Zitat:Unilever Names New CEO as Big Brands Regroup, Tackling Consumer Shift
Choice of Alan Jope by maker of Hellmann’s mayonnaise and Dove soap emphasizes focus on personal-care unit
Unilever UL 0.49% PLC, the maker of Hellmann’s mayonnaise and Dove soap, named Alan Jope to replace longtime Chief Executive Paul Polman as it, like the rest of the industry, struggles to navigate a sharp shift in consumer tastes.
Unilever had signaled the imminent retirement of Mr. Polman.
The appointment of Mr. Jope, a longtime Unilever executive who heads the beauty and personal-care business, comes amid the company’s push under Mr. Polman to bolster that higher-margin business and pivot away from slower-growing food.
The job is one of the highest-profile posts in corporate Europe.
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