L’Oréal appoints Abhijit Chatterjee as India Tech Hub CTO

HYDERABAD: L’Oréal has tapped Abhijit Chatterjee as chief technology officer for its India Tech Hub, placing Hyderabad firmly at the centre of the global beauty major’s technology ambitions.

Chatterjee steps into the role at a moment when beauty and technology are increasingly inseparable. Based in Hyderabad, he will lead strategic technology initiatives while strengthening the India Tech Hub across infrastructure, modernisation and digital operations. The appointment signals L’Oréal’s intent to scale India not just as a delivery centre, but as a global engine for innovation.

The move follows the recent announcement of L’Oréal’s Global Tech Hub at the World Economic Forum 2026 in Davos. The Hyderabad hub is positioned as the company’s first global Beauty Tech flagship and a highlight of the 2026 India France Year of Innovation. Designed to shape the next generation of technology powered beauty, the hub will tap into India’s deep technology talent to deliver impact at a global scale.

Calling the role a “new chapter in Hyderabad”, Chatterjee said he looks forward to building the foundation of the hub and scaling it into a centre of excellence with worldwide influence. He also acknowledged the support of L’Oréal’s global leadership and the Government of Telangana in welcoming the company into the state’s growing innovation ecosystem.

Chatterjee brings over two decades of global technology leadership to L’Oréal. Before joining the beauty giant, he headed IT infrastructure at H&M, where he drove large scale modernisation, cloud optimisation and automation programmes. His earlier stints include senior technology leadership roles at Intel, Visa, Rakuten and Accenture, spanning global operations, digital transformation and enterprise infrastructure.

With Chatterjee at the helm, L’Oréal’s Hyderabad Tech Hub is set to become a place where code meets creativity and where the future of beauty quietly takes shape, one smart system at a time.