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STRENTHENIN ALREADY
DIVERSE BOARDS
A key role for the Boards is to provide
adequately for their succession, and
I was very pleased that you voted to elect
Laura Cha, Mary Ma and John Rishton as
Directors at the AGMs in May 2013. They
allbring knowledge and an understanding
of emerging markets, a prime driver of
Unilever’s growth, and further strengthen
the financial expertise of the Boards.
I am pleased that over 40% of our
Non-Executive Directors are women.
We understand the importance of diversity
within our workforce, not least because
of the wide range of consumers we serve.
This goes right through our organisation,
starting with the Boards. Weare committed
to gender diversity at Board level and are
tracking the major efforts being made by
Unilever management to increase the
number ofwomen in our workforce.
SHAREHOLDER AND
STAKEHOLDER ENAEMENT
Unilever values open, constructive
andeffective communication with our
shareholders. I continue to meet with
anumber of investors and industry
representatives to answer their questions
and to gain a better understanding of their
policies on governance and voting. We
expect and welcome further engagement
with our institutional investors.
Reflecting therefore on a successful 2013,
let me express my thanks and appreciation
to my fellow Directors on the Boards, our
Chief Executive Officer, Unilever’s senior
executives and to all the other 174,000
employees around the world. Looking
forward, I am confident that we have the
strategy, people and resources to continue
to deliver sustainable and equitable
growth in the years ahead.
Michael Treschow
Chairman
1 Mchael Treschow
Chairman
2 Kees Storm
Vice-Chairman & Senior
Independent Director
3 Paul Polman
Chief Executive Officer
4 Jean-Marc Hut
Chief Financial Officer
5 Laura ha
Non-Executive Director
6 Louse Fresco
Non-Executive Director
7 Ann Fudge
Non-Executive Director
8 harles olden
Non-Executive Director
9 Byron rote
Non-Executive Director
10 Mary Ma
Non-Executive Director
11 Hxona Nyasulu
Non-Executive Director
12 Sr Malcolm Rfknd
Non-Executive Director
13 John Rshton
Non-Executive Director
14 Paul Walsh
Non-Executive Director
For Directors’ biographies,
please see page 40.
THE UNILEVER ROUP
Unilever N.V. (NV) is a public limited company registered in the Netherlands.
It has listings of shares and depositary receipts for shares on Euronext
Amsterdam and of New York Registry Shares on the New York Stock
Exchange. Unilever PLC (PLC) is a public limited company registered
in England and Wales. It has shares listed on the London Stock Exchange
and, as American Depositary Receipts, on the New York Stock Exchange.
The two parent companies, NV and PLC, together with their group
companies, operate as a single economic entity (the Unilever Group,
also referred to as Unilever or the Group). NV and PLC and their group
companies, regardless of legal ownership, constitute a single reporting
entity for the purposes of presenting consolidated financial statements.
Accordingly, the accounts of the Unilever Group are presented by both NV
and PLC as their respective consolidated financial statements. The same
people sit on the Boards of NV and PLC and other officers are officers of
both companies. Any references to the Board in this document mean the
Boards of NV and PLC.
Names are listed in alphabetical order with the exception of the Chairman,
Vice-Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
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BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
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10
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