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Unilever Annual Report & Accounts and Form 20-F 2001
>39
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Function
Jean Martin, Bestfoods integration Aged 57. Joined Unilever 1968.
Appointed Business President 1996. Previous position: Business
Group President Central and Eastern Europe.
Anthony Simon, Marketing Aged 56. Joined Unilever 2000 upon
Unilever’s acquisition of Bestfoods. Appointed Business President
2001. Previous position: Vice-President Strategies and Core
Businesses Bestfoods.
Business Presidents – Home & Personal Care
Regions
Ralph Kugler, Europe Aged 46. Joined Unilever 1979. Appointed
Business President 1999. Previous position: Business Group President
Latin America.
Charles Strauss, North America Unilever Director see page 37.
Anton Lenstra, Africa Aged 53. 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, Asia Aged 58. Joined Unilever 1967. Appointed
Business President 1996. Previous position: Business Group President
Central Asia & Middle East.
Harish Manwani, Latin America Aged 48. Joined Unilever 1976.
Appointed Business President 2001. Previous position: Senior Vice-
President, Home & Personal Care Category Group.
Global Businesses
Çetin Yüceulu˘g, DiverseyLever (until completion of sale to Johnson
Wax Professional by mid 2002) Aged 56. Joined Unilever 1973.
Appointed Business President 1996. Previous position: CEO, Lever
Industrial International. Retiring July 2002.
Function
Simon Clift, Marketing Aged 44. Joined Unilever 1982. Appointed
Business President 2001. Previous position: Chairman Personal Care
Category Group, Latin America.
Corporate Officers
Jan van der Bijl, Joint Secretary and Head of Group Taxation
Aged 52. Appointed 1 July 2001. Years of service on 31 December
2001: 14 years.
Stephen Williams,9Joint Secretary and General Counsel Aged 54.
Appointed 1 December 1986. Years of service on 31 December
2001: 15 years.
Jeffrey Allgrove,9Controller Aged 49. Appointed 4 May 1999.
Years of service on 31 December 2001: 24 years.
Jan Haars, Treasurer Aged 50. Appointed 1 August 1997.
Years of service on 31 December 2001: 4 years.
James Duckworth,9Chief Auditor Aged 57. Appointed 1 March
1999. Years of service on 31 December 2001: 33 years.
Board changes
Roy Brown and Alexander Kemner retired as directors at the
Annual General Meetings on 9 May 2001. All other directors
held office throughout the year.
In accordance with the Articles of Association of NV and
PLC, all existing directors will retire from office at the Annual
General Meetings on 8 May 2002 and will offer themselves
for re-election.
Details of directors’ service contracts are given on page 42.
Advisory Directors’ changes
Onno Ruding will retire as an Advisory Director with effect
from the Annual General Meetings in 2002. The directors
wish to record their appreciation of his substantial
contribution to Unilever during the past 12 years.
Charles R Shoemate was appointed as an Advisory Director
with effect from 1 February 2001 until the Annual General
Meetings in 2004. Professor Wim Dik was appointed as an
Advisory Director with effect from 9 May 2001 until the
Annual General Meetings in 2004.
The Boards have resolved to re-appoint Frits Fentener van
Vlissingen as an Advisory Director until the Annual General
Meetings in 2003, when he will retire. The Boards have also
resolved to re-appoint Oscar Fanjul and Senator Mitchell as
Advisory Directors until the Annual General Meetings in
2005 and 2004 respectively.
Report of the Directors