Marico Limited has appointed former Hindustan Unilever Managing Director and CEO Rohit Jawa as an Additional Director and Independent Director for a five-year term, effective January 1, 2027.
The appointment was approved by the company’s board at its meeting on November 2, 2026, following a recommendation from the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. Jawa’s tenure will extend until December 31, 2031, subject to shareholder approval. Marico will seek consent through a postal ballot, with details of the voting process and schedule to be announced separately.
Jawa brings more than 38 years of corporate leadership experience across consumer businesses in India, Southeast Asia and North Asia. His expertise spans business transformation, international expansion, brand building, digitalisation and premiumisation.
He joined HUL as Whole-time Director and President, Unilever South Asia, in April 2023 and was appointed Managing Director and CEO in June 2023. He held the role until July 2025 and also served on Unilever’s global executive leadership team, the Unilever Leadership Executive.
Before his India assignment, Jawa served as Chief of Transformation at Unilever in London, where he led an end-to-end transformation programme. He also served as Executive Vice President, North Asia, and Chairman of Unilever China, where he helped transform the business into Unilever’s third-largest global market through digitalisation, premiumisation, and portfolio development.
Earlier, as Chairman and CEO of Unilever Philippines, he oversaw the business’s emergence as one of the company’s top 10 markets globally. Jawa has also held several industry and institutional positions. In India, he was an Executive Member of the CII National Council and FICCI Executive Council, besides serving on the Executive Committee of Vikaasa, the UN SDG Accelerator in India.
His previous engagements include serving as founding secretary of Food Industry Asia in Singapore, Co-Chair of Grow Asia Philippines, a World Economic Forum initiative promoting inclusive agricultural business models, and a member of the Consumer Goods Forum China Board.
In its regulatory filing, Marico stated that Jawa is not related to any of its existing directors and is not disqualified from holding the position under any SEBI order or other regulatory authority. He currently holds no directorships, memberships, or chairpersonships of board committees in other companies.
