes at IMD Business School in Switzerland and Harvard Business School.
His career with Unilever spanned 37 years, beginning in 1988 when he joined HUL as a management trainee — the same company he would eventually lead. Over the following decades he held senior positions across India, Southeast Asia and North Asia. He led Unilever Philippines, helping establish it among the company's top ten markets worldwide, and served for five years as Executive Vice President for North Asia and Chairman of Unilever China, a period in which that business grew into Unilever's third largest globally. In January 2022 he was appointed Global Chief of Transformation, overseeing a company-wide restructuring of Unilever's operating model.
Education
Rohit has a bachelor’s degree from St Stephen’s College and an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, both at the University of Delhi, India. He is an alumnus of IMD Business School, Lausanne, Switzerland, where he completed the Breakthrough Program for Senior Executives in 2018. Rohit also completed the Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School in 2022.
References
See also
- Rohit Jawa (Hacker)
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