Unilever appoints Berger Chief R&D Officer
Unilever appoints Berger Chief R&D Officer
Unilever appoints Berger Chief R&D Officer
Unilever has appointed Genevieve Berger as its chief R&D officer.
Ms Berger, who is currently professor of medicine at Pierre and Marie Curie University and at La Pitie-Salpetriere Teaching Hospital in Paris
In her new role, Ms Berger will be the functional leader for research and development in Unilever and will directly lead all the resources and major laboratories dedicated to the company's focus on scientific discovery. She will be responsible for Unilever's Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre (SEAC) as well as advising the executive on all matters of science and technology.
Ms Berger will step down from the boards of Unilever and Unilever, where she is currently a non-executive director. She will take up her new position at the beginning of July 2008, and at the same time will leave her current position at Pierre and Marie Curie University
Patrick Cescau, group CEO, said: "I am extremely pleased to be able to welcome Genevieve to my team as an executive member. The contribution she has made to the business as a non-executive was outstanding and served to demonstrate to us how much more she could achieve in a full-time capacity."
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