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Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2007 47
Report of the Directors continued
Corporate governance Biographical details continued
Unilever Executive (UEx)*
Patrick Cescau
Group Chief Executive
(see previous details on page 46)
Vindi Banga
President Foods
Nationality: Indian. Aged 53. Appointed President Foods April 2005.
Joined Unilever 1977. Previous posts include: Business Group President
Home and Personal Care, Asia 2004 in addition to Non-Executive
Chairman, Hindustan Lever 2004-2005. Chairman and Managing
Director, Hindustan Lever 2000-2004.
Kees van der Graaf
President Europe
(see previous details on page 46)
Ralph Kugler
President Home and Personal Care
(see previous details on page 46)
James Lawrence**
Chief Financial Officer
Nationality: American. Aged 55. Appointed Chief Financial Officer
1 September 2007. External appointments include: Non-Executive
Director, British Airways Plc and Avnet, Inc. Previous posts include:
various senior positions at General Mills, Inc. 1998-2007, including
Vice Chairman 2006-2007, Executive Vice President-International
2000-2006 and Chief Financial Officer 1998-2007, Executive Vice
President and CFO, Northwest Airlines 1996-1998, President and
CEO, Pepsi-Cola International (Asia, Middle East, Africa) 1992-1996,
and Chairman, LEK Partnership 1983-1992.
Harish Manwani
President Asia Africa
Nationality: Indian. Aged 54. Appointed President Asia Africa April
2005. Joined Unilever 1976. He is also Non-Executive Chairman,
Hindustan Lever. Previous posts include: Business Group President,
Home and Personal Care, North America 2004. Business Group
President, Home and Personal Care, Latin America 2001 and Senior
Vice President, Hair Care and Oral Care 2000.
Sandy Ogg
Chief Human Resources Officer
Nationality: American. Aged 54. Appointed Chief HR Officer April
2005. Joined Unilever 2003. Previous posts include: SVP Human
Resources, Foods 2003. Prior to joining Unilever he worked for
Motorola as SVP, Leadership, Learning and Performance Management.
Michael Polk
President Americas
Nationality: American. Aged 47. Appointed March 2007. External
appointments include: Director, Grocery Manufacturers of America
and Food Products Association, GS1, Retail Industry Leaders
Association, and Yellowstone National Park Foundation. Prior to
joining Unilever he was at Kraft Foods as President, Biscuits and
Snacks Sector and President, Asia Pacific Region.
*UEx members are treated as executive officers and senior management for US purposes and key management personnel for IFRS
purposes. All members of the UEx have existing agreements with varying terms, however, all agreements include a notice period
of twelve months. Details of the remuneration paid and share awards are shown in aggregate in note 31 on page 120.
**James Lawrence will be proposed for election as an Executive Director at the 2008 AGMs.