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Paul Polman
Chief Executive Officer
(see details on page 22)
Doug Baillie
President Western Europe
Nationality: British. Aged 54.
Appointed President of Western Europe in May
2008. Joined Unilever 1978. 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.
Vindi Banga
President Foods, Home & Personal Care
Nationality: Indian. Aged 55.
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.
Sandy Ogg
Chief Human Resources Officer
Nationality: American. Aged 56.
Appointed Chief HR Ofcer 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 49.
Appointed President Americas March 2007.
Joined Unilever 2003. Previous posts include:
President Unilever USA. Prior to joining
Unilever, he held various senior positions at
Kraft Foods including President, Biscuits and
Snacks Sector and President, Asia Pacific
Region. External appointments: Non-Executive
Director, Newell-Rubbermaid Corporation;
Director, Students in Free Enterprise and
Grocery Manufacturers of America.
Pier Luigi Sigismondi
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Nationality: Italian. Aged 44.
Appointed Chief Supply Chain Officer
September 2009. Prior to his appointment at
Unilever, he joined Nestlé S.A. in 2002 as Vice
President of Corporate Operations Strategies,
before moving to Nestlé Mexico in 2005
as Vice President of Supply Chain and R&D.
Prior to Nestlé S.A. he was Vice President of
Operations in Italy for A T Kearney. He also holds
a Masters in Industrial & Systems Engineering
from the Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta, Georgia.
Professor Geneviève Berger
Chief Research and Development Officer
Nationality: French. Aged 55.
Appointed to UEx July 2008. 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.
Jean-Marc Huët
Chief Financial Officer
(see details on page 22)
Harish Manwani
President Asia, Africa and Central
& Eastern Europe
Nationality: Indian. Aged 56.
Appointed to UEx April 2005 as President
Asia Africa. Appointed President Asia, Africa
and Central & Eastern Europe in May 2008.
Joined Unilever 1976. He is also Non-Executive
Chairman, Hindustan Unilever Limited. 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.
Unilever Executive (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 12 months although local law and practice
may sometimes impact on these provisions. Details of the remuneration paid and share awards are shown in aggregate in note 4 on page 90.
Report of the Directors Board and Executive
Unilever Executive Left to right:
Paul Polman
Harish Manwani
Sandy Ogg
Pier Luigi Sigismondi
Doug Baillie
Vindi Banga
Geneviève Berger
Michael Polk
Jean-Marc Huët
24 Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2009