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= Nitin Paranjpe = Nitin Paranjpe (b1963) is the present Chief Operating Officer of Unilever, a position that he took over in May 2019. Prior to this he was the President of Unilever's Food and Refreshment business, a role he was appointed in 2018. Before this, he headed the Home Care business from 1 October 2013. Paranjpe was also the CEO of the Unilever's Indian business - Hindustan Unilever - and Executive Vice President for the South Asia region encompassing Unilever's businesses in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal from 2008-2013.

Education and personal life
Nitin holds a bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Mechanical) and MBA in Marketing from JBIMS, Mumbai. He is married with two children and enjoys golf.

Career
Nitin joined Hindustan Lever Limited, India in 1987 here he worked through various roles, to eventually becoming Product Manager for Detergents and Sales head for Southern Region.

After working as part of Project Millennium Team in 1999, Nitin moved to Unilever London in 2000 where he was part of the team that reviewed the organizations structure. During 2001 is was appointed Executive Assistant to the Chairman and Unilever Executive Committee.

Nitin returned to India in 2002 where he became the Category Head – Fabric Wash and Regional Brand Director (Asia) for Laundry and Household Cleaning (HHC). In 2004, he became Vice President for Home Care, India and later in March 2006 was appointed as the Executive Director for the Home&amp;Personal Care, India.

In April 2008 he was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Hindustan Unilever Limited, India and Executive Vice President for South Asia cluster. Before he became President of Unilever’s Home Care Business on 1st October 2013.

He also received Forbes India’s Best CEO (Multinational Category) Award at the 2012 Forbes Leadership Awards.