Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, May 2026 – Arvind Fashions Limited has announced the appointment of Lakshmi Krishnan as its Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). She joins the organization with more than 25 years of global HR leadership experience spanning India, Southeast Asia, and the United Kingdom.
Announcing the appointment, Amisha Jain, Managing Director & CEO, Arvind Fashions Limited, stated:
“We are delighted to welcome Lakshmi to AFL at an important moment in our growth journey. Her global HR leadership across consumer, financial services, and technology businesses and her track record of driving transformation at scale will be invaluable as we strengthen our organisational capabilities and build the talent and culture needed for our next phase of growth.”
Lakshmi Krishnan brings deep expertise in organizational transformation, leadership development, culture building, capability enhancement, and large-scale people transformation across leading multinational organizations.
Before joining Arvind Fashions Limited, Lakshmi Krishnan spent over 14 years with Unilever across multiple senior global HR leadership roles. Most recently, she served as Head of HR, Corporate Functions — Unilever Headquarters, London, where she partnered with senior leadership teams across Finance, Legal, Communications, and Sustainability functions for a workforce of more than 7,000 employees globally.
Prior to her London assignment, she served as Head of HR, Global Procurement — Unilever, Singapore, leading people strategy for a €31 billion procurement business with over 1,500 employees and 60,000 suppliers globally. She also held the role of Global HR Director Asia Supply Chain, overseeing HR operations for 15 factories and nearly 10,000 employees across Southeast Asia and APAC markets. Earlier, as Global HR Director – Unilever Engineering, she managed HR responsibilities for a globally integrated engineering organization with a multibillion-euro operational scope.
Before her extensive tenure at Unilever, Lakshmi Krishnan worked with organizations including Lehman Brothers, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Apt Talent Partners, and Bedrock HR, building expertise across leadership development, people analytics, organizational effectiveness, total rewards, transformation management, and talent strategy.
Lakshmi Krishnan has also completed the CHRO Program from Wharton Executive Education and holds an MSW in Human Resources from University of Madras.
At Arvind Fashions Limited, she will play a key role in strengthening organizational capabilities, leadership pipelines, culture transformation, and talent strategy as the company accelerates its next phase of growth.
Arvind Fashions Limited is one of India’s leading lifestyle and fashion companies, offering one of the widest portfolios of fashion brands in the country. The company traces its heritage to Arvind Ltd., one of India’s oldest and most respected textile groups.
Its portfolio includes globally recognized and homegrown brands such as Flying Machine, Arrow, and US Polo Association, among others. Arvind Fashions operates more than 1,300 standalone stores and over 5,000 departmental and multi-brand outlets across India, along with its digital platform NNNOW.COM and other online marketplaces.
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