Unilever appoints Hein Schumacher as new CEO

Unilever appoints Hein Schumacher as new CEO

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: February 01 2023

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  • FMCG giant Unilever has appointed Hein Schumacher as its new CEO to replace Alan Jope who will retire from the company at the end of 2023.
  • According to the Unilever website, 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.
  • Prior to his second stint with the FMCG giant, in 2018, he was the CEO of the Dutch multinational dairy cooperative Koninklijke FrieslandCapina NV. 
  • He joined the company in 2014 as its Chief Financial Officer.
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