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42 Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2012Report of the Directors overnance
BIORAPHIES
Board of Drectors
Mchael Treschow
Chairman
Natonalty Swedish Age 69
Apponted harman May 2007
ommttee membershp Nominating
& Corporate Governance, Compensation
& Management Resources
Key areas of pror experence
Consumer, science & technology
urrent external appontments
Non-executive director, ABB Group.
Chairman, Dometic Group. Board
member, Knut and Alice Wallenberg
Foundation. Member of the European
Advisory, Eli Lilly and Company
Prevous relevant experence
Chairman, Telefonaktiebolaget L M
Ericsson 2002-2011. Chairman, AB
Electrolux 2004-2007, Confederation
of Swedish Enterprise 2004-2007. CEO,
AB Electrolux 1997-2002, Atlas Copco
1991-1997
Kees Storm
Vice-Chairman and Senior Independent
Director
Natonalty Dutch Age 70
Apponted May 2006
ommttee membershp
Audit, Nominating & Corporate
Governance, Compensation
& Management Resources
Key areas of pror experence Finance
urrent external appontments
Chairman, supervisory board, and audit
committee member, KLM Royal Dutch
Airlines N.V. Member, supervisory
board, AEGON N.V. Chairman and audit
committee member, Anheuser-Busch
InBev S.A. Board member and audit
committee member, Baxter
International, Inc. Vice-chairman,
supervisory board, Pon Holdings B.V.
Prevous relevant experence:
Chairman, executive board, AEGON
N.V. 1993-2002
Paul Polman
Chief Executive Officer
Executive Director
Natonalty Dutch Age 56
Apponted EO January 2009
Apponted Drector October 2008
Key areas of pror experence
Finance, consumer, sales/marketing
urrent external appontments
Non-executive director, The Dow
Chemical Company. President,
Kilimanjaro Blind Trust. Vice-chairman,
executive committee, World Business
Council for Sustainable Development
Prevous relevant experence
Procter & Gamble Co. 1979-2001, group
president Europe and officer, Procter &
Gamble Co. 2001-2006. Chief financial
officer, Nestlé S.A. 2006-2008. Director,
Alcon Inc 2006-2008. Executive vice
president and zone director for the
Americas 2008
Jean-Marc Hut
Chief Financial Officer
Executive Director
Natonalty Dutch Age 43
Apponted FO February 2010
Apponted Drector May 2010
Key areas of pror experence
Finance, consumer
urrent external appontments
Non-executive director, Delta
Topco Limited
Prevous relevant experence
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
Louse Fresco
Non-Executive Director
Natonalty Dutch Age 61
Apponted May 2009
ommttee membershp
Corporate Responsibility
Key areas of pror experence
Science/technology, academia
urrent external appontments
Professor of international
development and sustainability
at the University of Amsterdam.
Supervisory director, RABO Bank.
Member, Social and Economic
Council of the Netherlands (SER)
Prevous relevant experence Director
of research (1997-1999) and assistant
director-general for agriculture (2000-
2006), the Agriculture Department
of the UN’s Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO), president of the
Advisory Council, Research on Nature
and Environment, vice-chair, Council
of the United Nations University
Ann Fudge
Non-Executive Director
Natonalty American Age 61
Apponted May 2009
ommttee membershp Nominating
& Corporate Governance, Compensation
& Management Resources
Key areas of pror experence
Consumer, sales/marketing
urrent external appontments
Non-executive director, Infosys,
Novartis AG, General Electric Co.
Chairman, US Programs Advisory
Panel of Gates Foundation. Honorary
director of Catalyst. Member, Foreign
Affairs Policy Board, U.S. State
Department. Member, finance
committee of Harvard University
Prevous relevant experence
Non-executive director, Buzzient Inc.
2010-2013. Chairman & CEO, Young &
Rubicam 2003-2006. Various positions
at General Mills 1977-1986, Kraft General
Foods 1986-2001
harles E olden
Non-Executive Director
Natonalty American Age 66
Apponted May 2006
ommttee membershp Audit
Key areas of pror experence Finance
urrent external appontments
Non-executive director Indiana
University Health, Hill-Rom Holdings,
Eaton Corporation and the Lilly
Endowment. Member of finance
committee, Indianapolis Museum
of Art
Prevous relevant experence
Executive vice-president, chief
financial officer and director,
Eli Lilly and Company 1996-2006
Byron E rote
Non-Executive Director
Natonalty American/British Age 64
Apponted May 2006
ommttee membershp
Audit (Chairman)
Key areas of pror experence Finance
urrent external appontments
Executive vice president, Corporate
Business Activities, BP p.l.c.
Prevous relevant experence Chief
financial officer, BP p.l.c. 2002-2011.
Member, UK Business – Government
Forum on Tax and Globalisation 2008-
2010. Vice-chairman, UK Government’s
Public Services Productivity Panel
1998-2000
Sunl Bhart Mttal
Non-Executive Director
Natonalty Indian Age 55
Apponted May 2011
ommttee membershp None
Key areas of pror experence
Science/technology, sales/marketing
urrent external appontments
Founder, chairman and group CEO,
Bharti Enterprises. Prime Minister’s
Council on Trade & Industry (India).
Member, Board of SoftBank, Carnegie
Endowment, International
Telecommunication Union, Harvard
University’s Global Advisory Council,
Harvard Business School’s Dean’s
Advisory Board. Commissioner of
Broadband Commission at ITU.
Prevous relevant experence
Non-executive director, Standard
Chartered Bank PLC; president,
Confederation of Indian Industry
Hxona Nyasulu
Non-Executive Director
Natonalty South African Age 58
Apponted May 2007
ommttee membershp
Corporate Responsibility
Key areas of pror experence
Sales/marketing
urrent external appontments
Director, Barloworld Ltd.
Member, advisory board of
JP Morgan S.A. Beneficiary,
Sequel Property Investments
Prevous relevant experence
Chairman, Sasol Ltd, Ithala
Development Finance Corporation.
Deputy chairman, Nedbank Limited.
Non-executive director, AVI Ltd
Sr Malcolm Rfknd
Non-Executive Director
Natonalty British Age 66
Apponted May 2010
ommttee membershp Corporate
Responsibility (Chairman)
Key areas of pror experence
Government, legal and
regulatory affairs
urrent external appontments
Non-executive director, Adam
Smith International and Continental
Farmers Group plc
Prevous relevant experence
A Queen’s Counsel. Served in
Cabinets of Margaret Thatcher
and John Major, last position
being that of Foreign Secretary
Paul Walsh
Non-Executive Director
Natonalty British Age 57
Apponted May 2009
ommttee membershp Nominating
& Corporate Governance (Chairman),
Compensation & Management
Resources (Chairman)
Key areas of pror experence Finance,
consumer, sales/marketing
urrent external appontments:
Chief executive officer and director,
Diageo PLC. Non-executive director,
FedEx Corporation Inc. and Avanti
Communications Group PLC.
Ambassador, Business Ambassador
Network, adviser to the Department of
Energy and Climate Change. Member,
International Business Leaders Forum.
Prevous relevant experence
Chief operating officer, Diageo plc
2000. CEO, The Pilsbury Company.
Non-executive director, Centrica plc