Unilever Names Amazon's Sunny Jain as New Beauty and Personal Care Head

   By Saabira Chaudhuri 
 

Unilever PLC (ULVR.LN) has named Amazon.com Inc.'s (AMZN) head of consumables Sunny Jain to be the new president of its personal-care and beauty unit, bringing an industry veteran with expertise in a range of consumer goods and e-commerce to the consumer-goods giant.

Unilever's previous personal-care head Alan Jope was recently promoted to be the company's new chief executive, leaving a leadership void at the top of Unilever's largest and most important division.

Unilever, which owns Ben & Jerry's ice cream and Dove soap, has been steadily shifting its footprint toward high-growth personal care--and more recently beauty--a particularly high-growth space.

Beauty and personal care made up 41% of Unilever's sales last year, with the rest coming from home care, food and refreshments. Under Mr. Jope, the company has made a string of acquisitions of high-end skin care brands, including ones that appeal to specific ethnic groups.

Mr. Jain will begin his new role at Unilever in June.

Write to Saabira Chaudhuri at [e-mail].

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March 26, 2019 07:04 ET (11:04 GMT)

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