P Balaji Steps Down As CFO, HUL

P Balaji, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Hindustan Uniliver Limited has stepped down from his role. Balaji was associated with HUL for over two decades.

HUL in a stock exchange filing today said, “P B Balaji, Executive Director, Finance and IT and CFO, has tendered his resignation from the board of the company to explore an opportunity outside the company.”

After joining HUL in 1993, Balaji has worked in a number of roles. He was appointed Executive Director, Finance & IT and CFO in July 2014. Prior to that, he was Vice-President, Finance for Unilever America Supply Chain, based out of Switzerland, responsible for financial aspects of a €18-billion supply chain, according to HUL's annual report for 2016-17. He was also the Group Chief accountant at Unilever worldwide based out of London.

Balaji has completed his mechanical engineering from IIT Chennai and PGDM from IIM Kolkata.