Hindustan Unilever Limited announced the appointment of Neelam Dhawan as an Independent Director on its Board, effective August 1, 2023, for a period of ve years. Dhawan is currently a Non-Executive Director at ICICI Bank Limited, Capita PLC, Fractal Analytics, Yatra Online Inc, and is the Chairperson of a start-up, Capillary Technologies. She is also on the Governing Board of IIT Delhi and advises and mentors various organizations on business transformation.

Dhawan has vast experience in the information technology industry. Since 1982, she has held various positions, including Managing Director, across HCL, IBM, Microsoft and Hewlet Packard. Her last executive assignment was as Vice President, Asia Pacic and Japan for Hewlet Packard Enterprise until March 2018.

She was also on the NASSCOM Executive Council from 2009 to 2017 and made signicant contributions to the industry strategy and public policy frameworks. Over several years, leading business journals such as Fortune, Forbes and Business Today, have recognized her as one of the Most Powerful Women in Business.