India, Feb. 5 -- Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB), one of Indias leading FMCG companies, announced a series of senior leadership appointments across key functions such as supply chain, commercial operations, people and transformation. The moves underscore HCCBs continued focus on strengthening organisational capability, enhancing execution excellence, and driving long-term sustainable growth.
The leadership appointments include Avinash Kant Kumar as Head of Integrated Supply Chain, Vinay Nair as Chief Commercial Officer, Ritesh Pratap Singh as Chief Human Resources Officer, Sunaina Dhanuka as Head of Strategy and Girish Sivaraman as Vice President - Commercial Transformation.
Commenting on the appointments, Hemant Rupani, CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, said, These leadership appointments reflect our focus on building strong execution capabilities across supply chain, commercial, and people functions. As we continue to strengthen execution rigor, deepen organisational capability, and enable scale across our value chain, these leaders will play a critical role in shaping HCCBs next phase of growth.
Leadership Appointments
Avinash Kant Kumar as Head of Integrated Supply Chain will lead supply chain operations with a focus on resilience, efficiency, and scalability. Bringing over three decades of experience across supply chain, procurement, and operations, Avinash joins from Jubilant Foodworks Ltd., where he served as President, and has previously held leadership roles at McCain Foods, Reliance Retail, Al Foah, and Procter & Gamble.
Vinay Nair has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer, where he will be responsible for driving commercial strategy, strengthening execution discipline, and accelerating growth across channels and markets. Vinay brings 25 years of distinguished experience within the CocaCola system where he has consistently demonstrated an exceptional ability to nurture strong partnerships and enhance market presence.
Ritesh Pratap Singh joins HCCB as Chief Human Resources Officer, where he will lead the companys people and culture agenda with a focus on strengthening organisational capability, leadership depth, and a highperformance culture. A seasoned HR leader, Ritesh brings deep expertise across organisational culture, rewards, talent management, and organisation effectiveness. He joins from Tata Projects, where he served as CHRO, and has previously held senior leadership roles at Tata Trusts and IHCL (Taj Hotels). This appointment marks a return for Ritesh, who earlier spent several years with HCCB across national, regional, and marketlevel HR roles.
Sunaina Dhanuka has been elevated to the role of Head of Strategy in addition to her role as Chief of Staff to the CEO where she will advance HCCBs growth and transformation agenda. She has previously held diversified leadership positions in the Coca-Cola system in the ASEAN and South Pacific territories with a wide range of experience in finance, procurement, treasury, and operations. Sunaina has also worked across leading global organizations including Unilever, Macquarie, Morgan Stanley, and Arthur Andersen, spanning commodities risk management, equities research and tax and advisory roles.
Girish Sivaraman has been appointed Vice President - Commercial Transformation, where he will spearhead HCCBs commercial transformation agenda, focusing on gotomarket excellence, sales effectiveness, and capability building across the organisation. His appointment marks a return to HCCB, where he spent several years earlier in his career. Girish brings extensive experience across India and international markets having previously held senior leadership roles at Mondelez International, Pepsi, Varun Beverages, Britannia, and Vodafone.
As the company continues to operate in a dynamic consumer and operating environment, the strengthened leadership team will play a critical role in driving execution excellence, organisational resilience, and longterm value creation across the business.
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