Nair expressed her gratitude to the iconic and admired company through a series of tweets.
On Twitter, she wrote, "I am humbled and honoured to be appointed the Global Chief Executive Officer of @CHANEL, an iconic and admired company."
She further added, "I am so inspired by what @CHANEL stands for. It is a company that believes in the freedom of creation, in cultivating human potential and in acting to have a positive impact in the world."
Leena Nair is slated to join the company in January 2022, confirmed Chanel in a recent statement. It further added that the appointments would ensure its "long-term success as a private company."
Leena Nair was a member of the Unilever Leadership Executive (ULE) that was solely responsible for delivering Unilever's business and financial performance.
A mother of two, the 52-year-old Indian-British woman has been named one of the most powerful women of 2021 by Fortune India.
Born on June 11, 1969, in Maharashtra, Nair was a student of Holy Cross Convent School in Kolhapur. Later she studied electronics engineering at Walchand College of Engineering and later attended Xaviers School of Management in Jamshedpur and graduated as a gold medalist.
Nair joined Unilever's Indian subsidiary in 1992 and worked for 30 years.
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