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04-Sep-2008
        
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By Elizabeth Rigby, Consumer Industries Editor For a company used to promoting from within, the appointment of an outsider as chief executive for the first time highlights Unilever’s desire for change. The arrival of Paul Polman will be quite a moment for the maker of Dove beauty products and Lipton tea. It was only in 2006 that the group hired its first outsider as chairman. There will not, insists Michael... [read full story]                    

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Unilever Taps Ex-Nestle Exec as New CEO

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05-Sep-2008
        

Posted by: Kerry Capell on September 05 Anglo-Dutch consumer products giant Unilever announced Paul Polman, a former top executive with Unilever arch rivals, Nestlé and Proctor & Gamble will succeed Patrick Cescau as CEO...

Unilever to appoint Nestle's Paul Polman as group chief executive

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05-Sep-2008
        

Consumer goods company Unilever intends to replace its group chief executive Patrick Cescau, who will retire at the end of 2008, with Paul Polman, currently executive vice president and zone director for the Americas at...

New blood but no revolution at Unilever

ft.com
05-Sep-2008
        

After nearly 80 years, Unilever has broken its unwritten rule and appointed an outsider as chief executive. Paul Polman's arrival at Unilever House in October will be quite a moment for the maker of Dove shampoo and Lipton...

                   

Shares leap as Unilever lures new CEO from Nestlé

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04-Sep-2008
        

By Rowena Mason Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch consumer products conglomerate, has poached a new chief executive, Paul Polman, from rival Nestlé. The maker of Dove soap, Hellmans mayonnaise and Knorr soups said its current...

                   
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Paul Polman named as new Unilever chief executive

timesonline.co.uk
04-Sep-2008
        

Carl Mortished, World Business Editor A former top executive of Procter & Gamble and Nestlé will take the helm at Unilever, bringing to an end almost a century of groomed internal inheritance in the Anglo-Dutch food and...

                   

Jeremy Warner's Outlook: Billion-pound man recruited to take Unilever success story to next stage

independent.co.uk
04-Sep-2008
        

Few appointments receive such rave reviews as that afforded yesterday to Paul Polman, the new broom at Unilever. News that he's coming in as chief executive added more than £1bn to the company's market capitalisation, no...

                   

Unilever chief executive a popular choice in City

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04-Sep-2008
        

Sep 5 2008 by Alistair Houghton, Liverpool Daily Post CONSUMER goods group Unilever has announced that chief executive Patrick Cescau will step down later this year after 35 years with the group. Mr Cescau, who turns 60...

Nestles Polman appointed Unilever CEO

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04-Sep-2008
        

In a surprise move, FMCG giant Unilever on Thursday announced its decision to appoint Paul Polman, currently executive vice president and zone director for the Americas at Nestlé SA, as group chief executive to succeed...

Nestle’s loss is big gain for Unilever

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04-Sep-2008
        

Paul Polman missed out on the top job at Nestle SA. Now he will be the first outsider to run Unilever Plc. The Dutchman faces big challenges. But experience at rivals Nestle and Procter and Gamble Co. (P&G) should help him...

                   

Unilever names outsider as next chief

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04-Sep-2008
        

By David Jones and Mark Potter Reuters LONDON: In a surprise move, Unilever on Thursday named an outsider, Paul Polman, as its next chief executive. Polman is a veteran of Unilever's two biggest consumer goods rivals,...

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