A snippet which is what I believed too:
The first thing that struck Vindi Banga in 2004 when he moved out of the Hindustan in Unilever, is that unlike in India, the FMCG behemoth is considered a ho-hum , stodgy and old on its home turf. Not to mention persistent headlines about the company being the most likely takeover target; what with the dismal state of its share prices and perceptions that it was failing to find its feet.
“When I joined Hindustan Lever, it was an iconic company. It is not seen as iconic in the rest of the world. That mattered to me,” he says.
