Unilever benoemt nieuwe Supply Chain Officer

UNILEVER APPOINTS NEW CHIEF SUPPLY CHAIN OFFICER

PIER LUIGI SIGISMONDI TO JOIN UNILEVER EXECUTIVE

Unilever today announced that Pier Luigi Sigismondi is to join as its new chief supply chain officer.

Paul Polman, chief executive of Unilever, said:  “I am extremely pleased that Pier Luigi is joining our top team.  He will bring considerable experience to our business and will play a major role in transforming our supply chain into a customer focused operation. His appointment underlines the importance of the supply chain function to our business.”

Pier Luigi Sigismondi said:  “I am thrilled to have this opportunity to join Unilever at this exciting time in its transformation and I am looking forward enormously to the challenge of building on the changes already made.”

Mr Sigismondi, 43, joins Unilever in June and takes on his new responsibilities in September.  Mr Sigismondi’s previous experience includes Nestlé, AT Kearney, and Booz Allen & Hamilton.

Notes to Editors:

• Mr Sigismondi, who is an Italian citizen, holds a Masters in Industrial & Systems Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
• He started his career as an industrial engineer, working for the consulting firm Booz Allen & Hamilton
• In 1997, he was hired as Principal and then became Vice President of AT Kearney, in charge of the Operations Practice in Italy
• In early 2002 he joined Nestlé S.A. as Vice-President of Corporate Industrial Performance
• In 2005 he moved to Nestlé Mexico as VP of Manufacturing and I&R

About Unilever

Unilever’s mission is to add vitality to life.  We meet everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene and personal care with brands that help people feel good, look good and get more out of life.

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of fast moving consumer goods with strong local roots in more than 100 countries across the globe.  Its portfolio includes some of the world’s best known and most loved brands including thirteen €1 billion brands and global leadership in many categories in which the company operates.  The portfolio features brand icons such as: Knorr, Hellmann’s, Lipton, Flora, Bertolli, Dove, Lux, Pond's, Lynx, Persil Domestos, and Marmite.

Unilever has around 174,000 employees in approaching 100 countries and generated annual sales of over €40 billion in 2008.  For more information about Unilever and its brands, please visit www.unilever.com.

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