LONDON — Patrick Cescau, Unilever’s group chief executive, will retire at the end of the year, the company has announced.
His intended successor, Paul Polman, who is currently executive vice president and zone director for the Americas at Nestlé, will be proposed for appointment to the company’s board at extraordinary general meetings this fall.
“He will take over as group chief executive following an orderly transition,” the firm stated.
Cescau, 59, who became the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant’s first group ceo in 2005 after combining the previously separate roles of Unilever NV chairman and Unilever...
Unilever Chief Cescau to Retire
Unilever Chief Cescau to Retire
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Posted Friday September 05, 2008
From WWD Issue 09/05/2008
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