Unilever North Africa and Middle East appoints new chairman

Unilever North Africa and Middle East appoints new chairman

Unilever North Africa and Middle East appoints new chairman

Unilever North Africa and Middle East has appointed Sanjiv Mehta as the new chairman, effective March 2008.

Mr Mehta takes over from Jan Zijderveld, who is going to move to a new position in the company. Mr Zijderveld will now serve as group vice president, south-east Asia and Australasia.

Mr Mehta previously served as chairman of Unilever Philippines. He has been with Unilever for the past 15 years, and has extensive international experience of which six years have been in the Middle East.

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