Nestlé Bangladesh has appointed Loma Hosne-Ara as its new human resource director. She has moved to this Swiss nutrition, health and wellness company, after spending over two and a half years with Novartis Bangladesh, as country head, people and organisation.
Armed with an MBA in finance from IBA, University of Dhaka, Hosne-Ara began her professional journey as a management trainee with Unilever Bangladesh, for the toilet soaps division before being appointed as brand manager, Lifebuoy, in 2000. In April 2002, she was elevated to senior brand manager, Household Care and Lifebuoy portfolio. Three years and seven months into this role, she was promoted yet again, to product manager, Hair Care, in 2005.
After a tenure of over eight years with Unilever Bangladesh, Hosne-Ara was appointed product group manager, skin cleansing, Unilever, in 2009.
By 2010, she had become human resource business partner, Unilever, based out of Dhaka.
The year 2014 saw her accepting the role of head of human resources, Bangladesh, for Philip Morris International.
In 2016, she moved to New Delhi, as director, people and culture, Philip Morris International, India. For the next five years, she was involved in human resource strategy development, deployment of key products and services from HR, and offering consulting support to optimise human capital in the organisation in order to build competitive advantage through people.
In September 2021, she moved back to Dhaka, joining Novartis, as country head.