People: Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HLL.BO)

Mr. Aditya Narayan is Non-Executive Independent Director of Hindustan Unilever Limited. He is the Non-Executive Chairman of ICI India Limited, now known as AkzoNoble India Limited. Starting as a Management Trainee with ICI India in 1973, he grew through diverse functions and businesses, including serving in senior positions like the CEO of the Fertilizer and Explosives businesses of ICI India. He was also a Corporate Planning Manager at ICI Group head quarters in London before serving as Managing Director of ICI India over 1996 - 2003. During the period 2005 - 09, Mr. Narayan was the President & CEO of BHP Billiton India, before becoming its Non-Executive Chairman. Mr. Narayan is a B.Tech. from IIT Kanpur and also has formal qualifications in Law. He was a Fellow in Interdisciplinary Sciences at the University of Rochester, USA. Mr. Narayan was a Commonwealth Scholar at the Manchester Business School in 1991 and a Fellow at the Aspen Institute, Colorado, USAin 1998. Mr. Narayan joined the Board of the Company as an Independent Director in 2001.