HUL management rejig: FMCG firm elevates Vandana Suri to Executive Director for Home Care segment

She is succeeding Srinandan Sundaram, who will take over as CEO of Unilever International, an HUL statement said. The changes will be effective from January next year.

The management committee of HUL, which oversees the operations of the FMCG giant, is led by CEO & Managing Director Priya Nair and includes leaders for various functions and categories.

Suri is currently the General Manager, Beauty & Wellbeing for Unilever Indonesia. She has over 20 years of experience and has worked with multinationals such as PepsiCo, Tetra Pak and Nielsen before joining HUL in 2011.

She led the premium laundry portfolio at HUL and consistently delivered strong growth during her tenure.

As the Vice President, Skin Care & Colour Cosmetics, Beauty & Wellbeing at HUL, she charted a premiumisation pathway for Skin Care, focusing on high-growth spaces and formats.

Thanking Srinandan for his contribution to HUL, Priya 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 an 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.”

This year, HUL has undergone several key management changes. In July, Priya Nair was appointed as the MD & CEO of HUL for a five-year term starting August 1, 2025, succeeding Rohit Jawa.

In August, Niranjan Gupta was named Chief Financial Officer–Designate and inducted into the HUL Management Committee. Meanwhile, Ritesh Tiwari was appointed Global Head of M&A and Treasury at Unilever Plc, effective November 1, 2025, and will be based in London.

HUL share price

On Monday, Hindustan Unilever shares closed at ₹2,458.9 apiece on NSE, falling 0.31%.

In the last five trading sessions, the stock has jumped 2%, while for a six-month period, it has soared nearly 4%. Since the beginning of the year, HUL shares have gained 6%.

The company has a market capitalisation of ₹5.79 lakh crore.

HUL Q2 earnings

Hindustan Unilever had reported a 3.6% increase in its consolidated net profit at ₹2,685 crore for the quarter ended September 30 of fiscal year 2025-26 as compared to ₹2,591 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal year.

The company’s revenue from operation stood at ₹16,034 crore in Q2 FY26 in contrast to ₹15,703 crore in the corresponding quarter of last year, marking a growth of 2.1%.

On the operation level, HUL’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) marginally declined by 1.3% at ₹3,522 crore in the reporting quarter as against ₹3,570 crore in Q2 FY25. The margin, however, contracted to 21.97% in Q2 FY26 in contrast to 22.73% YoY.

The FMCG firm has also announced an interim dividend of ₹19 per equity share of face value of ₹1 each for FY26. The record date to determine shareholders eligible for the interim dividend has been set for November 7, 2025, and the dividend will be paid on November 20, 2025, HUL said.

Overall, HUL expects the second half of FY26 to be better than the first half.