Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages announced a series of senior leadership appointments across key functions such as supply chain, commercial operations, people and transformation. The moves underscore HCCB’s continued focus on strengthening organisational capability, enhancing execution excellence, and driving long-term sustainable growth.
The leadership appointments include Avinash Kant Kumar as Head of Integrated Supply Chain, Vinay Nair as Chief Commercial Officer, Ritesh Pratap Singh as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), Sunaina Dhanuka as Head of Strategy and Girish Sivaraman as Vice President – Commercial Transformation.
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Commenting on the appointments, Hemant Rupani, CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, said, “These leadership appointments reflect our focus on building strong execution capabilities across supply chain, commercial, and people functions. As we continue to strengthen execution rigor, deepen organisational capability, and enable scale across our value chain, these leaders will play a critical role in shaping HCCB’s next phase of growth.”
Ritesh Pratap Singh joins HCCB as Chief Human Resources Officer, where he will lead the company’s peopleand culture agenda with a focus on strengthening organisational capability, leadership depth, and ahigh-performance culture. A seasoned HR leader, Ritesh brings deep expertise across organisational culture, rewards, talent management, and organisation effectiveness. He joins from Tata Projects, where he served as CHRO, and has previously held senior leadership roles at Tata Trusts and IHCL (Taj Hotels). This appointment marks a return for Ritesh, who earlier spent several years with HCCB across national, regional, and market-level HR roles.
As the company continues to operate in a dynamic consumer and operating environment, the strengthened leadership team will play a critical role in driving execution excellence, organisational resilience, and long-term value creation across the business.
