Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has announced the appointment of Vivek Mittal as Executive Director, Legal and Corporate Affairs. He will take over from Dev Bajpai, who had announced his early retirement in October this year. Mittal will join the company’s Management Committee in March 2025.
Mittal currently serves as Global General Counsel at Reddy’s Laboratories Limited, managing legal, ethics, compliance, and data privacy risks for the company. He has over 25 years of experience in building dynamic legal teams across industries in reputed companies including Danaher Corporation, Lupin Limited, Reliance, Radico Khaitan, India Bulls Group, Caparo India Operations and Mount Shivalik Industries. He holds a Ph.D., a law degree (LL.B), a post-graduate degree in commerce (M.Com), and is a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI).