Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) appointed Priya Nair, president of parent Unilever’s Beauty and Wellbeing division, as its new managing director and CEO, effective August 2025. With this move, Nair becomes one of the few women to head a major publicly listed Indian company.Her appointment comes at a time when gender representation in top corporate roles remains skewed. A McKinsey report published earlier this year noted that women hold less than 20% of C-suite positions in India, despite relatively higher representation at entry levels. The report pointed to low recruitment, high attrition, and limited career advancement as major hurdles for women in corporate India.Nair joins a small but notable list of women leading top listed firms. This includes;Prabha NarasimhanCompany: Colgate-Palmolive IndiaTitle: CEO and Managing DirectorStart of Tenure: September 2022Vibha PadalkarCompany: HDFC Life InsuranceTitle: CEO and Managing DirectorStart of Tenure: September 2018Falguni NayarCompany: NykaaTitle: Founder and CEOStart of Tenure: April 2012Dipali GoenkaCompany: Welspun LivingTitle: CEO and Managing DirectorStart of Tenure: April 2023Sminu JindalCompany: Jindal SawTitle: Managing DirectorStart of Tenure: February 2001Suneeta ReddyCompany: Apollo HospitalsTitle: Managing DirectorStart of Tenure: July 2014Sangita ReddyCompany: Apollo HospitalsTitle: Joint Managing DirectorStart of Tenure: July 2014Pavitra ShankarCompany: Brigade EnterprisesTitle: Managing DirectorStart of Tenure: October 2022Arathi KrishnaCompany: Sundram FastenersTitle: Managing DirectorStart of Tenure: April 2018Arundathi KrishnaCompany: Sundram FastenersTitle: Joint Managing DirectorStart of Tenure: April 2018This list focuses on women leading Indian companies that are publicly listed, and excludes subsidiaries of multinational corporations operating in India.
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