Britannia Industries has appointed Rakshit Hargave as its new Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, effective 15 December 2025, for a five-year term. Hargave joins after resigning from his role as CEO of Birla Opus Paints (a unit of the Aditya Birla Group), where he had been instrumental in scaling manufacturing and distribution networks.
His prior experience spans senior leadership roles across major consumer-business and retail brands, including Hindustan Unilever, Jubilant FoodWorks (franchisee of Domino’s Pizza), and Beiersdorf (overseeing Asia/ANZ). The leadership transition at Britannia follows the earlier exit of former CEO Rajneet Kohli in March 2025, with Chairman & MD Varun Berry acting as the interim.
