Ritesh Tiwari is the Global Head of M&A, Treasury and Ventures at Unilever, where he leads the company’s global transaction agenda, capital allocation strategy, and investment portfolio. In this role, he is responsible for shaping Unilever’s business portfolio through acquisitions, disposals and partnerships, while ensuring disciplined deployment of capital to drive long-term value creation.

Prior to this, Ritesh served as Executive Director, Finance & IT and Chief Financial Officer of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL), one of India’s leading publicly listed companies with a market capitalisation of over £50 billion. During his tenure, he led significant portfolio transformation, including strategic transactions, structural simplification, and capital reallocation towards high-growth segments, while sustaining strong performance in a volatile environment.

Ritesh brings over 25 years of global experience across developed and emerging markets. Since joining Unilever as a management trainee in 1999, he has held leadership roles across finance, supply chain, procurement and performance management in India, the UK, Singapore and wider Asia.

He has led large-scale transformation programmes, delivered significant cost and cash outcomes, and played a key role in navigating periods of disruption through dynamic capital allocation while continuing to invest for growth.

He is known for combining strategic foresight with execution discipline and is guided by his purpose of reimagining possibilities and delivering value with values.

Beyond his corporate role, he serves as an Independent Director on the board of ONDC (Open Network for Digital Commerce), a not-for-profit company aimed at democratising digital commerce in India.