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  • Leena Nair will be joining the company at the end of January
  • Nair, 52, started her career as a management trainee at Unilever in 1992

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Watch: From being a global citizen to an ardent bollywood buff; Leena Nair shares her journey

Chanel's boss lady believes moving globally has taught her a whole new skill set, and she has learnt to be a global citizen in every sense of the word.

Watch: From being a global citizen to an ardent bollywood buff; Leena Nair shares her journey

From moving globally to still be Bollywood dance lover Leena Nair shares her journey of success with Fortune India as one of the MPWs (Most Powerful Women).

Also watch | Meet Leena Nair; Global CEO of luxury brand Chanel


The first female, first Asian, and the youngest-ever CHRO of Unilever (soon to take over Chanel as CEO) Leena started her career as a management trainee at Hindustan Lever in 1992, says her big realisation during the pandemic was that while people were facing the same storm, they were not all in the same boat. "We couldn't take a one-size-fits-all approach," she says

Nair says ''moving globally has taught her a whole new skill set, and she has learnt to be a global citizen in every sense of the word''. The pandemic, she says, has helped her understand the truly global nature of her job.

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