Ex-Unilever Banga joins CDR for operations
Manvinder (Vindi) Singh Banga, formerly Chairman and MD of Unilever in India and later Singapore-based President of its Foods, Home and Personal Care division, is set to join the London office of global buyout major Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CDR), as an operating partner.
Banga’s responsibilities at Unilever, which he left this year, included coverage of the entire Asia region. His brief at CDR will include screening new investment opportunities, as well as supporting...
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