Madhusudhan Rao
Mr Madhusudhan Rao (58) is the Executive Director, Beauty & Personal Care for Hindustan Unilever Limited, and General Manager for South Asia for Beauty & Wellbeing and Personal Care.
Executive Director, Beauty & Personal Care
Mr Madhusudhan Rao (58) is the Executive Director, Beauty & Personal Care for Hindustan Unilever Limited, and General Manager for South Asia for Beauty & Wellbeing and Personal Care.
Before this, Madhusudhan, as Executive Vice President, led the Home & Hygiene global category based in London. Madhusudhan has spent 31 years in Unilever, with a successful track record in India and globally, in various senior operational and strategic roles across different categories. He has worked in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa and the Middle East before moving to the headquarters in London, where he worked for seven years running a global category. He blends deep expertise in P&L management, category development, and exceptional execution. He is a thought leader in Brand Purpose and sustainability and has pioneered many breakthrough innovations. He is the Vice-Chairman, FMCG for FICCI currently. He has been a Chair at the ‘Toilet Board Coalition’, a global consortium catalysing the toilet economy.
Madhusudhan is passionate about people and is driven by his purpose, ‘Happiness for All’. He advocates for equity and the role that brands can play in helping solve societal issues.
Madhusudhan hails from Hyderabad, is an engineer, and holds an MBA certification from IIM, Bangalore. He has a keen interest in cricket, art and architecture, Indian history, movies and music and has been a national quiz champion.
He is married to Aruna and has a daughter Ramya and a son Ashwin.