Gildan appoints new board member

Gildan has appointed Dhaval Buch to the company’s board of directors.

With the appointment of Mr Buch, the company’s board now comprises 11 members. He will serve on the board’s corporate governance and social responsibility committee.

Gildan’s Board Chairman, Donald C. Berg, said: “Dhaval is an accomplished business leader and his international expertise in supply chain operations and extensive knowledge in sustainable sourcing makes him an ideal addition to our board.

“We welcome Dhaval and look forward to his insights as we execute on the next phase of the company’s growth.”

Mr Buch is currently a senior advisor for Blackstone Private Equity, a leading global investment business and to the Mahindra Group, a large India-headquartered multinational with interests in automobile, farm and finance industries.

Prior to this, Mr Buch had a 35-year career as a business leader with Unilever where he last served as the global chief procurement officer for the company. In this role, he was also responsible to drive Unilever’s goal of 100% sustainable sourcing of materials. In his career with Unilever, Mr Buch also ran the Unilever supply chain for Asia and Africa.

Before that, he held positions of increasing responsibility in Hindustan Unilever, a listed Unilever subsidiary in India, culminating in his running the supply chain for South Asia and serving as an executive director on the Board of Hindustan Unilever.