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Unilever Annual Report & Accounts and Form 20-F 2001
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Advisory Directors
The Rt Hon The Lord Brittan of Spennithorne QC,DL2
Aged 62. Appointed 2000. Vice-Chairman of UBS Warburg.
Member of the European Commission and Vice-President 89/99.
Member of the UK Government 79/86. Home Secretary 83/85 and
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 85/86.
Baroness Chalker of Wallasey3
Aged 59. Appointed 1998. Director of Freeplay Energy Ltd, Landell
Mills Ltd, Group 5 (Pty) Ltd and Ashanti Goldfields Company Ltd.
UK Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth
Office 86/97. Created Life Peer in 1992. Member of Parliament
for Wallasey 74/92.
Bertrand Collomb1,4
Aged 59. Appointed 1994. Chairman and CEO of Lafarge S.A.
Director of Crédit Commercial de France, TotalFinaElf and Atco.
Member, Supervisory Board of Allianz AG and Advisory Board of
Banque de France.
Professor Wim Dik1,4
Aged 63. Appointed 2001. Professor at Delft University of
Technology. Chairman, Supervisory Boards of Van Gansewinkel
Groep and Holland Casino. Member, Supervisory Board of ABN
AMRO Bank N.V., TNT Post Groep and Tele Atlas N.V. Non-executive
director of Commercial General and Norwich Union and CMG plc.
Chairman and CEO of Royal PTT Netherland (KPN) 88/98 and
Koninklijke KPN N.V. (Royal Dutch Telecom) 98/00. Minister for
Foreign Trade, Netherlands 81/82.
Oscar Fanjul7
Aged 52. Appointed 1996. Honorary Chairman of Repsol-YPF S.A.
Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies, the London Stock
Exchange, ACERINOX S.A., Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria and
Técnicas Reunidas S.A. Member, International Advisory Boards of
Marsh & McLennan and The Chubb Corporation. Chairman and
CEO Repsol 86/96. Chairman of Hidroele’ctrica del Canta’brico S.A.
99/01. Secretary General and Under Secretary, Spanish Ministry of
Industry and Energy 83/85.
Frits Fentener van Vlissingen5,6
Aged 68. Appointed 1990. Retiring 2003. Managing Director of
Flint Holding N.V. Chairman, Supervisory Board of Draka Holdings
N.V. Deputy Chairman, Supervisory Boards of Akzo Nobel N.V. and
SHV Holdings. Member, Supervisory Board of CSM N.V.
Claudio X Gonzalez7
Aged 67. Appointed 1998. Chairman and CEO of Kimberly-Clark
de Mexico S.A. Director of Kellogg Company, General Electric
Company (USA), Grupo Carso S.A., Grupo Alfa, Grupo Televisa,
Fondo Mexico, Home Depot, America Movil, and Investment
Company of America. Member, Advisory Council of JPMorgan
Chase. Special Advisor to the President of Mexico 88/94.
Hilmar Kopper8
Aged 66. Appointed 1998. Chairman, Supervisory Boards of
Deutsche Bank A.G. (formerly CEO) and DaimlerChrysler A.G.
Non-executive director of Xerox Corp. and member, Supervisory
Boards of Akzo Nobel N.V., Bayer AG and Solvay S.A.
Senator George J Mitchell2
Aged 68. Appointed 1998. Chairman of the law firm Verner,
Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand. Director of Walt Disney
Company, Federal Express Corp., UNUM Insurance Corp., Xerox
Corp. and Staples Inc. Member, International Advisory Boards of Fuji
Bank and Thames Water Plc. Member of the US Senate 80/95 and
Senate Majority Leader 88/95. Chairman of the Northern Ireland
Peace Initiative 95/99.
Onno Ruding7
Aged 62. Appointed 1990. Retiring 2002. Vice-Chairman and
Director of Citibank N.A. Director of Corning Inc., Pechiney S.A.,
and RTL Group. Member, Advisory Board of Robeco Groep.
Netherlands Minister of Finance 82/89.
Charles R Shoemate2
Aged 62. Appointed 2001. Director of CIGNA Corporation,
International Paper Company and Chevron Texaco Corporation.
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Bestfoods 90/00 and
President 88/90.
The Lord Simon of Highbury CBE1,4
Aged 62. Appointed 2000. Member, Advisory Board of LEK
Consulting and International Advisory Council of Fortis. Non-
executive director of Suez Group. Senior Adviser and member,
European Advisory Board of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. UK
Government Minister 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
9Member Corporate Risk Committee
Business Presidents – Foods
Regions
Manfred Stach, Europe. Chairman, Europe Committee Aged 59.
Joined Unilever 1970. Appointed Business President 1998. Previous
position: Business Group President Africa.
Kees van der Graaf, Ice Cream and Frozen Foods Europe Aged 51.
Joined Unilever 1976. Appointed Business President 2001. Previous
position: Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Bestfoods Europe.
Neil Beckerman, North America Aged 46. Joined Unilever 2000
upon Unilever’s acquisition of Bestfoods. Appointed Business
President 2001. Previous position: Vice-President, Bestfoods and
President, Bestfoods Grocery.
Rachid M Rachid, North Africa, Middle East and Turkey Aged 47.
Joined Unilever 1987. Appointed Business President 2001. Previous
position: Executive Vice-President, Africa, Middle East and Turkey
Business Group. Also provides representation of the region on the
HPC Executive.
Tex Gunning, Asia Aged 51. Joined Unilever 1982. Appointed
Business President 2000. Previous position: Business Group President
East Asia Pacific.
John Rice, Latin America & Slim•Fast Worldwide Aged 50. Joined
Unilever 1981. Appointed Business President 2001. Previous
position: President & Chief Executive Officer, Lipton USA.
Global Businesses
Diego Bevilacqua, Foodservice Aged 48. Joined Unilever 2000
upon Unilever’s acquisition of Bestfoods. Appointed Business
President 2001. Previous position: Vice-President Bestfoods and
President Bestfoods, Asia.
Robert Polet, Ice Cream & Frozen Foods Aged 46. Joined Unilever
1978. Appointed Business President 1998. Previous position:
Business Group President Ice Cream & Frozen Foods Europe.