new delhi leena nair the first female and youngestever chief human resources officer of anglodutch fmcg major unilever has stepped down to join french luxury group chanel as its global chief executiveshe was a member of the unilever leadership executive ule which is responsible for delivering unilevers business and financial performanceleena nair chro has decided to leave the company in january 2022 to pursue a new career opportunity as global chief executive officer chanel ltd unilever said in a statement while announcing change to its leadership executiveaccording to the reports nair in her new position with the french luxury group chanel will be based in londoni would like to thank leena for her outstanding contribution over the last three decades leena has been a pioneer throughout her career at unilever but no more so than in her role as chro where she has been a driving force on our equity diversity and inclusion agenda on the transformation of our leadership development and on our preparedness for the future of work unilever ceo alan jope saidshe has played a critical role in building our purposeled futurefit organisation which is now the employer of choice in over 50 countries globally he addednair an alumnus of xlri jamshedpur had joined hul unilevers indian subsidiary in 1992 and worked for 30 years