Accenture announced that Alan Jope has been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors, effective today. Jope, 59, is the chief executive officer of Unilever. Jope will be subject to re-appointment at the next Accenture plc annual general meeting of shareholders. He has been appointed to serve on the board’s Nominating, Governance & Sustainability Committee,…
Former Unilever CHRO Leena Nair has joined French luxury group Chanel as its Global Chief Executive Officer. She was a member of the Unilever Leadership Executive (ULE), which is responsible for delivering Unilever’s business and financial performance, according to PTI report. “Leena Nair, CHRO, has decided to leave the company in January 2022 to pursue…
Unilever, the British-Dutch transnational consumer goods company’s chief executive Paul Polman will step down in January, after serving the firm for 10 years. Polman is stepping down after he lost a bruising fight with shareholders over his plan to move the company’s headquarters out of the United Kingdom. The company which owns iconic brands like Marmite,…