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34
Unilever Annual Report & Accounts and Form 20-F 2000 Report of the Directors
Corporate governance
Oscar Fanjul7
Aged 51. Appointed 1996. Chairman, Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico
S.A. Director Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, Ericsson, S.A., Tecnicas
Reunidas, S.A. Member of the International Advisory Boards of
the Chubb Corporation and M arsh McLennan. Chairman and
CEO Repsol 86/96. Secretary General and Under Secretary,
Spanish M inistry of Industry and Energy 83/85.
Frits Fentener van Vlissingen5,6
Aged 67. Appointed 1990. M anaging Director Flint Holding N.V.
Chairman Supervisory Boards of CSM N.V. and Draka Holdings N.V.
Deputy Chairman Supervisory Boards of Akzo Nobel N.V. and of
SHV Holdings.
Claudio X Gonzalez7
Aged 66. Appointed 1998. Chairman and CEO Kimberly-Clark de
Mexico S.A. Director Kellogg Company, General Electric Company
(USA), Banco National de Mexico and Telefonos de Mexico. Member
Advisory Board J P M organ. Special Advisor to the President of
Mexico 88/94.
Hilmar Kopper8
Aged 65. Appointed 1998. Chairman Supervisory Board Deutsche
Bank (formerly CEO) and of DaimlerChrysler AG. Director of Xerox
Corp. and member Supervisory Boards Akzo Nobel N.V., Bayer AG
and Solvay S.A.
Senator George J M itchell2
Aged 67. Appointed 1998. M ember of the law firm Verner, Liipfert,
Bernhard, M cPherson and Hand. Director Federal Express Corp.,
UNUM Insurance Corp., Xerox Corp. and Staples Inc. M ember of
the US Senate 80/95 and Senate M ajority Leader 88/95. Chairman
of the Northern Ireland Peace Initiative 95/99.
Onno Ruding7
Aged 61. Appointed 1990. Vice-Chairman and Director, Citibank
N.A. Director Corning Inc., Pechiney S.A., and RTL Group. M ember
Advisory Board Robeco Groep. Netherlands M inister of Finance
82/89.
Charles R Shoemate2
Aged 61. Appointed 2001. Director CIGNA Corporation,
International Paper Company and Texaco Inc. Chairman & Chief
Executive Officer of Bestfoods 90/00 and President 88/90.
The Lord Simon of Highbury CBE1,4
Aged 61. Appointed 2000. M ember of the Advisory Board of LEK
Consulting and of the European Advisory Board of Morgan Stanley
Dean Witter. UK Government M inister 97/99. Group Chief Executive
of BP 92/95 and Chairman 95/97.
1Member Nomination Committee
2Member External Affairs and Corporate Relations Committee
3Chairman External Affairs and Corporate Relations Committee
4Member Remuneration Committee
5Chairman Nomination Committee
6Chairman Remuneration Committee
7Member Audit Committee
8Chairman Audit Committee
Business Presidents
Foods
Regions
Manfred Stach, Europe Aged 58. Joined Unilever 1970. Appointed
Business President 1998. Previous position: Business Group President
Africa.
Neil Beckerman, North America Aged 45. Joined Unilever 2000
upon Unilever’s acquisition of Bestfoods. Appointed Business
President 1 January 2001. Previous Position: Vice-President,
Bestfoods and President, Bestfoods Grocery.
John Rice, Latin America & Slim•Fast Worldw ide. Aged 49. Joined
Unilever 1981. Appointed Business President 1 January 2001.
Previous Position: President & Chief Executive Officer, Lipton USA.
Global Businesses
Diego Bevilacqua, Foodservice Aged 47. Joined Unilever 2000
upon Unilever’s acquisition of Bestfoods. Appointed Business
President 1 January 2001. Previous position: Vice-President
Bestfoods and President Bestfoods, Asia.
Robert Polet, Ice Cream & Frozen Foods Aged 45. Joined Unilever
1978. Appointed Business President 1998. Previous position:
Business Group President Ice Cream & Frozen Foods Europe.
Function
Jean M artin, Bestfoods integration Aged 56. Joined Unilever 1968.
Appointed Business President 1996. Previous position: Business
Group President Central & Eastern Europe.
Anthony Simon, Marketing Aged 55. Joined Unilever 2000 upon
Unilever’s acquisition of Bestfoods. Appointed Business President
1 January 2001. Previous position: Vice-President Strategies and
Core Businesses Bestfoods.
Home & Personal Care
Regions
Ralph Kugler*, Europe Aged 45. Joined Unilever 1979. Appointed
Business President 1999. Previous position: Business Group President
Latin America.
Charles Strauss, North America and Global Prestige Business.
Unilever Director see page 33.
Anton Lenstra, Africa, M iddle East & Turkey Aged 52. Joined
Unilever 1989. Appointed Business President 2000.
Previous position: Vice-President Home & Personal Care Europe.
Also provides representation of the region on the Foods Executive.
Jeff Fraser, Central Asia & China Aged 57. Joined Unilever 1967.
Appointed Business President 1996. Previous position: Business
Group President Central Asia & Middle East.
* In succession to John Sharpe who retires on 1 April 2001 after
37 years’service.