People: Unilever PLC (UL)

Mr. Manvinder Singh Banga has been appointed as President Home, Personal Care and Food of Unilever PLC effective May 15, 2008. Previously he served as President Food. He joined Unilever 1977. He was Senior Vice President, Hair and Oral Care from 1998 to 2000. From 1995 to 1998, he was Director for Detergents, Hindustan Lever, as well as Category Leader for Soaps and Detergents for Unilever’s Central Asia and Middle East Region. In 2004 he was Business Group President for Unilever’s Home and Personal Care business in Asia. He was also Non-Executive Chairman of Hindustan Lever. In April 2005, Mr. Manvinder Singh joined the newly formed Unilever Executive (UEX) and was appointed President Foods. He is actively involved on the Boards and Managing Committees of many Trade and non-Trade Bodies including the Confederation of Indian Industry, the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. He is also Director on the Board of Maruti Udyog Ltd, India’s car manufacturer. He is gold medallist of the Indian Institute of Management where he completed his postgraduate degree in Management. Before that he gained a gold medal at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, where he completed his Bachelor of Technology (Mech Eng) in 1975.