Unilever appoints its first Chief Technology Officer

20-Jun-2007

Unilever announced that it had appointed Neal Matheson to the newly created role of Chief Technology Officer. Mr Matheson, previously Chief Technology Officer, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, will report directly to Group Chief Executive, Patrick Cescau.

In his new wide-ranging role, Mr Matheson will advise the Unilever Board and Executive on science and technology matters, lead the cross-Unilever science platforms and will champion the development of functional excellence in R&D. In addition he will take direct responsibility for Unilever's Safety & Environmental Assurance Centre.

Neal Matheson graduated in 1969 from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada with B.S., Applied Science/Chemical Engineering. He joined Johnson & Johnson in 1994 after a 25-year career with P&G.

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