Bestfoods Executives Appointed to Top Positions in Unilever's New Foods Division.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2000 Seven senior Bestfoods executives were today named by Unilever among the top positions for the newly created Foods Division. The announcement comes shortly after the EU approved the merger of the businesses. Earlier today shareholders of Unilever and of Bestfoods voted overwhelmingly in favor of the creation of one of the world's leading foods businesses. The Bestfoods appointments, effective January 1, 2001, comprise Anthony Simon, who becomes President, Marketing; Diego Bevilacqua as President, Foodservice; Neil Beckerman as President, Foods North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. ; Oscar Imbellone as Executive Vice President, Foods Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. ; Richard Oppenheim who becomes Executive Vice President, Foods Europe; and Jim Liberty as Senior Vice President, Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. . Merrill Eastman remains President, Bestfoods Baking Company. Unilever reported that Dick Shoemate, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bestfoods, had elected not to continue a full-time executive role, but will be appointed an Advisory Director of Unilever. Roy Brown There have been a number of notable people named Roy Brown:
At the same time, Unilever has announced a number of key appointments in its new Foods and Home and Personal Care (HPC (Handheld PC) A palmtop computer that weighs less than one pound and runs specialized versions of popular applications. Microsoft coined the term for its Windows CE operating system, which is an abbreviated version of Windows. See Pocket PC. ) Divisions. Unilever Chairmen, Niall FitzGerald Niall Fitzgerald (born September 1945, Sligo, Ireland) (KBE) is an Irish businessman. Niall FitzGerald became the Chairman of Reuters in October 2004, having spent over thirty years with Unilever in a variety of commercial and financial jobs in several countries. and Antony Burgmans Antony Burgmans (February 13, 1947) is currently the non-executive Chairman of the Anglo-Dutch food & health products giant Unilever N.V. and PLC. Career He studied at Nijenrode in the Netherlands, before going on to study political and social sciences at Stockholm said: "We have moved rapidly following the approvals from shareholders and the regulatory authorities to settle these appointments. We have put in place teams in our Foods and HPC divisions that will drive Unilever forward to its challenging Path to Growth goals of accelerated growth and enhanced operating margins. We are delighted that so many excellent Bestfoods managers have decided to join their Unilever colleagues in what we are confident will be an outstanding leadership team." Note to Editors: 1. For full details of appointments, see attached. 2. Details of Unilever's new structure can be accessed on www.unilever.com REALIGNMENT re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. OF UNILEVER SENIOR MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE On August 4, 2000, Unilever announced an evolution of its top management structure, creating two global divisions - one for Foods and one for Home and Personal Care (HPC). Patrick Cescau and Keki Dadiseth Keki Dadiseth (born December 20, 1945) is a corporate director, retired Unilever business executive, and Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He grew up in Pune, India. , both directors of Unilever, have been appointed Foods Director and HPC Director respectively with effect from January 1, 2001. Today's announcement names senior appointments within these Divisions. FOODS DIVISION APPOINTMENTS AS OF JANUARY 1, 2001 Regions Roy Brown, will relinquish his position of President, Foods and Beverages Europe as of January 1, 2001. He will retire at next year's AGM AGM annual general meeting AGM n abbr (= annual general meeting) → AG f AGM n abbr (= annual general meeting) → JHV f . Neil Beckerman, Vice President, Bestfoods and President, Bestfoods Grocery, will be appointed President, Foods North America. John Rice, President & Chief Executive Officer, Lipton USA, will be appointed President, Foods Latin America and President of Slimfast worldwide. Oscar Imbellone, Vice President, Bestfoods and President, Bestfoods Latin America , will be appointed Executive Vice President, Foods Latin America. Manfred Stach, President, Africa, will lead the Unilever/Bestfoods integration team for Foods Europe as of October 1, 2000. He will be appointed President, Foods Europe as of January 1, 2001. He will be supported by two Executive Vice Presidents -- Kees van der Graaf, currently Executive Vice President, Operations Foods and Beverages Europe, and Richard Oppenheim, currently General Manager, Bestfoods UK and Vice President, Bestfoods Europe. Merrill Eastman remains President, Bestfoods Baking Company. Jean Martin, President, Central and Eastern Europe The term "Central and Eastern Europe" came into wide spread use, replacing "Eastern bloc", to describe former Communist countries in Europe, after the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1989/90. will lead the team working on the global integration of Unilever Foods and Bestfoods. Global Businesses As previously announced two global businesses will be created within the Foods division. Rob Polet, President, Ice Cream and Frozen Foods Europe, will be appointed President, Ice Cream and Frozen Foods. Diego Bevilacqua, Vice President, Bestfoods and President, Bestfoods Asia, will be appointed President, Foodservice. Foods Functions Anthony Simon, Vice President Strategy and Core Businesses, Bestfoods, will be appointed President, Marketing. Norman Clubb, Senior Vice President Finance, Central Asia and Middle East , will be appointed Senior Vice President, Finance and Information. Gerard Hoetmer, Executive Vice President, Supply Chain, Food and Beverages Europe, will be appointed Senior Vice President, Supply Chain. Jim Liberty, Vice President, Human Resources, Bestfoods Europe, will be appointed Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Ed Veltkamp, Senior Vice President, Foods Research, URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. Vlaardingen, the Netherlands, will be appointed Senior Vice President, Research and Development. HPC DIVISION APPOINTMENTS Regions Charles Strauss, a director of Unilever, retains his current responsibility as President, Home & Personal Care North America which includes responsibility for the global Prestige business. John Sharpe John Sharpe may refer to:
Ralph Kugler retains his current responsibility as President, Latin America until December 31, 2000. On April 1, 2001 he will succeed John Sharpe as President, Home & Personal Care Europe. Harish Manwani, Senior Vice President, Home & Personal Care Category Group, will be appointed to Executive Vice President, HPC Latin America as of October 1, 2000. On April 1, 2001 he will be appointed President, Home & Personal Care Latin America. Tex Gunning retains his current responsibility as President, East Asia East Asia A region of Asia coextensive with the Far East. East Asian adj. & n. Pacific. He will also represent the region on the Foods executive. Jeff Fraser, President, Central Asia and Middle East , will be appointed President, Central Asia and China . Bruno Lemagne retains his current responsibility for China until August 2001, reporting to Jeff Fraser. Bruno Lemagne's next appointment will be announced in due course. Anton Lenstra, Executive Vice President, Home and Personal Care Europe, will be appointed President, Africa, Middle East and Turkey (AMET) as of October 1, 2000. Rachid Rachid, Chairman, Unilever Egypt, will be appointed Executive Vice President, AMET and will represent the region on the Foods Executive. Global Business Cetin Yuceulug retains his current responsibility as President, DiverseyLever. Function Appointments as of January 1, 2001 Simon Clift, Chairman of the Personal Care Category Group, Latin America, will be appointed President, Marketing. John Ripley
John Ripley VC (August 20, 1867 - August 14, 1933) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that , Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Strategy and Technology Group, will be appointed Senior Vice President, Finance & Information. Ian Midgley, Vice President, Operations/MAST, Latin America, will be appointed Senior Vice President, Supply Chain. Naren Nanda, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Strategy and Technology Group, will be appointed Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Lincoln Krochmal, Senior Vice President, Home & Personal Care Research, Strategy and Technology Group, will be appointed Senior Vice President, Research and Development. Ton Van Der Laan, retains his current responsibility as Senior Vice President, International Customer Development. UNILEVER BACKGROUND: Unilever is one of the world's largest consumer products companies with sales in excess of $45 billion. It produces and markets a wide range of foods, home and personal care products. Unilever operates in 88 countries around the globe and employs 255,000 people. In the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Unilever sales exceeded $8 billion in 1999. It employs 22,000 people and has 72 offices and manufacturing sites in 24 states. Two of Unilever's 12 global Business Groups are headquartered in the United States. Some of their major products are: Foods - North America: Lipton teas, soups, recipe products and side dishes; Wish-Bone salad dressings; Lawry's seasonings and specialty sauces; Imperial, Promise, Country Crock crock - [American scatologism "crock of shit"] 1. An awkward feature or programming technique that ought to be made cleaner. For example, using small integers to represent error codes without the program interpreting them to the user (as in, for example, Unix "make(1)", which , "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. !", Brummel & Brown spreads and sprays; Ragu pasta and pizza sauces; Five Brothers premium pasta sauces; Klondike, Good-Humor, Popsicle, Breyers and Ben & Jerry's ice cream products, Gorton's frozen seafood products and Slim-Fast nutritional and health snack products. Unilever Home and Personal Care - North America: Wisk, "all" and Surf laundry detergents; Snuggle and Final Touch fabric softeners; Sunlight dish detergents; Lever 2000, Caress, Dove and Shield bar soaps; Pond's and Vaseline skin care products; Q-tips cotton swabs and cotton balls; Mentadent, Aim, Close-up and Pepsodent oral care products; Degree, Suave suave adj. suav·er, suav·est Smoothly agreeable and courteous. [French, agreeable, from Old French, from Latin su and Brut Brut, Brute (both: br  t), or Brutus (br deodorant/toiletry products; Finesse, Salon Selectives Salon Selectives is a line of hair care products, ranging from shampoos and conditioners to mousses, sprays, gels, and oils. Salon Selectives was introduced as a level-based brand line to consumers by Helene Curtis, which it was acquired by Unilever in 1986, and has grown since; , Suave, ThermaSilk, Aqua Net and Rave hair care products; and Calvin Klein Noun 1. Calvin Klein - United States fashion designer noted for understated fashions (born in 1942)Calvin Richard Klein, Klein and Elizabeth Arden cosmetic and fragrance products. In addition, DiverseyLever, a global professional cleaning business, operates in North America, supplying professional cleaning materials and services to institutional and industrial markets. |
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