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Report of the Directors
Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2005 49
Corporate governance
Biographical details
Executive Directors
Patrick Cescau
Group Chief Executive
Nationality: French. Aged 57. Group Chief Executive since April 2005.
Joined Unilever 1973. Appointed Director 4 May 1999. Previous posts
include: Chairman, Unilever PLC and Vice-Chairman, Unilever N.V.
2004-2005. Foods Director 2001. Financial Director 1999. Controller
and Deputy Financial Director 1998-1999. President, Lipton USA
1997-1998. President and CEO, Van den Bergh Foods USA 1995-
1997. Chairman, Indonesia 1991-1995. External appointments
include: Non-Executive Director, Pearson plc and Conseiller du
Commerce Extérieur de la France in the Netherlands.
Kees van der Graaf
President Europe
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 55. President Europe since April 2005. Joined
Unilever 1976. Appointed Director 12 May 2004. Previous posts
include: Foods Director 2004, Business Group President, Ice Cream
and Frozen Foods 2001. Executive Vice-President, Foods and
Beverages Europe 1998. Senior Vice-President, Global Ice Cream
category 1995. External appointments include: Board member, ECR
(Efficient Consumer Response) and Member, IAB (International
Advisory Board of the City of Rotterdam).
Ralph Kugler
President Home and personal care
Nationality: British. Aged 50. President Home and personal care since
1 April 2005. Joined Unilever 1979. Appointed Director 11 May 2005.
Previous posts include: President Home and Personal Care Europe
2001. Business Group President, Latin America 1999. Chairman,
Unilever Thai Holdings 1995. Chairman, Unilever Malaysia 1992.
External appointments include: Non-Executive Director,
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC.
Rudy Markham
Chief Financial Officer
Nationality: British. Aged 59. Chief Financial Officer since April 2005.
Joined Unilever 1968. Appointed Director 6 May 1998. Previous posts
include: Financial Director 2000. Strategy & Technology Director 1998.
Business Group President, North East Asia 1996-1998. Chairman,
Nippon Lever Japan 1992-1996. Chairman, Unilever Australasia 1989-
1992. Group Treasurer 1986-1989. External appointments include:
Non-Executive Director, Standard Chartered PLC, Member, EAN
International Management Board.
Non-Executive Directors
Antony Burgmans1,2
Chairman
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 59. Appointed 2005. Joined Unilever 1972.
Appointed Director 8 May 1991. Previous posts include: Chairman,
Unilever N.V. and Vice-Chairman, Unilever PLC 1999-2005. Vice-
Chairman, Unilever N.V. 1998. Business Group President, Ice
Cream and Frozen Foods – Europe and Chairman, Unilever Europe
Committee 1996-1998. Responsible for South European Foods
business 1994-1996. Personal Products Co-ordinator 1991-1994.
External appointments include: Member, Supervisory Board of ABN
AMRO Holding N.V., Non-Executive Director, BP p.l.c. and Member,
International Advisory Board of Allianz AG.
Bertrand Collomb4,5,6
Vice-Chairman
Nationality: French. Aged 63. Appointed 1994. Chairman, Lafarge
S.A. Director, Total S.A. and Atco. Member, Advisory Board of
Banque de France.
The Rt Hon The Lord Brittan of Spennithorne QC, DL2
Nationality: British. Aged 66. Appointed 2000. Vice-Chairman,
UBS Investment Bank and Chairman, UBS Limited. Member,
International Advisory Committee of Total. Member, European
Commission and Vice-President 1989-1999. Member, UK Government
1979-1986. Home Secretary 1983-1985 and Secretary of State for
Trade and Industry 1985-1986.
The Rt Hon The Baroness Chalker of Wallasey3
Nationality: British. Aged 63. Appointed 1998. Non-Executive Director,
Freeplay Energy Group, Group 5 (Pty) Ltd. and Equator Energy
Limited. Member, International Advisory Board of Lafarge S.A. and
Merchant Bridge & Co Ltd. UK Minister of State at the Foreign
and Commonwealth Office 1986-1997.
Professor Wim Dik2,7
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 67. Appointed 2001. Professor at Delft
University of Technology. Chairman, Supervisory Boards of Tele Atlas
N.V. and N.V. Casema. Non-Executive Director, Aviva plc and
LogicaCMG plc. Chairman and CEO, Koninklijke PTT Nederland (KPN)
1988-1998 and Koninklijke KPN N.V. (Royal Dutch Telecom) 1998-
2000. Minister for Foreign Trade, Netherlands 1981-1982.
Oscar Fanjul7
Nationality: Spanish. Aged 56. Appointed 1996. Vice-Chairman, Omega
Capital. Director, Marsh & McLennan Companies, the London Stock
Exchange and Acerinox S.A. Non-Executive Director, Lafarge. Member,
Advisory Board of Sviluppo Italia S.p.A. and Senior Advisor of the
Carlyle Group. International Advisor to Goldman Sachs and Trustee of
the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation.
Chairman and CEO, Repsol 1986-1996.
Hilmar Kopper8
Nationality: German. Aged 70. Appointed 1998. Chairman,
Supervisory Board of DaimlerChrysler AG. Non-Executive Director,
Xerox Corp. Chairman, German Advisory Board of Spencer Stuart.
Member, Advisory Board of Sviluppo Italia S.p.A. Former CEO and
former Chairman, Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank AG.
The Lord Simon of Highbury CBE1,9
Nationality: British. Aged 66. Appointed 2000. Non-Executive Director,
Suez Group. Senior Advisor, Morgan Stanley International. UK
Government Minister 1997-1999. Group Chief Executive, BP p.l.c.
1992-1995 and Chairman 1995-1997.
Jeroen van der Veer1,9
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 58. Appointed 2002. Chief Executive Royal
Dutch Shell plc. Former Member, Supervisory Board of De
Nederlandsche Bank 2000-2004.
1Member Nomination Committee
2Member External Affairs and Corporate Relations Committee
3Chairman External Affairs and Corporate Relations Committee
4Chairman Nomination Committee
5Chairman Remuneration Committee
6Senior Independent Director
7Member Audit Committee
8Chairman Audit Committee
9Member Remuneration Committee