NEW DELHI: Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) announced a key change in its management committee. BP Biddappa will join the HUL management committee as executive director,
human resources
and chief people, transformation and
sustainability officer
for South Asia.
Biddappa will also join the
HUL board
as a whole time director, subject to
shareholder approval
, says a company statement.
In this role, he will lead the people agenda for South Asia as well as drive the transformation interventions from a business, organization, and sustainability perspective.
Anuradha Razdan, currently executive director, HR HUL and
chief HR officer
, South Asia will be appointed to a global role as chief reward & organization development officer for Unilever. This change will be effective June 1, 2024.
Biddappa is currently the chief HR officer for global home care and head, global employee relations for Unilever. He started his over three-decade-long career in Unilever with a factory stint in HUL, and then moved on to undertake a variety of roles, from leadership development to business partnering, across several Unilever businesses.