His picture has graced the front pages of many newspapers as the new President of Hindustan Lever for Asia and Africa. You will see more of him in the weeks ahead. This sahib who will be lording over HLL India is the son of a railway officer and has done his schooling in Mumbai's prestigious Campion school and after graduating from a South Mumbai college did his diploma in business management from the Bajaj Institute of Management.
He is a career HLL - type who has risen through the ranks and joined the board of directors. Seen as the blue-eyed boy of erstwhile Chairman, Keki Dadiseth, he played a big role in formulating the Millennium Plan for HLL India and then went off to work with Keki in London. After short yet apparently successful stints overseeing certain product ranges in Latin America and North America, he triumphantly returns to oversee India. Advertising seniors remember this gentleman as a fixture on the managing committee of the Indian Society of Advertisers.