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40 Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2010
Report of the Directors Governance
Biographies
Board of Directors
Chairman
Michael Treschow
Nationality: Swedish. Aged 67.
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, Eli Lilly and Company.
Chairman, AB Electrolux 2004-2007
and Confederation of Swedish
Enterprise 2004-2007.
Vice-Chairman &
Senior Independent Director
Jeroen van der Veer
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 63.
Appointed 2002. Non-Executive
Director, Royal Dutch Shell plc.
Member, Supervisory Board of Philips,
and Vice-Chairman ING. Member,
Supervisory Board of De Nederlandsche
Bank N.V. 2000-2004.
Executive Directors
Paul Polman
Chief Executive Officer
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 54.
Appointed Chief Executive Officer
January 2009. Appointed Director
October 2008. Non-Executive Director,
The Dow Chemical Company. President,
Kilimanjaro Blind Trust. 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.
Jean-Marc Huët
Chief Financial Officer
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 41.
Appointed Chief Financial Officer
February 2010. Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer, Bristol-
Myers Squibb Company 2008-2009.
Non-Executive Director Mead Johnson
Nutrition 2009. Chief Financial
OfficerRoyal Numico NV 2003-2007.
Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs
International 1993-2003. Clement
Trading 1991-1993.
Non-Executive Directors
Louise Fresco
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 59.
Appointed May 2009. Professor
ofInternational Development and
Sustainability at the University of
Amsterdam. Supervisory Director,
RABO Bank. Member, SER. Trustee,
Roosevelt Academy.
Ann Fudge
Nationality: American. Aged 59.
Appointed May 2009. Non-Executive
Director, Novartis AG, General Electric
Co., and Buzzient Inc. Chairman,
USPrograms Advisory Panel of Gates
Foundation. Honorary director
ofCatalyst.
Charles E Golden
Nationality: American. Aged 64.
Appointed 2006. Non-Executive Director,
Indiana University Health, Hill-Rom
Holdings, Eaton Corporation and the
LillyEndowment. Member of Finance
Committee, Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Executive Vice-President, Chief Financial
Officer and Director, Eli Lilly and
Company 1996-2006.
Byron E Grote
Nationality: American/British. Aged 62.
Appointed 2006. Chief Financial
Officer, BP p.l.c. Member, UK Business
–Government Forum on Tax and
Globalisation 2008-2010. Vice-
chairman, UK Government’s Public
Services Productivity Panel 1998-2000.
Hixonia Nyasulu
Nationality: South African. Aged 56.
Appointed 2007. Chairman, Sasol Ltd.
Non-Executive Director, Barloworld
Ltd.Member, Advisory Board of JP
Morgan SA.
Sir Malcolm Rifkind
Nationality: British. Aged 64.
Appointed May 2010. A Queen’s
Counsel. Served in Cabinets of
Margaret Thatcher and John Major,
lastposition being that of Foreign
Secretary. Non-Executive Director,
Aberdeen Asset Management.
Non-Executive Director, Adam
SmithInternational.
Kees J Storm
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 68.
Appointed 2006. Chairman, Supervisory
Board and Member of the Audit
Committee, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines N.V.
Member, Supervisory Board, AEGON N.V.
Board member and Chairman of Audit
Committee, Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A.
Board member and member of the
AuditCommittee, Baxter International,
Inc.Chairman, Supervisory Board,
PonHoldingsB.V. Chairman, Executive
Board,AEGONN.V. 1993-2002.
Paul Walsh
Nationality: British. Aged 55.
Appointed May 2009. Chief Executive
Officer of Diageo. Non-Executive
Director, FedEx Corporation Inc.
Chairman, The Scotch Whisky
Association. Member, Business
Advisory Group. Advisor to the
Department of Energy and Climate
Change. Member, International
Business Leaders Forum.
Unilever Executive (UEx) For Paul Polman and Jean-Marc Huët see above
Doug Baillie
Chief HR Officer
Nationality: British. Aged 55.
Appointed Chief HR Officer in February
2011. Joined Unilever 1978. Previous
posts include: Appointed to UEx as
President of Western Europe in May
2008. CEO Hindustan Unilever Limited,
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.
Professor Geneviève Berger
Chief Research & Development Officer
Nationality: French. Aged 56.
Appointed to UEx in July 2008.
Previously, Chairman of the Health
Advisory Board for the European
Commission and a Professor at the
University of Paris and LaPitié-Salpêtrière
Teaching Hospital and Director General
of the French Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique. Appointed Non-
Executive Director toSmith & Nephew in
March 2010.
Dave Lewis
President Americas
Nationality: British. Aged 45.
Appointed to UEx in May 2010. Joined
Unilever 1987. Previous posts include:
Chairman Unilever UK and Ireland.
Managing Director UK home and
personal care business. Senior Vice
President for Home and Personal Care
Central and Eastern Europe. Managing
Director in Indonesia. Marketing
Director in South America.
Harish Manwani
President Asia Africa CEE
Nationality: Indian. Aged 57.
Appointed to UEx in 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.
Michael Polk
President Global Foods,
Home & Personal Care
Nationality: American. Aged 50.
Appointed President Global Foods,
Home and Personal Care in March 2010.
Previous posts: Appointed to UEx as
President Americas in March 2007,
President Unilever USA. Joined Unilever
2003. Prior to Unilever, he held senior
positions at Kraft Foods including
President Nabisco Sector and President
Asia Pacific. External: Non-Executive
Director Newell-Rubbermaid, Director
Students in Free Enterprise and Grocery
Manufacturers of America.
Pier Luigi Sigismondi
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Nationality: Italian. Aged 45.
Appointed to UEX in September 2009.
Prior to his appointment at Unilever, he
joined Nestlé S.A. in 2002. Moved to
Nestlé Mexico in 2005 as Vice President
ofOperations and R&D. Prior to
NestléS.A. he was Vice President
ofOperations for A T Kearney.
Keith Weed
Chief Marketing and
CommunicationOfficer
Nationality: British. Aged 49.
Appointed to UEx in April 2010. Joined
Unilever 1983. Previous posts include:
Executive Vice President for Global
Home Care & Hygiene, Chairman of
Lever Fabergé, SVP Hair and Oral Care,
senior positions in France, the United
States, and global roles. Outside
Unilever: a Non-Executive Director of
Sun Products Corporation.
Jan Zijderveld
President Western Europe
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 46.
Appointed to UEx in February 2011.
Joined Unilever in 1988. Previous posts
include: EVP of South East Asia and
Australasia, Chairman ofUnilever
Middle East North Africa, Chairman of
the Nordic ice-cream business,
Marketing Director Italy, European Olive
Oil Category Director, and General
Manager – Sauces andDressings
Europe, the first Europeanisation of
Unilever’s foodsbusiness based in
theNetherlands.