Hindustan Unilever on Thursday named Priya Nair as managing director and CEO, replacing Rohit Jawa well before the completion of his five-year term as the company's chief.

Jawa, who began his career at HUL, called the opportunity to return and lead the company a “humbling and enriching experience.” Welcoming his successor, he wrote in a LinkedIn post, “Now feels like the right moment to pass on the baton to Priya Nair.

Two years after India’s largest FMCG company Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) appointed Rohit Jawa as the MD and CEO, the company has now named Priya Nair as its new CEO. In an exch