Corporate Roundup | Auto sales, USL, Harish Manwani

AUTO SALES
*New model launches and festivals helped auto sales grow for the fifth month in a row in September.
*Trend likely to continue in the forthcoming months.

HARISH MANWANI
* Manwani, 62, will retire as the chief operating officer (COO) of Unilever Plc
* Joined company as a management trainee in 1976
* Was appointed COO in June 2011

USL
​*Vijay Mallya was re-appointed as non-executive chairman.
*UBHL is no longer entitled to recommend an independent director to USL board following a reduction in its shareholdings in USL.