Unilever Annual Report & Accounts and Form 20-F 2000

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34 Unilever Annual Report & Accounts and Form 20-F 2000 Report of the Directors Corporate governance Oscar Fanjul 7 Aged 51. Appointed 1996. Chairman, Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico S.A. Director Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, Ericsson, S.A., Tecnicas Reunidas, S.A. Member of the International Advisory Boards of the Chubb Corporation and Marsh McLennan. Chairman and CEO Repsol 86/96. Secretary General and Under Secretary, Spanish Ministry of Industry and Energy 83/85. Frits Fentener van Vlissingen 5,6 Aged 67. Appointed 1990. Managing Director Flint Holding N.V. Chairman Supervisory Boards of CSM N.V. and Draka Holdings N.V. Deputy Chairman Supervisory Boards of Akzo Nobel N.V. and of SHV Holdings. Claudio X Gonzalez 7 Aged 66. Appointed 1998. Chairman and CEO Kimberly-Clark de Mexico S.A. Director Kellogg Company, General Electric Company (USA), Banco National de Mexico and Telefonos de Mexico. Member Advisory Board J P Morgan. Special Advisor to the President of Mexico 88/94. Hilmar Kopper 8 Aged 65. Appointed 1998. Chairman Supervisory Board Deutsche Bank (formerly CEO) and of DaimlerChrysler AG. Director of Xerox Corp. and member Supervisory Boards Akzo Nobel N.V., Bayer AG and Solvay S.A. Senator George J Mitchell 2 Aged 67. Appointed 1998. Member of the law firm Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand. Director Federal Express Corp., UNUM Insurance Corp., Xerox Corp. and Staples Inc. Member of the US Senate 80/95 and Senate Majority Leader 88/95. Chairman of the Northern Ireland Peace Initiative 95/99. Onno Ruding 7 Aged 61. Appointed 1990. Vice-Chairman and Director, Citibank N.A. Director Corning Inc., Pechiney S.A., and RTL Group. Member Advisory Board Robeco Groep. Netherlands Minister of Finance 82/89. Charles R Shoemate 2 Aged 61. Appointed 2001. Director CIGNA Corporation, International Paper Company and Texaco Inc. Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Bestfoods 90/00 and President 88/90. The Lord Simon of Highbury CBE 1,4 Aged 61. Appointed 2000. Member of the Advisory Board of LEK Consulting and of the European Advisory Board of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. UK Government Minister 97/99. Group Chief Executive of BP 92/95 and Chairman 95/97. 1 Member Nomination Committee 2 Member External Affairs and Corporate Relations Committee 3 Chairman External Affairs and Corporate Relations Committee 4 Member Remuneration Committee 5 Chairman Nomination Committee 6 Chairman Remuneration Committee 7 Member Audit Committee 8 Chairman Audit Committee Business Presidents Foods Regions Manfred Stach, Europe Aged 58. Joined Unilever 1970. Appointed Business President 1998. Previous position: Business Group President Africa. Neil Beckerman, North America Aged 45. Joined Unilever 2000 upon Unilever’s acquisition of Bestfoods. Appointed Business President 1 January 2001. Previous Position: Vice-President, Bestfoods and President, Bestfoods Grocery. John Rice, Latin America & Slim•Fast Worldwide. Aged 49. Joined Unilever 1981. Appointed Business President 1 January 2001. Previous Position: President & Chief Executive Officer, Lipton USA. Global Businesses Diego Bevilacqua, Foodservice Aged 47. Joined Unilever 2000 upon Unilever’s acquisition of Bestfoods. Appointed Business President 1 January 2001. Previous position: Vice-President Bestfoods and President Bestfoods, Asia. Robert Polet, Ice Cream & Frozen Foods Aged 45. Joined Unilever 1978. Appointed Business President 1998. Previous position: Business Group President Ice Cream & Frozen Foods Europe. Function Jean Martin, Bestfoods integration Aged 56. Joined Unilever 1968. Appointed Business President 1996. Previous position: Business Group President Central & Eastern Europe. Anthony Simon, Marketing Aged 55. Joined Unilever 2000 upon Unilever’s acquisition of Bestfoods. Appointed Business President 1 January 2001. Previous position: Vice-President Strategies and Core Businesses Bestfoods. Home & Personal Care Regions Ralph Kugler*, Europe Aged 45. Joined Unilever 1979. Appointed Business President 1999. Previous position: Business Group President Latin America. Charles Strauss, North America and Global Prestige Business. Unilever Director see page 33. Anton Lenstra, Africa, Middle East & Turkey Aged 52. Joined Unilever 1989. Appointed Business President 2000. Previous position: Vice-President Home & Personal Care Europe. Also provides representation of the region on the Foods Executive. Jeff Fraser, Central Asia & China Aged 57. Joined Unilever 1967. Appointed Business President 1996. Previous position: Business Group President Central Asia & Middle East. *In succession to John Sharpe who retires on 1 April 2001 after 37 years’ service.
Unilever Annual Report & Accounts and Form 20-F 2000 Report of the Directors Corporate governance Tex Gunning, East Asia Pacific Aged 50. Joined Unilever 1982. Appointed Business President 2000. Previous position: Business Group President East Asia Pacific. Also represents the region on the Foods Executive. Bruno Lemagne, China (until August 2001) Aged 54. Joined Unilever 1972. Appointed Business President 1998. Previous position: Chairman, Unilever (China) Limited. Harish Manwani, Latin America Aged 47. Joined Unilever 1976. Business President from 1 April 2001. Previous position: Senior Vice- President, Home & Personal Care Category Group. Global Businesses Çetin Yüceulu ˘g, DiverseyLever Aged 55. Joined Unilever 1973. Appointed Business President 1996. Previous position: CEO, Lever Industrial International. Function Simon Clift, Marketing Aged 43. Joined Unilever 1982. Appointed Business President 1 January 2001. Previous position: Chairman Personal Care Category Group, Latin America. Corporate Officers Jos Westerburgen, Joint Secretary Aged 58. Appointed 4 May 1988. Years of service on 31 December 2000: 17. Stephen Williams, Joint Secretary and General Counsel Aged 53. Appointed 1 December 1986. Years of service on 31 December 2000: 14. Jeffrey Allgrove, Controller Aged 48. Appointed 4 May 1999. Years of service on 31 December 2000: 23. Jan Haars, Treasurer Aged 49. Appointed 1 August 1997. Years of service on 31 December 2000: 3. Board changes Keki Dadiseth, André baron van Heemstra and Charles Strauss were elected as directors and Jan Peelen and Bob Phillips retired as directors at the Annual General Meetings on 3 May 2000. All other directors held office throughout the year. Following their election as directors, Keki Dadiseth and André baron van Heemstra became members of the Executive Committee. Rudy Markham was appointed as Financial Director on 4 August 2000. On 1 January 2001, Patrick Cescau was appointed as Foods Director, responsible for Unilever’s Foods business worldwide, Keki Dadiseth was appointed as Home & Personal Care Director, responsible for HPC worldwide, including DiverseyLever, and Clive Butler was appointed as Corporate Development Director. In accordance with the Articles of Association of NV and PLC, all existing directors will retire from office at the Annual General Meetings on 9 May 2001 and, with the exceptions of Roy Brown and Alexander Kemner, who will be retiring and not seeking re-election, will offer themselves for re-election. Jos Westerburgen will be retiring from the office of Joint Secretary on 1 July 2001. Their colleagues wish to record their appreciation of the retiring directors’ and Joint Secretary’s substantial contributions to Unilever over long and distinguished careers. Details of Directors’ service contracts are given on page 41. Advisory Directors’ changes The Rt Hon The Lord Brittan of Spennithorne QC was appointed as an Advisory Director with effect from 1 May 2000 until the Annual General Meetings in 2003. The Lord Simon of Highbury CBE was appointed as an Advisory Director with effect from 9 May 2000 until the Annual General Meetings in 2003. The Boards have resolved to re-appoint Baroness Chalker of Wallasey, Claudio X Gonzalez and Hilmar Kopper as Advisory Directors, until the Annual General Meetings in 2004. Charles R Shoemate was appointed as Advisory Director with effect from 1 February 2001 until the Annual General Meetings in 2004. Mr Shoemate was the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bestfoods prior to its acquisition by Unilever. The Boards have also resolved to appoint Professor Wim Dik as an Advisory Director from 9 May 2001 until the Annual General Meetings in 2004. Professor Wim Dik, aged 62, is a professor at the Delft University of Technology and former Chairman and CEO of Koninkliijke KPN NV, Royal Dutch Telecom. He will serve on the Nomination and Remuneration Committees. Sir Derek Birkin retired as an Advisory Director with effect from the Annual General Meetings in 2000. It is with great regret that the directors record the death on 4 July 2000 of The Rt Hon The Lord Leverhulme KG TD, the grandson of William Lever, the founder of Lever Brothers. Lord Leverhulme had been an Honorary Advisory Director since 1985, having been previously an Advisory Director since 1949. 35
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