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| name = Harish Manwani<br />
| image = Flickr - World Economic Forum - Harish Manwani - Annual Meeting of the New Champions Tianjin 2008.jpg<br />
| caption = Harish Manwani, COO of Unilever<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1953}}<br />
| birth_place = [[India]]<br />
| citizenship = Indian<br />
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| occupation = Director<br />
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| spouse = Radha Manwani<br />
| children = 2 daughters<br />
| alma_mater = Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies<br />
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'''Harish Manwani''' (born 1953) was the [[chief operating officer|global chief operating officer]] of [[Unilever]]. He is currently{{when|date=April 2022}} the senior operating Partner at Blackstone and a director of [[Whirlpool Corporation|Whirlpool]], [[Qualcomm]], [[Gilead Sciences]] and [[Tata Sons]] among others.<ref>{{cite news | title= Whirlpool Corporation Appoints Harish Manwani to Board of Directors | publisher= [[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]] | date= 2011-08-15 | url= https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a6c7vrsT8YY8 | accessdate= 2012-10-07}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Manwani went to [[St. Xavier's School, Delhi]] and graduated from [[Mumbai University]]. He obtained a master's degree in management studies at [[Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
In 1976, Manwani joined Unilever in India (Hindustan Lever Limited). He became a member of the company board with responsibility for the Personal Products Division. He also held regional responsibility for personal products in Central Asia and the Middle East.<br />
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In 2000, he moved to Unilever headquarters in the UK as the senior vice president of global hair care and oral care and subsequently held several senior general management positions with P&L responsibilities including president of home and personal care for Latin America, president and CEO of Unilever HPC North America, president Asia, Africa, Middle East, and Central and Eastern Europe. He was made a non-executive chairman of Hindustan Unilever in 2005.<br />
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In 2011, he was appointed as the global COO for Unilever, with P&L responsibility for all the markets.<ref>{{cite news | last= Burritt| first= Chris| author2= Fletcher, Clementine| title= Unilever Names Asia Head Manwani as Chief Operating Officer| publisher =[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]] | date= 2011-06-24 | url= https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-23/unilever-names-harish-manwani-operating-chief-as-part-of-reorganization.html | accessdate = 2012-10-07}}</ref> He retired on 31 December 2014, after more than 38 years.<ref>{{cite news | title= Harish Manwani to retire as Unilever COO on December 31 | website=[[NetIndian]] | date= 2014-09-30| url = http://netindian.in/news/2014/09/30/00030744/harish-manwani-retire-unilever-coo-december-31| accessdate = 2014-09-30}}</ref><br />
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He is now{{when|date=April 2022}} senior operating partner with Blackstone<ref>{{cite web |title=Harish Manwani, former COO of Unilever, Becomes Advisor to Blackstone |url=https://www.blackstone.com/media/press-releases/article/harish-manwani-former-coo-of-unilever-becomes-advisor-to-blackstone |publisher=Blackstone}}</ref> and is on several international boards and is also chairman of the Indian School of Business.<ref>{{cite web |title=Harish Manwani to succeed Adi Godrej as Chairman of the Executive Board of the Indian School of Business|publisher=Indian School of Business |url=https://www.isb.edu/news-media/press-releases/harish-manwani-succeed-adi-godrej-chairman-executive-board-indian-school-b }}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
The Asia Business Leader of the Year in 2008 by [[CNBC Asia]].<ref>{{cite news | title = Asia Business Leader Awards (ABLA) 2008 | url= https://www.cnbc.com/id/22722619}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Harish is married and has two daughters.<br />
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He was one of the hostages who were trapped in [[Taj Hotel]] in [[Mumbai]] during the [[26 November 2008 Mumbai attacks|terrorist attack in Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite news | title = Mumbai attack: Corporate honchos trapped in Taj safe?| url = http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2008/nov/27top-corporate-heads-trapped-in-hotels.htm<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081204044547/http://www.unilever.com/ourcompany/aboutunilever/companystructure/unileverexecutive/harishmanwani.asp Harish Manwani]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081009015039/http://people.forbes.com/profile/harish-manwani/82253 Harish Manwani Geographical President, Unilever N.V.]<br />
* {{TED speaker}}<br />
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{{2008 Mumbai attacks}}<br />
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[[Category:Survivors of the 2008 Mumbai attacks]]<br />
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