Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has appointed Niranjan Gupta as CFO-Designate and Management Committee member, effective September 1, 2025. He will officially assume charge as Executive Director, Finance and CFO and join the HUL Board on November 1, 2025, reporting to CEO & MD Priya Nair.
Gupta, who began his career at HUL and later served as CFO and then CEO of Hero MotoCorp, brings two decades of cross-industry leadership experience.
He succeeds Ritesh Tiwari, who has been elevated to Global Head of M&A and Treasury at Unilever Plc in London, effective November 1, 2025. CEO Priya Nair thanked Tiwari for his contributions and expressed confidence in Gupta’s ability to drive HUL’s next phase of growth.