Sanjiv Mehta is the Chair and Managing Director of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL). He has been leading Unilever's business in India and the South Asia cluster since October 2013.

Sanjiv has been with Unilever for nearly 28 years and he has led Unilever businesses in different parts of the world. Sanjiv holds a Bachelor's degree in commerce (India) and is a Chartered Accountant. He has also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Sanjiv possesses a diverse portfolio which includes Director on the Board of Indian School of Business, Senior Vice President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, member of the Breach Candy Hospital Trust (Mumbai, India) and South Asia Advisory Board of Harvard Business School. He chairs 'Vikaasa,' a coalition of top Indian and MNC companies and Co-chairs the Advisory Network to the High-Level Panel for a 'Sustainable Ocean Economy.' He is well conversant about the economy of the Bangladesh specially in the FMCG segment.