India’s power again in the world: Indian-origin Lena Nair became CEO of French luxury group Chanel, shifted to London 8 years ago

Indians are becoming more and more successful in the big companies around the world. After Parag Agarwal took over as Twitter CEO, Lena Nair, another Indian, was appointed as its new Global Chief Executive (CEO) by French luxury group Chanel in London on Tuesday. Leena was previously the Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) at Unilever.

These international brands sell their tweed suits, quilted handbags and No. Known for 5 perfumes. Leena will officially join the company in January next year. Unilever’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Alan Jopp said Lena has made significant contributions to the company over the past three decades. I thank them for this.

Leena Nair with her husband and kids.

Stayed in Kolhapur, Gold Medalist of XLRI
Leena Nair hails from Kolhapur, Maharashtra. He has completed his schooling from Holy Cross Convent School, Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Leena completed her electronics engineering from Walchand College of Engineering in Sangli. He then took his MBA degree from Xavier’s School of Management (XLRI), Jamshedpur. Here Leena was also the gold medalist of her batch.

Became CHRO of the company from Management Trainee
In the Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) where Leena started her career as a Management Trainee 30 years ago (in 1992), she rose to the post of CHRO in 2016. Let us tell you that Hindustan Lever later changed its name to Unilever.

52-year-old Leena Nair shifted to London from India 8 years ago in 2013. He then held the position of Global Vice President of Leadership and Organization Development at the Anglo-Dutch Company’s London headquarters there. She was later promoted in 2016 and became Unilever’s first woman, first Asian and youngest CHRO. She was included in the Most Powerful Women list by Fortune India only last month.

Leena started her career as a Management Trainee in 1992 at Hindustan Lever.

Leena has 30 years of experience
Leena has 30 years of experience. Nair did several HR interventions during his tenure. Among them, Career by Choice was the most appreciated initiative. This is a program that aims to bring women who have left their careers behind in the workforce.

Leena said on social media – thank you
After joining Chanel, Leena wrote on her social media – It is an honor for me to work at Chanel as CEO. Shanail is a reputed company. I will always be proud that I worked at Unilever. I have received a lot of love and respect from Unilever.

Regarding the congratulations being received on social media, Leena wrote – I am reading every person’s comment. I can’t answer each one but thank you all for the love.

Leena was included in the Most Powerful Women list by Fortune India only last month.

Ellen Wertheimer to take over as Global Chairman
France’s luxury group Chanel has seen even bigger changes. French billionaire Alain Wertheimer, who co-owns Chanel with his brother Gerard Wertheimer, will take the role of global executive chairman. Chanel was founded in 1910 as a hat boutique on Rue Cambon in Paris by the fashion legend Gabriele ‘Coco’ Chanel. The word later became a symbol of French chic.

Indian-origin CEOs at Google, Microsoft and Twitter
Many big companies in the world have CEOs of Indian origin. These include Satya Nadella at Microsoft, Sundar Pichai at Google’s parent company Alphabet, Shantanu Narain at Adobe, Arvind Krishna at IBM, Raghu Raghuram at VMWare and Parag Agarwal, who recently became CEO of Twitter.