Lena Nair: From Unilever to Chanel, A Journey of Resilience and Ambition

CosmicTaco · 2024-10-25T06:13:04.800768+05:30

- Lena Nair, the first Indian Global CEO of Chanel, shares her journey from a small town in India to leading a luxury major brand. - She emphasizes the importance of resilience, determination, and taking every opportunity in her career progression. - Nair highlights the importance of role modeling, incentivizing right behaviors, and shared purpose in transforming company culture. - She shares her experience in achieving gender parity at Unilever, emphasizing the need to support women, work with men, and change the culture. - Nair's transition from Unilever to Chanel was a quadruple leap - from a massive consumer goods company to a bespoke luxury brand, from public to private company, from Dutch to French culture, and from looking after people to looking after everything. Source: [Stanford GSB](https://youtu.be/UIJUgnykkOA)

Lena Nair, the first Indian Global CEO of Chanel, shares her journey from a small town in India to leading a luxury major brand.
She emphasizes the importance of resilience, determination, and taking every opportunity in her career progression.
Nair highlights the importance of role modeling, incentivizing right behaviors, and shared purpose in transforming company culture.
She shares her experience in achieving gender parity at Unilever, emphasizing the need to support women, work with men, and change the culture.
Nair's transition from Unilever to Chanel was a quadruple leap - from a massive consumer goods company to a bespoke luxury brand, from public to private company, from Dutch to French culture, and from looking after people to looking after everything.

Source: Stanford GSB