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Vivek Abrol named MD and CEO of Luminous Power Technologies
Gurgaon: Luminous Power Technologies has tapped Vivek Abrol as managing director and chief executive, signalling a sharper, more aggressive push into consumer energy, solar and sustainable solutions.
Abrol brings over 25 years of leadership experience across FMCG, consumer electricals and energy-led businesses. Most recently, he served as chief executive officer of RR Kabel’s consumer business (FMEG), where he led a multi-year transformation to scale the consumer electricals portfolio through a mix of organic growth and inorganic expansion. He was instrumental in the acquisition of Luminous from Schneider Electric and its integration into a promoter- and private equity–driven Indian business, unlocking operational and portfolio synergies. Abrol also played a key role in delivering RR Kabel’s successful IPO.
At Luminous, his mandate includes strengthening the company’s core consumer energy franchise, accelerating its solar and sustainable energy portfolio, and advancing its evolution into an integrated consumer energy fulfilment platform. Innovation, digital transformation and building a future-ready, high-performance organisation will be central to the role.
Before RR Kabel, Abrol was business head at Pidilite Industries, where he led the consumer business (ASF), scaling growth ahead of industry trends while sustaining category leadership. He has also served as chief executive of a private equity-backed FMCG foods business, overseeing diverse categories and end-to-end operations.
A significant part of Abrol’s career was spent at ITC, where he held senior leadership roles across sales, marketing and supply chain over more than 15 years. His experience spans national sales leadership, regional sales management, supply chain transformation, and brand-building roles, including shaping the Mangaldeep agarbatti franchise. He began his career in manufacturing with the Cadbury Schweppes Bottling Group.
Luminous also confirmed that Preeti Bajaj, who steered the company through a key growth phase, will move to Schneider Electric to lead its global home solutions division.
As consumer energy pivots towards decentralisation, digitisation and sustainability, Luminous is betting on execution over rhetoric. Abrol’s appointment signals an intent to move faster, integrate deeper and compete harder in a market that is no longer waiting.
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UltraTech Cement appoints Jayant Dua as managing director
Dua will succeed K. C. Jhanwar after his term ends in December 2026
MUMBAI: UltraTech Cement, the flagship cement arm of the Aditya Birla Group, has elevated Jayant Dua as managing director, effective 1 April, 2026.
The company’s board also approved his appointment as additional director, managing director and key managerial personnel, effective 1 January, 2027, following the completion of the current managing director K C Jhanwar’s term on 31 December, 2026, according to a regulatory filing.
Dua will serve as managing director for a four-year term from 1 January, 2027 to 31 December, 2030.
A veteran executive with more than 37 years of professional experience, Dua joined the Aditya Birla Group’s cement business in 1996 and spent nearly a decade in various functional and leadership roles.
Over the past two decades, he has held several profit-and-loss and chief executive responsibilities across multiple group businesses, including insulators, insurance, Century Cement and the chlor-alkali segment. In 2023, he was elevated to lead the group’s renewables and textiles businesses.
Within the group, Dua has received several internal honours, including the chairman’s individual award for exceptional contribution in 2002, the outstanding leader award in 2009 and the leader of leaders recognition in 2022.
He holds an engineering degree from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, an MBA from International Management Institute and has completed the advanced management programme at Harvard Business School.
