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Unilever PLC

Activities of head offices

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Previous officers 70

  1. Hein Schumacher 2022-2025 Director View profile
  2. Alan Chalmers Jope 2019-2023 Director View profile
  3. Andrea Jung 2018-2025 Director View profile
  4. Graeme David Pitkethly 2016-2023 Director View profile
  5. Youngme Moon 2016-2024 Director View profile
  6. Strive Masiyiwa 2016-2024 Director View profile
  7. Dr Marinus Emmanuel Johannes Dekkers 2016-2020 Director View profile
  8. Vittorio Colao 2015-2021 Director View profile
  9. Dr Judith Hartmann 2015-2024 Director View profile
  10. Nils Smedegaard Andersen 2015-2024 Director View profile
  11. Feike Sijbesma 2014-2023 Director View profile
  12. John Rishton 2013-2022 Director View profile
  13. Laura May-Lung Cha 2013-2022 Director View profile
  14. Mary Ma 2013-2019 Director View profile
  15. Sunil Bharti Mittal 2011-2013 Director View profile
  16. Sir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind 2010-2015 Director View profile
  17. Raoul Jean Marc Sidney Huet 2010-2015 Director View profile
  18. Ann Marie Fudge 2009-2018 Director View profile
  19. Fresco, Louise Ottilie, Prof Dr Lr 2009-2017 Director View profile
  20. Paul Steven Walsh 2009-2015 Director View profile
  21. Paulus Geradus Josephus Maria Polman 2008-2018 Director View profile
  22. James Arthur Lawrence 2008-2009 Director View profile
  23. Narayana Murthy 2007-2010 Director View profile
  24. Hixonia Nyasulu 2007-2016 Director View profile
  25. Professor Genevieve Berger 2007-2008 Director View profile
  26. Niels Michael Aage Treschow 2007-2016 Director View profile
  27. Kornelis Jan Storm 2006-2015 Director View profile
  28. Dr Byron Elmer Grote 2006-2015 Director View profile
  29. Charles Edward Golden 2006-2014 Director View profile
  30. Jean Cyril Spinetta 2006-2007 Director View profile
  31. Ralph David Kugler 2005-2008 Director View profile
  32. Lord Leon Brittan of Spennithorne 2004-2010 Director View profile
  33. Professor Wim Dik 2004-2010 Director View profile
  34. Hilmar Kopper 2004-2006 Director View profile
  35. Baroness Lynda Chalker 2004-2007 Director View profile
  36. Oscar Fanjul 2004-2006 Director View profile
  37. Bertrand Pierre Charles Collomb 2004-2006 Director View profile
  38. Claudio Xavier Gonzalez Laporte 2004-2005 Director View profile
  39. Cornelis Job Van Der Graaf 2004-2008 Director View profile
  40. Lord David Alec Gwyn Roberts Simon of Highbury 2004-2009 Director View profile
  41. Jeroen Van Der Veer 2004-2011 Director View profile
  42. Charles Bernhard Strauss 2000-2004 Director View profile
  43. Baron Andre Rene Baron Van Heemstra 2000-2005 Director View profile
  44. Keki Bomi Dadiseth 2000-2005 Director View profile
  45. Patrick Jean Pierre Cescau 1999-2008 Director View profile
  46. Rudolph Harold Peter Markham 1998-2007 Director View profile
  47. Robert Mayfield Phillips 1995-2000 Director View profile
  48. Roy Drysdale Brown 1994-2001 Director View profile
  49. Antony Burgmans 2007 Director View profile
  50. Charles Miller Smith 1994 Director View profile
  51. Alan Clive Butler 2005 Director View profile
  52. Dr Ashok Sekhar Ganguly 1997 Director View profile
  53. Jan Peelen 2000 Director View profile
  54. Niall William Arthur Fitzgerald 2004 Director View profile
  55. Sir Michael Sydney Perry 1996 Director View profile
  56. Floris Anton Maljers 1994 Director View profile
  57. Hans Eggerstedt 1999 Director View profile
  58. Okko Otto Hermann Muller 1997 Director View profile
  59. Sir Michael Gilbert Heron 1993 Director View profile
  60. Christopher Martin Jemmett 1997 Director View profile
  61. Morris Tabaksblat 1999 Director View profile
  62. Alexander Kemner 2001 Director View profile
  63. James Iain Walker Anderson 1998 Director View profile
  64. Maria Rosaria Varsellona 2022-2026 Secretary View profile
  65. Ritva Sotamaa 2018-2022 Secretary View profile
  66. Tonia Erica Lovell 2010-2017 Secretary View profile
  67. Stephen Geoffrey Williams 2009-2010 Secretary View profile
  68. Sven Henri Marie Antoine Dumoulin 2007-2009 Secretary View profile
  69. Johannes Alexander Abraham Van Der Bijl 2001-2007 Secretary View profile
  70. Josephus Wilhelmus Bernardus Westerburgen 2001 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of head offices
Incorporated
21/06/1894
Registered office
Merseyside

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Unilever PLC on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

65 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Grants received

4 grants · £139,625 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £131,719 (2 grants)
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £7,906 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £4,4972024-05-13
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £10,9402022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £120,7792022-04-01
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £3,4092021-01-07
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

10 directors on the board

3.2y median 2.7y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (6)

1
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Professional services 4Retail and trade 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00041424
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/06/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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