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Corporate governance Biographical details
58 Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2008
Report of the Directors
The Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Executive Directors and Non-
Executive Directors of NV and PLC are shown below. Please refer
to pages 18 and 19 for their biographical details and their
responsibilities in connection with Board committees.
Chairman
Michael Treschow
Vice-Chairman
The Lord Simon of Highbury CBE
Executive Directors
Paul Polman (Chief Executive Officer)
James Lawrence (Chief Financial Officer)
Non-Executive Directors
The Rt Hon The Lord Brittan of Spennithorne QC DL
Professor Wim Dik
Charles Golden
Byron Grote
Narayana Murthy
Hixonia Nyasulu
Kees Storm
Jeroen van der Veer
Unilever Executive (UEx)*
Paul Polman
Chief Executive Officer
(see details on page 18)
Doug Baillie
President, Western Europe
Nationality: British. Aged 53. Appointed President of Western
Europe in May 2008. Joined Unilever 1987. Previous posts
include: CEO, Hindustan Unilever Limited and Group Vice
President, South Asia 2006, Group Vice-President - Africa, Middle
East & Turkey (AMET) 2005, President, Africa Regional Group
2004, National Manager, Unilever South Africa, 2000, Managing
Director Lever Pond's South Africa 1997, Vice President, Home
and Personal Care for the Africa Business Group 1994, Sales
Director 1988.
Vindi Banga
President Foods, Home & Personal Care
Nationality: Indian. Aged 54. Appointed to UEx April 2005 as
President Foods. Appointed President Foods, Home & Personal
Care in May 2008. 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.
Professor Geneviève Berger
Chief Research and Development Officer
Nationality: French. Aged 54. Appointed to UEx July 2007.
Professor and Hospital Practitioner, Medical University Teaching
Hospital, Paris 2003-2008. Member, Technical Committee,
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Chairman,
Advisory Board, Health for the European Commission. Director,
Biotech and Agri-Food Department 1998-2000 and Director of
Technology 2000, the French Ministry for Education. Director
General, National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France
2000-2003. Previously Non-Executive Director of Unilever N.V. and
Unilever PLC 2007-2008.
James Lawrence
Chief Financial Officer
(see details on page 18)
Harish Manwani
President Asia, Africa, Central & Eastern Europe
Nationality: Indian. Aged 55. Appointed to UEx April 2005 as
President Asia Africa. Appointed President Asia, Africa, Central &
Eastern Europe in May 2008. 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 55. 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 48. Appointed President Americas
March 2007. Joined Unilever 2003. Previous posts include:
President Unilever USA. Prior to joining in Unilever, he held various
senior positions at Kraft Foods including President, Biscuits and
Snacks Sector and President, Asia Pacific Region. External
appointments: Director, GS1 Global, Students in Free Enterprise,
and Grocery Manufacturers of America.
* 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 although local law and practice may
sometimes impact these provisions. Details of the remuneration
paid and share awards are shown in aggregate in note 31 on
page 135.