Basu will be moving on from snacks maker Prataap Snacks NSE 0.33 % where he has been chief operating officer for over four years. Officials aware of the development said Basu is set to assume the new role later this month.
An email seeking comment from Lactalis elicited no response. When contacted, Basu declined to comment.
Basu was previously with Mother Dairy, prior to his role at Prataap Snacks. At Prataap, Basu steered the company to its public listing, and diversification into sweet snacks through fully-owned subsidiary company Pure n Sure Food Bites, which was later integrated with the parent company.
A strategic market for the French dairy maker, last fiscal Lactalis India reported a turnover of Rs 4,000 crore.
