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Corporate governance 47
Unilever Annual Report & Accounts and Form 20-F 2002
Report of the Directors
Hilmar Kopper8
Aged 67. Appointed 1998. Chairman, Supervisory Board of
DaimlerChrysler AG. Non-executive director of Xerox Corp. and
member, Supervisory Boards of Akzo Nobel N.V. and Solvay S.A.
Former CEO and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche
Bank AG.
Senator George J Mitchell2
Aged 69. Appointed 1998. Partner of the law firm Piper Rudnik.
Director of Walt Disney Company, Federal Express Corp., Starwood
Hotels and Resorts and Staples Inc. Member, International Advisory
Board of 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.
Charles R Shoemate2
Aged 63. Appointed 2001. Retiring 2003. Director of CIGNA
Corporation, International Paper Company and Chevron Texaco
Corporation. Chairman & CEO of Bestfoods 90/00 and President
88/90.
The Lord Simon of Highbury CBE1,4
Aged 63. Appointed 2000. Member, Advisory Board of LEK
Consulting and International Advisory Council of Fortis. Non-
executive director of Suez Group. Member, Supervisory Board of
Volkswagen AG. Senior Advisor 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.
Jeroen van der Veer1,4
Aged 55. Appointed 2002. President of Royal Dutch Petroleum
Company and Vice-Chairman of the Committee of Managing
Directors of Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies. Member,
Supervisory Board of De Nederlandsche Bank.
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
10 Chairman Corporate Risk Committee
Business Presidents – Foods
Regions
Manfred Stach, Europe. Chairman, Europe Committee Aged 60.
Joined Unilever 1970. Appointed Business President 1998. Previous
position: Business Group President Africa.
Kees van der Graaf, Ice Cream and Frozen Foods Europe Aged 52.
Joined Unilever 1976. Appointed Business President 2001. Previous
position: Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Bestfoods Europe.
John Rice, North America Aged 51. Joined Unilever 1981.
Appointed Business President 2001. Previous position: Business
President Latin America.
Rachid M Rachid, North Africa, Middle East and Turkey Aged 48.
Joined Unilever 1987. Appointed Business President 2001. (Also is
arepresentative of the region for HPC). He is interested through
family holdings in the partner that holds 40% of Unilever Mashreq,
which comprises Unilever’s operations in Egypt and the Levant.
Tex Gunning, Asia Aged 52. Joined Unilever 1982. Appointed
Business President 2000. Previous position: Business Group President
East Asia Pacific.
Alberto Sobredo, Latin America Aged 53. Joined Unilever 1998.
Appointed Business President 2002. Previous position: Executive
Vice-President, Latin America and Chairman, Unilever Chile.
Global Businesses
Diego Bevilacqua, Foodsolutions Aged 49. 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 Global Aged 47. Joined
Unilever 1978. Appointed Business President 1998. Previous
position: Business Group President Ice Cream & Frozen Foods
Europe.
John Rice, Slim•Fast Worldwide See above.
Function
Jean Martin, Global integration leader Aged 58. Joined Unilever
1968. Appointed Business President 1996. Previous position:
Business Group President Central and Eastern Europe.
Anthony Simon, Marketing Aged 57. Joined Unilever 2000 upon
Unilever’s acquisition of Bestfoods. Appointed Business President
2001. Previous position: Vice-President Strategies and Core
Businesses Bestfoods.