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Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2004 69
Corporate governance
Biographical details (continued)
Claudio X Gonzalez◆7
Nationality: Mexican. Aged 70. 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. Special Advisor to the President of Mexico 1988-1994.
Claudio X Gonzalez will not be offering himself for re-election at the
2005 AGMs.
Hilmar Kopper◆8
Nationality: German. Aged 69. Appointed 1998. Chairman,
Supervisory Board of DaimlerChrysler AG. Non-Executive Director
of Xerox Corp. Chairman, German Advisory Board of Spencer Stuart.
Member, Advisory Board of Sviluppo Italia SpA. Former CEO and
former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank AG.
The Lord Simon of Highbury CBE◆1,9
Nationality: British. Aged 65. Appointed 2000. Member, Advisory
Board of LEK Consulting. 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 1997-1999. Group Chief Executive of BP
1992-1995 and Chairman 1995-1997.
Jeroen van der Veer◆1,9
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 57. Appointed 2002. President Royal Dutch
Petroleum Company and Chief Executive Royal Dutch/Shell Group.
Former Member, Supervisory Board of De Nederlandsche Bank 2000-
2004.
Business Presidents – Foods
Regions
Manfred Stach, Europe Aged 62. Joined Unilever 1970. Appointed
Business President 1998. Previous position: Business Group President
Africa.
Bernd Ellmann, Europe, Ice Cream and Frozen Foods Aged 56.
Joined Unilever 1973. Appointed Business President 2004. Previous
position: Chairman, European bakery business.
John Rice▲,North America Aged 53. Joined Unilever 1981.
Appointed Business President 2001. Previous position: Business
President Latin America.
Doug Baillie, Africa, Middle East and Turkey Aged 49. Joined
Unilever 1978. Appointed Business President 2004. Previous position:
National Manager, Unilever South Africa.
Tex Gunning, Asia Aged 54. Joined Unilever 1982. Appointed
Business President 2000. Previous position: Business Group President
East Asia Pacific.
Alberto Sobredo, Latin America Aged 55. Joined Unilever 1998.
Appointed Business President 2002. Previous position: Executive
Vice-President, Latin America and Chairman, Unilever Chile.
Global Businesses
Diego Bevilacqua, Foodsolutions Aged 51. Joined Unilever 2000
upon Unilever’s acquisition of Bestfoods. Appointed Business President
2001. Previous position: Vice-President Bestfoods and President
Bestfoods, Asia.
John Rice▲,Slim•Fast Worldwide See above.
Function
Anthonie Stal, Marketing Foods Aged 50. Joined Unilever 1981.
Appointed President 2004. Previous position: Chairman, Unilever
Bestfoods Nederland.
Business Presidents – Home and Personal Care
Regions
Ralph Kugler▲,Europe Aged 49. Joined Unilever 1979. Appointed
Business President 1999. Previous position: Business Group President
Latin America.
Harish Manwani▲,North America Aged 51. Joined Unilever 1976.
Appointed Business President 2001. Previous position: Business Group
President, Latin America.
Doug Baillie, Africa, Middle East and Turkey See above.
Vindi Banga▲,Asia Aged 50. Joined Unilever 1977. Appointed
Business President 2004. Previous position: Chairman, Hindustan Lever.
Anton Lenstra, Latin America Aged 56. Joined Unilever 1989.
Appointed Business President 2000. Previous position: Business Group
President, Africa.
Function
Simon Clift, Marketing Aged 46. 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 55. Appointed 1 July 2001. Years of service on 31 December
2004: 17 years.
Stephen Williams, Joint Secretary and General Counsel Aged 57.
Appointed 1 December 1986. Years of service on 31 December 2004:
18 years.
John Bird, Controller Aged 51. Appointed 1 November 2003.
Years of service on 31 December 2004: 29 years.
Pascal Visée, Group Treasurer Aged 43. Appointed 1 February 2005.
Years of service on 31 December 2004: 17 years.
Howard Green, Chief Auditor Aged 54. Appointed 1 September
2004. Years of service on 31 December 2004: 31 years.
Henning Rehder was Group Treasurer throughout 2004 and prior
to the appointment of Pascal Visée on 1 February 2005.