Unilever announces new Chief Financial Officer

18-Sep-2025

Unilever PLC announces the appointment of Srinivas Phatak as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) after a thorough internal and external search process. Srinivas's appointment as CFO, and to the Board and Unilever Leadership Executive is effective immediately.

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Srinivas Phatak

In February 2025, Unilever PLC announced that Srinivas, who was Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Group Controller at the time, would become acting CFO and that a full search would be initiated to appoint a permanent CFO.

Following that process, the Unilever Board is in unanimous agreement that Srinivas is the best candidate for the role, due to the strength of his industry and functional experience and having performed strongly as acting CFO.

Fernando Fernandez, Chief Executive Officer, said: " Srinivas has been a great partner over the last six months as acting CFO and over many years as part of the Unilever leadership team. He brings financial rigour, strategic clarity, and a sharp eye for value creation. His leadership and constructive challenge will be very valuable in driving consistent volume growth, margin expansion, and advancing our growth story. I'm confident that, together with the team, we can build a scalable marketing and sales engine that delivers executional excellence across all channels. "

Srinivas is currently Independent Non-Executive Director on the board of Coats Group plc.




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