Haleon announced on 09 January 2026 the appointment of Kedar Lele as president, India subcontinent. Lele moves from Castrol India, where he was managing director, and has succeeded former Haleon India chief Navneet Saluja, who retired in October 2025. Lele will also join the Haleon Executive Team, the company's global leadership entity.
Saluja retired after 17 years at Haleon, where he held diverse leadership roles in functions across sales and strategy, as well as overseeing Horlicks' divestment to HUL, followed by setting up Haleon as an independent entity in India. Lele brings over 25 years of experience across various sectors, including Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), advertising, digital innovation, and the automotive industry. He spent almost a year and a half at Castrol and has also worked with Kimberly-Clark Lever Ltd. as a marketing executive in the past.
He holds an MBA in Strategic Marketing and Operations from the Indian School of Business and a postgraduate diploma in Marketing Communications from MICA, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Additionally, he serves on the board of TVS Automobile Solutions and previously served as the Vice President at the Foreign Investors Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Bangladesh.
