Unilever produces and supplies fast moving consumer goods in food, and home and personal care product categories in Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa.

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Kartik Chandrasekhar is the current Head of Oral Care/Skin Cleansing for D&E Markets and Global Brand Lead for Pepsodent at [Unilever](/org/unilever). Kartik has been with [Unilever](/org/unilever) for over 20 years, starting as a Management Trainee in 1998. Kartik has since held various positions within the company, including Area Sales Manager, Regional Brand Manager, and Global Brand Manager. In 2010, they were appointed Regional Brand Director for Foods in South East Asia, a position they held until 2013 when they became the Global Brand Director for Lifebuoy. Kartik assumed their current role in September 2014.

Kartik Chandrasekhar has a master of business administration from the jamnalal bajaj institute of mgmt studies.

Their manager is Fabian Garcia, President, Personal Care.

Kartik Chandrasekhar

Rebecca Marmot is the Chief Sustainability Officer of Unilever. She is responsible for driving through advocacy and partnerships, transformational change on priority areas of Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan: climate change and eliminating deforestation; sustainable agriculture and smallholder farmers; water, sanitation and hygiene; opportunities for women; plastics and the circular economy; impact finance; and health and wellbeing. As Chief Sustainability Officer, Rebecca also leads the next chapter of Unilever’s sustainability journey beyond the USLP. Prior to this role, Rebecca was Global Vice President of Sustainability at Unilever where she led the global advocacy, policy and partnerships team, heading engagement with external stakeholders and building the optimal enabling environment to drive sustainable business. Under her leadership, Unilever played a role in major sustainability milestones such as the 2015 Paris Agreement and the creation of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals – otherwise known as the Global Goals – positioning Unilever at the forefront of sustainable business. Before joining Unilever, Rebecca served as Global External Affairs Director at L’Oréal and in External Affairs at the UK Department for Trade and Industry. Here she was responsible for stakeholder management on UK government projects. Rebecca is a Non-Executive Director at Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor.

Rebecca Marmot

Judith joined ENGIE as a special adviser to the CEO and Chairman in February 2015, and became Chief Financial Officer of ENGIE, on 16 March 2015. From May 2019, Judith is also in charge of ENGIE's Corporate Social Responsibility. Between June 2016 until May 2019 she was also in charge of ENGIE North America and ENGIE UK/Ireland operations. Judith became a Non-Executive Director of Suez in July 2015. She was Chief Financial Officer of the international media and services corporation Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA from 2012-2015.

Prior to that, she had been at [General Electric](/org/general-electric) since 2000, where she had a number of CFO roles including CFO Global Service, [GE Healthcare](/org/ge-healthcare-limited) Clinical Systems, CFO GE Water Europe, Middle East & Africa, CFO, then CEO, [GE Healthcare](/org/ge-healthcare-limited) Latin America and CFO GE Germany. Her earlier career included financial positions in [The Walt Disney Company](/org/disney) and Transport Canada. Judith has been a Non-Executive Director of [RTL Group](/org/rtl-group), [Penguin Random House](/org/penguin-random-house-llc) and Gruner + Jahr GmbH & Co KG.

Judith Hartmann

Hein Schumacher was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Unilever PLC in June 2022 and his appointment took effect in October 2022. He is a member of the Audit Committee.

Hein Schumacher has been the CEO of Royal FrieslandCampina, the Dutch dairy co-operative, since January 2018 after serving three years as the company’s CFO. He also currently serves as the Chair of the Global Dairy Platform.

Prior to joining Royal FrieslandCampina, Hein spent 11 years in various strategy and financial management roles at Kraft Heinz across Europe and Asia, including Chief Strategy Officer, Vice President of Finance for Europe, and Executive Vice President and Zone President for Asia Pacific. He also served as the Corporate Controller, Asia and Central America for Ahold NV.

Hein began his career as a finance manager at Unilever.

Hein Schumacher

Ruby Lu is a Non-Executive Director at [Unilever](/org/unilever). Ruby was previously the Senior Human Resources Manager, Great China at Milliken Enterprise Management (Shanghai) Co., Ltd from August 2013 to April 2018. Prior to that, they were the Finance Manager at Milliken Shanghai from August 2006 to June 2013.

Ruby Lu has a bachelor's degree in English from Shanghai Jiaotong University. Ruby is certified by the Institute of Management Accountants (CMA) and the International Coach Federation (ICF Coach).

Ruby Lu

Maria Varsellona is the Chief Legal Officer at [Unilever](/org/unilever). Maria has previously worked as General Counsel and Member of the Group Executive Committee at ABB, Board Member at the Association of Corporate Counsel, and Board Member at [Nordea](/org/nordea). Maria has also been with Nokia, [Tetra Pak](/org/tetra-pak), and [Sidel](/org/sidel) in various legal capacities.

Maria Varsellona studied law at Università degli Studi di Palermo.

Their manager is Alan Jope, CEO. Maria Varsellona works with Matt Close - President, Ice Cream, Fernando Fernandez - President, Beauty & Wellbeing, and Reginaldo Ecclissato - Chief Business Operations Officer.

Maria Varsellona

Fabian was President and Chief Executive Officer of [Revlon](/org/revlon) from 2016 to 2018, where he initiated the transformation of [Revlon](/org/revlon) and started the restoration of its iconic brands to health. He also strengthened its portfolio through the integration of its Elizabeth Arden acquisition, made in 2016.

Between 2010 and 2016 he was Chief Operating Officer Global Innovation & Growth, [Colgate Palmolive](/org/colgatepalmolive), having previously been President of the Asia/Pacific Division and EVP Latin America.

Fabian began his career at [Procter & Gamble](/org/procter-gamble), holding roles during his 16 years at the company which included President of Max Factor Japan, and General Manager of the Paper & Beauty Division, Venezuela.

Fabian Garcia

Conny has over 29 years of experience in [Unilever](/org/unilever). Before being appointed as CDMO, she was Executive Vice President [Unilever](/org/unilever) Middle Europe and General Manager [Unilever](/org/unilever) Benelux where she led the complete digital rewire and marketing transformation which was leading edge in [Unilever](/org/unilever). Conny has shown to be a highly effective driver of change.

Conny started her career at [Unilever](/org/unilever) in 1990 as a marketing trainee and held a wide variety of local and international Marketing, Customer Development, Communications and General Management roles. Between 2010 and 2016 Conny successfully led [Unilever](/org/unilever) Food Solutions for 24 countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East from Singapore. She was responsible for accelerating growth, opening up new countries and markets, and effectively turning around UFS in China.

In addition to her [Unilever](/org/unilever) responsibilities, Conny holds various external positions, including Member Advisory Board Kröller-Müller Museum in the Netherlands and Member Advisory Board Rotterdam School of Management (RSM).

Conny Braams

Thomas Lingard

Susan began her career at The First Boston Corporation and later worked at Bankers Trust and BZW, before the latter was acquired by [Credit Suisse](/org/credit-suisse). She was chairman of the EMEA Mergers and Acquisitions Group at [Credit Suisse](/org/credit-suisse) until 2009 and she was previously a Non-Executive Director of L’Occitane, Keurig Green Mountain, [Coca-Cola HBC](/org/coca-cola-hellenic-bottling-co), Goldman Sachs International, [BBA Aviation](/org/bba-aviation-plc) and Shire PLC.

Her current appointments include being a Non-Executive Director of Diageo Plc, BHP and Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

Susan Kilsby

Jan was born in the Netherlands and educated in New Zealand, graduating from the [University of Waikato](/org/university-of-waikato) with a general management degree in 1987 before joining [Unilever](/org/unilever) as a brand manager.

Since then his career with the business has been truly global. From New Zealand, he moved to Sydney, Australia. Then from 1992, Jan spent five years in marketing roles at [Unilever](/org/unilever) Netherlands in Rotterdam.

In 1997, the role of marketing director combined with the director’s role for the European Olive Oil category brought Jan to Milan, Italy. His next move was to Stockholm in 2000 as Chairman of [Unilever](/org/unilever)’s Nordic ice cream business; then in 2004 he relocated to Dubai as Chairman of [Unilever](/org/unilever)’s businesses in Arabia and Iran. In 2007, Jan became Chairman of [Unilever](/org/unilever)’s Middle East and North Africa-based businesses, representing 20 countries.

In 2008, Jan moved to Singapore, as Executive Vice President of [Unilever](/org/unilever) South East Asia and Australasia. In 2011, he was appointed to his current role: President, Europe. He Co-Chairs the Pepsi/Lipton JV Board.

Jan is fluent in Dutch, English and Italian, and is married with two children.

Jan Zijderveld

Sanjiv Mehta is the Chairman and Managing Director of [Hindustan [Unilever](/org/unilever) Limited](/org/hindustan-unilever-limited) (HUL). He has been leading [Unilever](/org/unilever)’s business in India and the South Asia cluster since October 2013.

Sanjiv brings with him a wealth of experience. He has been with [Unilever](/org/unilever) for nearly 26 years and, for the last 17 years, he has led [Unilever](/org/unilever) businesses in different parts of the world.

Sanjiv holds a Bachelor’s degree in commerce (India) and is a Chartered Accountant from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has also completed the Advanced Management Program at [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school).

Sanjiv chairs the FMCG Committee of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) as well as the national committee on MNCs of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII). Sanjiv also chairs Xynteo's 'India 2022', a purpose-driven business coalition of top Indian and MNC companies formed with an intention to solve some of the intractable environmental and social issues, and is working to create a new model of growth. He co-chairs the Advisory Network to the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy.

Sanjiv is a member of the India Advisory Board of [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school) and is a Director on the Board of The Indian School of Business. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Breach Candy Hospital Trust, a leading medical institution in Mumbai.

Sanjiv Mehta

Peter Ter Kulve is currently President of Home Care at [Unilever](/org/unilever). Peter joined [Unilever](/org/unilever) in 1993 and has held various senior roles across Asia and Europe. Prior to his current role, he had dual responsibility as Chief Digital and Growth Officer, in which he led the end-to-end digitalisation of the company, and President of South East Asia and Australasia, one of [Unilever](/org/unilever)’s largest and most profitable clusters.

In 2016, Peter was appointed as Chief Transformation Officer, leading [Unilever](/org/unilever)’s ambitious Connected 4 Growth programme, resulting in significant savings reinvested back into the business.

Prior to this, Peter was Chairman and EVP of [Unilever](/org/unilever) Benelux, in which he successfully grew the business across all areas of our portfolio. He has also held various roles across our ice cream business, including Global Head & EVP, and CEO of Wall’s China.

Peter has a Master’s degree in Business Economics from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam. He is married and has three children. He is passionate about all the latest technology and gadgets, including mastering his skills on his hoverboard.

Peter Ter Kulve

Mr Andersen is Chairman at AkzoNobel N.V. and a Non-Executive Director at BP plc. Nils also serves as Chairman of the privately-held [Salling Group](/org/salling-group) A/S. Nils intends to step down from his responsibilities at BP and [Salling Group](/org/salling-group) before [Unilever](/org/unilever)’s AGM in April 2020.

From 2007 to 2016 he served as Group Chief Executive Officer of A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S. Before that he was Executive Vice President of Carlsberg A/S and Carlsberg Breweries A/S from 1999-2001, becoming President, Chief Executive Officer from 2001-2007.

He has also previously worked for de Danske Sukkerfabrikker, Tuborg International, Union Cervecera, Hannen Brauerei and [Hero Group](/org/hero-group-ag). Mr Andersen was also previously Non-Executive Director of [Inditex](/org/inditex), Vice-Chairman of the European Round Table of Industrialists and a member of the Committee on Business Policies, Confederation of Danish Industry.

Nils Andersen

Andrea Jung was appointed a Non-Executive Director of [Unilever](/org/unilever) PLC in May 2018. She is Vice-Chair and Senior Independent Director of [Unilever](/org/unilever). She is also a member of both the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Andrea Jung has been President and CEO of [Grameen America](/org/grameen-america), a nonprofit microfinance organisation, since 2014 and a Non-Executive Director of Apple Inc. since 2008, and Wayfair Inc since 2018. She was Apple Inc.’s first female Non-Executive Director.

Andrea served as a Non-Executive Director of [General Electric](/org/general-electric) from 1998 to 2018 and as a Non-Executive Director of Daimler AG from 2013 to 2018.

Andrea began her career working in Merchandising for Department Stores. In 1993, she joined Avon and was soon responsible for all of the company’s global brands as President of Global Marketing. In 1998, Andrea was promoted to President and COO and became CEO in November 1999, becoming the first woman to ever lead the company. She expanded the business into emerging markets and increased profits consistently for a number of years. After 13 years as CEO and as the longest serving female executive to lead a Fortune 500 company, Andrea retired in 2012.

Andrea Jung

Alan joined [Unilever](/org/unilever) in the UK in 1985, subsequently working in North America for 14 years and in Asia for 13 years. Before being appointed as Chief Executive Officer, Alan served as President of [Unilever](/org/unilever)’s Personal Care business from 2014 and continued as President when the name of the division changed in 2018 to Beauty & Personal Care.

From 2009 Alan led [Unilever](/org/unilever)'s business in China and North Asia, doubling its size and laying important foundations for future success. He was appointed to [Unilever](/org/unilever)’s Leadership Executive in 2011 in his role as President of [Unilever](/org/unilever)’s businesses across North Asia. His previous senior roles have also included President Russia, Africa & Middle East; global category leader for several of [Unilever](/org/unilever)'s Foods businesses; and President of [Unilever](/org/unilever)'s Home & Personal Care business in North America. Earlier, Alan worked in a number of sales and marketing roles in the UK, Thailand, and the US.

Alan holds a Bachelor of Commerce with honours from Edinburgh University, Scotland. He also graduated from [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school)'s General Management Program in 2001.

Alan is married and has three children.

Alan Jope

Hanneke joined [Unilever](/org/unilever) in January 2018 as President of Europe and member of the [Unilever](/org/unilever) Executive. In this role, she delivered strong results and accelerated the digitisation of our European business.

Hanneke spent most of her career in the FMCG and retail industry. Prior to joining [Unilever](/org/unilever), she worked at Royal Ahold Delhaize as Chief E-commerce and Innovation Officer, and member of the Executive Committee playing a key role in accelerating the company’s e-commerce business. Between 2013 and 2016, she was Chief Commercial Officer & Member of the Executive Committee of Royal Ahold responsible for e-commerce, digital, innovation and customer branding.

Hanneke started her career at [Procter & Gamble](/org/procter-gamble) where she became Vice President and global leader of three of P&G’s top brands with a presence in over 180 countries. Hanneke holds a Bachelor of Journalism and Master of Business Administration from the [University of Houston](/org/university-of-houston) in the US.

Since 2016 she serves as a member of Bayer AG’s Supervisory Board. She is also a member of the Advisory Board of Leading Executives Advancing Diversity (LEAD).

Hanneke speaks Dutch, English, French, German and Greek. She has lived and worked in the US, Greece, Switzerland and the Netherlands. She is married and has three children.

Hanneke Faber

Professor Youngme Moon was appointed a Non-Executive Director of Unilever PLC in April 2016. She is a member of Unilever’s Corporate Responsibility Committee.

Youngme Moon

Nelson Peltz was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Unilever PLC in May 2022 and his appointment took effect on 20 July 2022. He is a member of Unilever’s Compensation Committee.

Nelson is Chief Executive Officer and a Founding Partner of Trian Fund Management, L.P. (“Trian”), an investment management firm. He has served on the Boards of several major consumer goods companies including The Proctor & Gamble Company, H.J. Heinz Company and Mondelez International, as well as for the investment management companies Legg Mason and Invesco, and the global foodservice leader Sysco Corporation. He is currently also non-executive Chairman of The Wendy’s Company, and a director of Janus Henderson Group plc and Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.

After beginning his business career in his family food business, Nelson served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Triarc Companies between 1993 and 2007, which owned Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc and the Snapple Beverage Group. Prior to this, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Triangle Industries, the world’s largest packaging company.

Nelson is also Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and serves on the Board of several other charitable and medical organisations including the Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital and the Prostate Cancer Foundation.

Nelson Peltz

Saurabh Dalve

Matt Close

Nitin Paranjpe leads the business transformation, and heads the HR function.

Nitin holds a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA in Marketing from [Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies](/org/jamnalal-bajaj-institute-of-management-studies) (JBIM), in Mumba, India.

Nitin Paranjpe

Fernando Fernandez

Sandra Touma

Selim Tansug

Reginaldo Ecclissato leads supply chain and unilever business operations.

Reginaldo Ecclissato

Adrian Hennah

In his role as Chief Research & Development Officer, Richard is accountable for the development of R&D as a key growth driver for [Unilever](/org/unilever). This includes oversight of strategy and innovation across the three Divisions and leadership of key cross-R&D capabilities; Safety & Environmental Assurance (SEAC), Regulatory Affairs, Digital, Packaging and Operations.

Richard joined [Unilever](/org/unilever) from GSK, where he held the position of Head of R&D for GSK Consumer Healthcare, part of the Executive Leadership Team and leading a transformation of R&D and innovation capability and performance.

Prior to GSK, Richard spent nine years at [Reckitt Benckiser](/org/rb) in a variety of R&D leadership roles across Consumer Healthcare, Personal Care and FMCG. He led the successful integration of several major acquisitions, and delivery of significant innovation platforms and growth across multiple categories and brands.

Richard started his career at Boots Healthcare International. He worked across various R&D and Supply technical, project management and leadership roles for global Consumer Healthcare and Personal Care brands.

Richard has a BSc (hons) in Microbiology from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK). He is married with three sons and lives in the UK.

Richard Slater

Kees has enjoyed a long career history with [Unilever](/org/unilever), working in senior roles for the company since the 1990s, based in countries across Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Prior to his current role, Kees had been President of [Unilever](/org/unilever)'s North America business and Global Head of Customer Development since 2011.

Between 2004 and 2008, Kees was based in South Africa as CEO of [Unilever](/org/unilever) Foods, during which time he took part in a nationwide programme to bring together business, government and non-governmental organisations.

In 2002, he joined the Board of [Unilever](/org/unilever) Bestfoods in Asia, tasked with building [Unilever](/org/unilever)’s foods and beverages brands across the continent.

Kees is Chairman of Enactus International, a network of global business, academic and student leaders dedicated to developing the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders and social innovators. Kees is married with four daughters and enjoys travel, sports and spending time with his family.

Kees Kruythoff

Strive Masiyiwa

Graeme joined [Unilever](/org/unilever) in 2002 and was previously Executive Vice President and General Manager of the [Unilever](/org/unilever) UK and Ireland business. Prior to this he held a number of senior financial and commercial roles within [Unilever](/org/unilever), including Senior Vice President of Finance for Global Markets, Global Head of M&A, Head of Treasury, Pensions and Tax and Chief Financial Officer of [Unilever](/org/unilever) Indonesia.

Graeme Pitkethly

Prior to his current role, Kevin was the Executive Vice President, Global Ice Cream category, with overall responsibility for [Unilever](/org/unilever)’s global Ice Cream businesses.

Before this, and since joining [Unilever](/org/unilever) in 1985, Kevin has held a wealth of senior leadership positions around the world. Among these are the role of Chairman for [Unilever](/org/unilever) UK, [Unilever](/org/unilever) France and [Unilever](/org/unilever) Arabia, and for [Unilever](/org/unilever)’s Beverages business across Europe. He was also Executive Vice President for [Unilever](/org/unilever) North America and Caribbean.

Kevin also Co-Chairs the Pepsi/Lipton JV Board and became a Trustee of the Eden Project in 2017.

Kevin holds an MA in Economics and Mathematics from Jesus College, Cambridge University.

He is married to Judi and has two daughters.

Kevin Havelock

Feike has been the CEO and Chairman of the Managing Board of Directors of Royal DSM N.V. (a global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company) since May 2007. In 1995, Feike became director of Gist-Brocades Food Specialties Division and joined Gist-Brocade’s executive committee. Following the acquisition by Royal DSM N.V. in 1998, he became a director of the business group DSM Food Specialties. In 2000 he joined Royal DSM’s managing board of directors, becoming Chairman and CEO in May 2007.

He is currently a member of the supervisory board of [De Nederlandsche Bank](/org/de-nederlandsche-bank) (DNB, the Dutch Central Bank), Co-chair Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) and Climate Leader for the World Bank Group and member of the Global CEO Council (GCC) of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC).

His previous roles have included member of the Supervisory Board of DSM Netherlands, the [Utrecht University](/org/utrecht-university), the Dutch Genomics Initiative (NGI) and the Anthonie van Leeuwenhoek Hospital/Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI/AVL), a board member of CEFIC (European Chemical Industry Council), chairman of Chemical Governors and a Global Agenda Council of the [World Economic Forum](/org/world-economic-forum), Dutch Food Chain Sustainability Foundation (DUVO) and of EuropaBio (European Biotech Association).

He has also been a member of the Dutch Innovation Platform 2.0, board member of BIO (US Biotechnology Association), the Swiss Society of Chemical Industries (SCGI) and the Dutch Nutrition/Food Top-Institute (WCFS) and a member of the advisory board of ECP-EPN (e-commerce) and the Rotterdam Business School of the Erasmus University.

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