LuLu Group has a new marketing & communications director

Dubai: V. Nandakumar has been named Director of Marketing & Communications at Abu Dhabi headquartered LuLu Group. He was until now the Chief Communications Officer at the hypermarket chain.

In the new position, he will be spearheading the global marketing, communications, digital and social media and CSR initiatives of the group, which is also into malls, online shopping, hospitality and food processing business.

Nandakumar has been with the group for nearly 20 years. He had earlier been with media organizations, including The Times of India and Indian Express. He was recently ranked among the Top 5 marketing professional in the Middle East by the business magazine Forbes.

LuLu continues to be in an expansion mode, notably in India and the Far East. More recently, it also ventured into the UK’s hospitality space.