01.03.2024 • News

Unilever Appoints Heiko Schipper as President of Nutrition Business

Unilever has appointed Heiko Schipper as President of the group’s Nutrition business, effective May 1, 2024.

Schipper, who joined Bayer in 2028, is currently President of Bayer’s Consumer Health division. He started his career at Nestlé, spending more than 20 years in sales and marketing roles in Asia, before becoming CEO of Nestlé’s global Nutrition business division 2014.

Unilever CEO Hein Schumacher said: “Heiko is a global business leader with deep expertise and experience of the foods and nutrition industry and a long track record of delivering sustained high performance. He is a very impactful, values-driven leader and I look forward to working with him as we continue our focus on accelerating the growth of Unilever’s Nutrition business, which includes our leading Knorr and Hellmann’s global Power Brands.”

Source: Unilever
Source: Unilever

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