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Independent Director, age 62 – lndian nationality First appointment to the Board: July 1, 2023 101 Expertise – Experience – Main activities A Commerce graduate tram Nagpur Un1vers1ty, memberot I he I nstitute of Chartered Accountants of lndia, Sanjiv Mehta has also completed his Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School. He started his career in 1983 with Union Carbide in lndia where he held various management positions in finance, audit and sales. ln 1992, he joined Unilever Arabia in Dubai as a Commercial Manager and then became Group Commercial Manager. End in 1998 he moved to Bangladesh as Commercial Director of Uni lever Bangladesh Limited and in early 2002 he became Chairman and Managing Director. ln 2007, he joined Unilever Philippines Inc. as Chairman and Chief executive officer and the following year he was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Uni lever North Africa and Middle East where he oversaw a region of 20 countries. Du ring his varia positions, he substantially accelerated the growth and profitability of the Unilever Group companies.
Since 2013, he has been leading Unilever”s businesses in South Asia including Hindustan Uni lever Limited [HUL). Unilever·s listed subsidiary and lndia’s largest FMCG company. ln 2019, while continuing to lead South Asia he joined Uni lever leadership Executive [Unilever”s Global Executive Board) as President South Asia. Under his leadership in the last 10 years, H UL has more than doubled its turnover, improved its EBITDA margin by 860 bps and increased its market capitalization by nearly 5 limes to over $70 billion. Besides building distinctive capabilities especially harnessing data and digitization, HUL has under his leadership had a big impact through various social and environmental initiatives.
Sanjiv”s tenure as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of HUL has ended on June 26, 2023. ln addition, he has served as a non-executive Director of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and lndustry between 2015 and 2019 and was President of lndia”s largest industry body. The Federation of lndian Chambers of Commerce and lndustry [FICCI) between 2021 and 2022. Sanjiv Mehta has also served as a member of Breach Candy Hospital Trust, a Director of lndian School of Business and as the Chairman of Vikaasa, a coalition of lndian and multinational companies to help salve some intractable issues facing lndia.
Current terms of office Other companies Foreign listed companies • President Commissioner [Non-Executive Chairman) of PT Unilever lndonesia Tbk Foreign unlisted companies • Director of Air lndia Limited Terms of office expired over the past five years DANONE NOTICE OF MEETING 2023 Zl • Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Hindustan Unilever Limited (India)
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| Company | Committee | Role | Appointment Date | Resignation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danone | Board | Member | 01/07/2023 | |
| Danone | Audit | Member | 01/07/2023 |