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46 Corporate governance
Unilever Annual Report & Accounts and Form 20-F 2002
Biographical details:
Directors
Antony Burgmans*1
Chairman, Unilever N.V.
Aged 56. Chairman of Unilever N.V. and Vice-Chairman of Unilever
PLC since 4 May 1999. Joined Unilever 1972. Appointed director
8May 1991. Previous posts include: Vice-Chairman of Unilever N.V.
1998. Business Group President, Ice Cream & Frozen Foods –
Europe and Chairman of Unilever Europe Committee 96/98.
Responsible for South European Foods business 94/96. Personal
Products Co-ordinator 91/94. External appointments include:
Member, Supervisory Board of ABN AMRO Bank N.V. and
International Advisory Board of Allianz AG.
Niall FitzGerald KBE*1
Chairman, Unilever PLC
Aged 57. Chairman of Unilever PLC and Vice-Chairman of Unilever
N.V. since 1 September 1996. Joined Unilever 1967. Appointed
director 20 May 1987. Previous posts include: Vice-Chairman of
Unilever PLC 1994. Detergents Co-ordinator 91/95. Member, Foods
Executive 89/91. Edible Fats & Dairy Co-ordinator 89/90. Financial
Director 87/89. External appointments include: Non-executive
director of Reuters Group PLC.
Clive Butler*
Corporate Development Director
Aged 56. Corporate Development Director since 1 January 2001.
Joined Unilever 1970. Appointed director 6 May 1992. Previous
posts include: Category Director, Home & Personal Care 1996.
Personnel Director 93/96. Corporate Development Director 1992.
External appointments include: Non-executive director of Lloyds TSB
Group plc.
Patrick Cescau*9
Foods Director
Aged 54. Foods Director since 1 January 2001. Joined Unilever
1973. Appointed director 4 May 1999. Previous posts include:
Financial Director 1999. Controller and Deputy Financial Director
98/99. President, Lipton USA 97/98. President, Van den Bergh Foods
USA 95/97. Chairman, Indonesia 91/95. External appointments
include: Non-executive director of Pearson plc.
Keki Dadiseth*9
Home & Personal Care Director
Aged 57. Home & Personal Care Director since 1 January 2001.
Joined Unilever 1973. Appointed director 3 May 2000. Previous
posts include: Hindustan Lever Chairman 1996, Vice-Chairman
and Managing Director 95/96. External appointments include:
Non-executive director of The Indian Hotels Company. Member,
International Advisory Board of DaimlerChrysler AG.
André baron van Heemstra*9
Personnel Director
Aged 57. Personnel Director since 3 May 2000. Joined Unilever
1970. Appointed director 3 May 2000. Previous posts include:
Business Group President, East Asia Pacific 1996. Chairman,
Langnese-Iglo 92/96.
Rudy Markham*10
Financial Director
Aged 56. Financial Director since 4 August 2000. Joined Unilever
1968. Appointed director 6 May 1998. Previous posts include:
Strategy & Technology Director 1998. Business Group President,
North East Asia 96/98. Chairman, Nippon Lever Japan 92/96.
Group Treasurer 86/89. External appointments include:
Non-executive director of Standard Chartered PLC.
Charles Strauss
President, Home & Personal Care North America and Global Prestige
Business. Chairman, North America Committee
Aged 60. Joined Unilever 1986 upon Unilever’s acquisition of Ragú
Foods. Appointed director 3 May 2000. Previous posts include:
Business Group President, Latin America 96/99. President, Lever
Brothers USA 93/96. Chairman, Langnese-Iglo 89/92. External
appointments include: Non-executive director of Hartford Financial
Services Group, Inc.
*Member Executive Committee
Advisory Directors
The Rt Hon The Lord Brittan of Spennithorne QC, DL2
Aged 63. Appointed 2000. Vice-Chairman of UBS Warburg and
Chairman of UBS Warburg Ltd. 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 60. Appointed 1998. Director of Freeplay Energy plc,
Development Consultants International, 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 60. Appointed 1994. Chairman and CEO of Lafarge S.A.
Director of Vivendi Universal, TotalFinaElf and Atco. Member,
Supervisory Board of Allianz AG and Advisory Board of
Banque de France.
Professor Wim Dik2
Aged 64. Appointed 2001. Professor at Delft University of
Technology. Chairman, Supervisory Boards of Van Gansewinkel
Groep and Holland Casino. Member, Supervisory Boards of ABN
AMRO Bank N.V., Vos Logistics and Tele Atlas N.V. Non-executive
director of Aviva plc and LogicaCMG plc. Chairman and CEO of
Koninklijke PTT Nederland (KPN) 88/98 and Koninklijke KPN N.V.
(Royal Dutch Telecom) 98/00. Minister for Foreign Trade,
Netherlands 81/82.
Oscar Fanjul7
Aged 53. Appointed 1996. Honorary Chairman of Repsol-YPF S.A.
Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies, the London Stock
Exchange, ACERINOX S.A., Técnicas Reunidas S.A. Member,
International Advisory Boards of Marsh & McLennan and
The Chubb Corporation. Member, European Advisory Board of the
Carlyle Group. 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 69. 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 68. Appointed 1998. Chairman and CEO of Kimberly-Clark
de Mexico S.A. Director of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, 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, International
Advisory Council of JPMorgan Chase. Special Advisor to the
President of Mexico 88/94.