Haleon has announced the appointment of Kedar Lele as President for the India subcontinent, effective January 2026. In his new role, Lele will also join the Haleon Executive Team (HET), the company’s global leadership body, supporting closer alignment with the company’s “Win As One” strategy. He succeeds Navneet Saluja, ISC General Manager, who retired in October 2025.
Lele brings over 25 years of experience across FMCG, advertising, digital innovation, and the automotive sector. Prior to joining Haleon, he served as Managing Director at Castrol India. Before Castrol, he spent two decades at Hindustan Unilever in senior leadership roles, including Executive Director for Sales and Customer Development in South Asia and Chairman & Managing Director of Unilever Bangladesh.
Kedar holds an MBA in Strategic Marketing and Operations from the Indian School of Business and a postgraduate diploma in Marketing Communications from MICA. He currently serves on the board of TVS Automobile Solutions and has previously held the position of Vice President at the Foreign Investors Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Bangladesh.
As ISC President, Lele will lead Haleon India’s efforts to achieve its goal of reaching 1 billion more consumers by 2030, advancing the company’s purpose of delivering better everyday health with humanity.
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