Board changes

The current Executive Directors held office throughout the year, and their biographical details are shown under Board of Directors

Leon Brittan, Wim Dik, Charles Golden, Byron Grote, David Simon, Jean-Cyril Spinetta, Kees Storm and Jeroen van der Veer were re-elected as Non-Executive Directors of NV and PLC at the 2007 AGMs. In addition, Genevieve Berger, Narayana Murthy and Hixonia Nyasulu were appointed as Non-Executive Directors, and Michael Treschow became our first independent Non-Executive Chairman. Biographical details for the existing Non-Executive Directors are found under Board of Directors

At the 2007 AGMs, Rudy Markham retired as an Executive Director but remained as Chief Financial Officer until his successor, Jim Lawrence, was appointed on 1 September 2007. Lynda Chalker also retired as a Non-Executive Director at the 2007 AGMs, and in September 2007 Jean-Cyril Spinetta stepped down as a Non-Executive Director due to personal reasons.

At the 2008 AGMs all of the current Executive Directors and the Non-Executive Directors will be nominated for re-election with the exception of Kees van der Graaf and Ralph Kugler who will step down from the Boards. In addition, Jim Lawrence will be proposed for election as an Executive Director at the 2008 AGMs following his appointment as Chief Financial Officer in September 2007. Biographical details for Mr Lawrence are contained in the 2008 AGM Notices and on our website at www.unilever.com/investorcentre