Shelly Kohli to head Legal -; Compliance division at United Breweries

5 Jul 2022 , 11:57 AM

Shelly Kohli, Head Legal Counsel for the Beauty & Personal Care and Homecare divisions of Unilever, the manufacturer of Lux, Surf, and Pepsodent, will soon lead United Breweries Ltd’s legal and compliance vertical.

According to news reports, Kohli would be in charge of all corporate compliance and legal matters at the BSE-listed United Breweries (UBL). She will be stationed in Bengaluru, India, at the company’s headquarters.  UBL is the owner of Kingfisher brand.

She began her career with ARA Law after graduating from the New York University School of Law and the University of Mumbai in the 2003 and 1999 batches, respectively. She then joined companies like Crawford Bailey & Co, Trilegal and Wadia Ghandy & Co.

As Senior Counsel for legal and compliance for South Asia, she joined GE Energy Management, a regional branch of the US engineering giant, in 2010. Later in 2015, she changed jobs to become South Asia, Middle East, and North Africa division’s Assistant General Counsel at Levi Strauss & Co. She then relocated to Unilever as a Head Legal Counsel for the divisions of Beauty, Personal Care, and Homecare in 2019.