Chanel has appointed Leena Nair, a 30-year veteran of consumer goods group Unilever, as global chief executive, selecting an Indian outsider to the luxury sector as it looks to bounce back from the coronavirus-induced hit to profits, the Financial Times reported.
The privately-held company controlled by France’s billionaire Wertheimer family said on Tuesday that Nair, Unilever’s chief human resources officer for the past five years and a member of its executive committee, would assume her new role at the end of January 2022.
Read the full report: Financial Times.
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