Unilever Bangladesh Limited (UBL), one of the largest Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Companies in the country, on Thursday, announced the appointment of Zaved Akhtar as their Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD), effective 1 July 2021, said a press release.
Zaved will also join the Unilever South Asia Leadership Team. He is currently serving as the Vice President of Digital Transformation & Growth, South Asia, based in India.
The release mentioned that Zaved will succeed Kedar Lele, who served as the CEO and Managing Director of UBL since January 2018 and subsequently became Chairman in addition to Managing Director in 2020. Kedar will join the Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) Management Committee as Executive Director, Customer Development. He will continue as the Chairman of UBL.
The press release also said that Zaved began his career with British American Tobacco and then joined Unilever as Senior Brand Manager for its Oral Care business in 2000. With 24 years of professional experience across South Asia, Southeast Asia and Australasia, Zaved has rich expertise in consumer centricity, design thinking and innovation management. He is a graduate of the Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka.
In his current role as the Vice President, Digital Transformation & Growth, Zaved set up the ‘Digital Council’ for Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) and anchored the ‘Reimagine HUL’ agenda, a widely recognized programme across Unilever as a comprehensive end-to-end digital transformation program with impact.
