Friday, 28 November 2014 00:19
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Unilever Chief Executive Officer Paul Polman has arrived in Sri Lanka for a two-day business visit to Unilever Sri Lanka. Accompanying Polman is Executive Vice President – South Asia and Managing Director and CEO of Hindustan Unilever, Sanjiv Mehta.
Unilever Sri Lanka (USL) has been a high performing business and has a rich heritage of over 75 years in the country. USL has registered an exceptionally strong performance so far in 2014.
Polman is expected to talk to the Unilever Sri Lanka leadership team about the challenges of the future, and how the organisation can be taken to greater heights by accelerating business growth, while reducing its environmental impact and increasing positive social impact.
During this visit, Polman will have several engagements with both key internal and external stakeholders.
He will use this visit to engage with various leading Government officials and industry leaders, including Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning Dr. Sarath Amunugama, Deputy Minister of Investment Promotion Faiszer Mustapha, Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivaard Cabraal and business leader Sohli Captain.
Today (28), Polman will also be addressing 150 undergraduate students at a Youth Forum on the subject of ‘Sustainability in Leadership’. The session is aimed to providing Sri Lankan youth key insights in how to become sustainable leaders as they look towards transforming the future of the nation.
Polman will also speak to the employees of Unilever Sri Lanka to share his vision and direction for the company and the expectations from Unilever Sri Lanka towards Unilever’s global ambitions.
He is expected to review Unilever Sri Lanka’s short and long term growth plans with Unilever Sri Lanka’s leadership and give his input on the plans for Sri Lanka to go forward as a key market in South Asia.
Having earned his Master of Arts in Economics and MBA in Finance and International Marketing from the University of Cincinnati, Paul Polman began his career with Procter & Gamble in 1979. He spent 27 years at the company, culminating in the position of Group President – Europe, in 2001.
Prior to joining Unilever, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Nestlé from 2006, and the Executive Vice President for the Americas from February 2008. Polman succeeded Patrick Cescau as the Chief Executive Officer of Unilever in January 2009.
