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Chairman
MichaelTreschow1,2
Nationality: Swedish. Aged 65.
ChairmansinceMay2007.Chairman,
TelefonaktiebolagetLMEricsson.
Non-Executive Director, ABB Group.
Board member, Knut and Alice Wallenberg
Foundation,MemberoftheEuropean
Advisory Board, Eli Lilly and Company.
Chairman, AB Electrolux 1997-2007 and
Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
2004-2007.
Vice-Chairman
TheLordSimonofHighburyCBE3,4,5
Nationality: British. Aged 69.
Appointed 2000. Non-Executive Director,
Suez Group. Director, CEPS, Belgium.
MemberoftheInternationalAdvisory
Council,FITCH,France.Memberofthe
International Advisory Board, Dana Gas
Corporation.Member,AdvisoryBoard,
MontroseAssociatesLimited.Senior
Advisor,MorganStanleyInternational.
UKGovernmentMinister1997-1999.
Group Chief Executive, BP p.l.c.
1992-1995 and Chairman 1995-1997.
Report of the Directors
Board of Directors
Executive Directors
Paul Polman
Chief Executive Officer
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 52.
Chief Executive Officer since January
2009. Appointed Director October 2008.
President, Kilimanjaro Blindtrust. Patron,
Leaders for Nature, an International
Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
initiative. Various positions within
Procter & Gamble Co. 1979-2001,
Group President Europe and Officer,
Procter & Gamble Co. 2001-2006.
Chief Financial Officer, Nestlé S.A.
2006-2008. Executive Vice President and
Zone Director for the Americas 2008.
James Lawrence
Chief Financial Officer
Nationality: American. Aged 56.
AppointedDirectorMay2008.Appointed
Chief Financial Officer September 2007.
Non-Executive Director, British Airways Plc.
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. Non-Executive Director,
Avnet Inc. 1999-2008.
Non-Executive Directors
TheRtHonTheLordBrittan
of Spennithorne QC, DL6
Nationality: British. Aged 69.
Appointed 2000. Vice-Chairman,
UBS Investment Bank and Chairman,
UBS Limited. Director, UBS Securities
Company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.
Professor Wim Dik7
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 70.
Appointed 2001. Professor at Delft
University of Technology. Chairman,
SupervisoryBoardofZeskoHoldingB.V.
and Chairman, Advisory Board of Spencer
Stuart Netherlands. Non-Executive
Director, Aviva plc, Logica plc and Stage
Entertainment B.V. 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.
18 Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2008