People: Unilever NV (UNc.AS)

Mr. Paul Polman serves as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Unilever NV. Mr. Polman was appointed Executive Director of the Company in October 2008. He assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2009. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration/Bachelor of Arts from the University of Groningen, Netherlands, in 1977 and a Masters of Arts in Economics and Masters of Business Administration in Finance/International Marketing from the University of Cincinnati in 1979. He has honorary degrees from the Universities of Northumbria, Newcastle, United Kingdom (2000) and the University of Cincinnati, United States (2009). He began his career at Procter & Gamble in 1979 and was group President Europe and officer of the Procter & Gamble Company until 2001. Prior to joining the Company, he was Chief Financial Officer of Nestle S.A. from January 2006 as well as Executive Vice President for the Americas from February 2008. Currently, he serves as Non-Executive Director of The Dow Chemical Company, President at Kilimanjaro Blind Trust. He is also Vice-Chairman of Executive Committee at World Business Council for Sustainable Development.