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Corporate governance
Biographical details:
Directors
Antony Burgmans*1
Chairman, Unilever N.V.
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 57. Chairman of Unilever N.V. and Vice-
Chairman of Unilever PLC since 4 May 1999. Joined Unilever 1972.
Appointed Director 8 May 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., Non-
Executive Director of BP p.l.c. and Member, International Advisory
Board of Allianz AG.
Niall FitzGerald KBE*1
Chairman, Unilever PLC
Nationality: Irish. Aged 58. 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
Nationality: British. Aged 57. 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 and
IT Director 1992.
Patrick Cescau*2
Foods Director
Nationality: French. Aged 55. 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 and CEO,
Van den Bergh Foods USA 95/97. Chairman, Indonesia 91/95.
External appointments include: Non-Executive Director of Pearson plc
and Conseiller du Commerce Extérieur de la France in the Netherlands.
Keki Dadiseth*2
Home & Personal Care Director
Nationality: Indian. Aged 58. 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*2
Personnel Director
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 58. 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*3
Financial Director
Nationality: British. Aged 57. 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. Chairman, Unilever Australasia 89/92. 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
Nationality: American. Aged 61. 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. and Aegis Group PLC.
* Member Executive Committee
1Member Nomination Committee
2Member Corporate Risk Committee
3Chairman Corporate Risk Committee
4Member External Affairs and Corporate Relations Committee
Advisory Directors
The Rt Hon The Lord Brittan of Spennithorne QC, DL4
Nationality: British. Aged 64. Appointed 2000. Vice-Chairman of
UBS Investment Bank and Chairman of UBS Limited. 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 Wallasey5
Nationality: British. Aged 61. Appointed 1998. Director of Freeplay
Energy plc, Group 5 (Pty) Ltd and Ashanti Goldfields Company Ltd.
Member, International Advisory Board of Lafarge et Cie. 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 Collomb6,7
Nationality: French. Aged 61. Appointed 1994. Chairman 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 Dik4
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 65. Appointed 2001. Professor at Delft
University of Technology. Chairman, Supervisory Boards of Van
Gansewinkel Groep, Holland Casino and N.V. Casema. Member,
Supervisory Boards of ABN AMRO Bank N.V. 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 Fanjul8
Nationality: Spanish. Aged 54. Appointed 1996. Honorary Chairman
of Repsol-YPF S.A. Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies, the
London Stock Exchange, Acerinox S.A. and Técnicas Reunidas S.A.
Member, International Advisory Boards of Marsh & McLennan
Companies and Sviluppo Italia and of the European Advisory Board
of the Carlyle Group. Chairman and CEO of Repsol 86/96.
Claudio X Gonzalez8
Nationality: Mexican. Aged 69. 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 Mexico, Grupo Televisa, Fondo
Mexico, Home Depot, America Movil and Investment Company of
America. Member, International Advisory Council of JPMorgan Chase
Bank. Special Advisor to the President of Mexico 88/94.
Hilmar Kopper9
Nationality: German. Aged 68. Appointed 1998. Chairman,
Supervisory Board of DaimlerChrysler AG. Non-Executive Director
of Xerox Corp. Former CEO and former Chairman of the Supervisory
Board of Deutsche Bank AG.
Senator George J Mitchell4
Nationality: American. Aged 70. 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.
The Lord Simon of Highbury CBE1,10
Nationality: British. Aged 64. 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 Veer1,10
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 56. Appointed 2002. President of Royal
Dutch Petroleum Company and Chairman of the Committee of
Managing Directors of Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies.
Member, Supervisory Board of De Nederlandsche Bank.
5Chairman External Affairs and Corporate Relations Committee
6Chairman Nomination Committee
7Chairman Remuneration Committee
8Member Audit Committee
9Chairman Audit Committee
10 Member Remuneration Committee
52 Unilever Annual Report & Accounts and Form 20-F 2003